As you may have heard from many other sources, the summer of 2021 has been an extremely busy summer at the recycling depot. We were shipping two 40’ roll-of containers of recyclables weekly. Along with a cube van full of refundable every week. This of course over and above the two to four 40’ roll-of waste bins we ship weekly. Over and all an extremely busy summer. Please note that after Labour Day we will be open Fridays through Sundays from 9 am till 1pm and we will be closed Labour Day.
In July we were able to reduce our covid restrictions and removed our physical distancing protocols but leaving the mask wearing protocols in place to minimize the spread of covid -19. This practice enabled patrons to do their recycling and waste disposal without the lineups that we were experiencing before July.
We also opened our Free Store to the public for four days a week in July and August much to the delight of the many tourists who visited our island. Many times when we had over twenty cars parked at the Free Store, we only had half a dozen visiting the recycling building. The Free Store is likely the most visited attraction on this island. Besides the beaches of course.
A reminder that the tire stewardship will pay for heaving old tires that patrons to the Recycling Depot dropped off, picked up for free, the tire stewardship does not cover the cost for de-rimming the tires from the rim. The Recycling Depot is charged $5 per rimmed tire, and we will have to pass this cost onto our patrons.
We are also no longer able to stockpile concrete rubble and need to ship that material as construction waste of island. Again we will need to pass this cost onto the customers who need to drop off concrete rubble.
We would like to remind everyone again to please call ahead when planning deposit drywall to ensure that our drywall bin is on the island and that there is room in the bin for your drywall before you come to the depot. As well please ensure that you have your waste disposal application 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.
The CVRD’s Weed Control Regulation Bylaw which includes Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum Salicaria), Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum), Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus), Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea biersteinii), English Ivy (Hedera helix), Giant Cow Parsnip (Hogweed) Heracleum mantegazzianum), Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius), Gorse (Ulex europaeus), Dalmatian Toadflax (Linaria dalmatica), Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus discolor), and English Holly (Ilex aquifolium), and we no longer accept these plants in our compost and they must be disposed of in our waste stream.
A note that household hazardous waste like motor oil, paint, batteries, light bulbs etc. can be brought to our Product Care Building on Fridays from 9 am till 1 pm only.
And as always, we want to thank the Recycling Committee and HIRRA administration for their ongoing work and support, thank you to our Free Store volunteer for their hard work and dedication, and thank-you to the committed volunteers who keep the gardens looking so good.
…..….See you up on depot hill.
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