2021 has started off busier than other winters. We are noticing that there are still many visitors who enjoying the island. We are noticing many summer residents this winter and are pleased to see so many familiar faces.
It has been several months now that the Free store, although in a limited fashion, has been open again. We are controlling traffic flow and are adhering to our COVID-19 policy and things are developing favorably. Our enthusiastic team of volunteers are sorting through the donations and are noticing that there are a lot of soiled items being deposited that at are not able to be put on the rack but end up in the waste bins. Please ensure that all donations are clean and not soiled. Note that the free store hours are Thursdays from 9am – 1pm.
A big thank you to all the free store volunteers for their hard work restocking the free store every week. We could not do it without you.
Thank you to Stevi for your artistic posters advertising the free store opening.
Thank you to Jan Kennedy for all your time and dedication to the free store re-opening and putting together our Free Store Covid Policy.
We would like to thank the regional district for our new cashier kiosk. It enables to maintain our Covid protocol and shelter our staff and equipment from the environment. We would also take this opportunity again to thank the regional district for our new propane cage. To minimize cost the cage was built on an existing concrete slab build by Michael Hornsby about 20 years ago that we repurposed.
We would like to ask everyone to please call ahead when planning deposit drywall and ensure that our drywall bin is on the island. As well please ensure that you have your waste disposal application filled out “before” you arrive at the recycling depot. The waste disposal application can be downloaded and printed at https://recycling.hirra.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dry-Wall-Waste-Disposal-Application-March-2017.pdf.
Please note that the CVRD’s landfills will be closed on statutory holidays as of January 1st 2021. The CVRD has been traditionally open on statutory holidays and in an effort to save money they will now be closed on statutory holidays. The HIRRA executive is discussing similar cost saving practices here on Hornby. We will let you know more once a decision has been reached.
We also wanted everyone be informed that we cannot accept any invasive plant species in our compost stream. Any invasive plant species needs to be deposited as waste and be landfilled. This is to protect the fragile eco systems here and on the big island. You can check out this link for more information https://recycling.hirra.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/2toxic_invasive_plants_in_the_cv.pdf.
Thank you to the recycling committee, the HIRRA executive and staff for their support and time.
And Thank You to you, the recycler, who takes part in the Zero Waste philosophy.
…. See you up on depot hill
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