As we have sprung into spring and with the mask mandated being removed our Free Store reopened with new operating hours. You can visit the Free Store Friday – Sunday form 10 am- 12 pm. All donations are now collected on the east side of the Free Store at the large garage doors.
Please ensure that all Free Store donations are clean and in good working order. All clothing needs to be laundered with no rips or stains. Books need to dry, and no mold should be present.
Be aware that if masking is reintroduced as a mandate, we may have to close our Free Store.
Note that we are now collecting Milk Beverages as refundables. This applies to all “ready-to-drink” milk and plant-based beverage containers of assorted sizes, purchased on or after February 1, 2022. Containers that are NOT included in the program are those not meant primarily as “ready-to-drink”, such as infant formula, meal replacement or dietary supplements, coffee cream and other coffee additives, whipping cream, buttermilk, drinkable yogurt, and kefir.
HIRRA’s new insurance policy requires the recycling depot to accept more responsibility around liability and you will notice a number of changes in how we now address scavenging.
Early in May we will be re-negotiating our collective agreement with CUPE who has been representing our staff since 2019. We are looking forward to completing this important and impacting task well before our budget time in September.
Also please note that glass outside the provincial recycling program must be deposited as waste and can no longer be added to the old glass pile. At the moment the pile has reached its maximum and we can no longer add to it. If you are interested in taking away some of our glass for one of your own projects, please talk to us.
A reminder when planning to drop of drywall to call ahead to ensure our drywall bin is on the island and that there is room for what you want to drop. As well make sure you have filled out the required paperwork available at https://recycling.hirra.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Dry-Wall-Waste-Disposal-Application-March-2017.pdf.
Finally we want to take the opportunity to thank all those volunteers who have working hard in the free store sorting donations and stocking the shelves, our dedicated staff, our volunteer recycling committee and the HIRRA executive and staff for all doing their part to help our recycling depot operate.
……See you up on depot hill
Leave a Reply