Fall has arrived at the Hornby Island Recycling Depot, and we are still busy. Significantly the Free Store is still receiving a lot of action from visitors to our little island.
We want to remind you again that our volunteers have asked that you 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 be dry with no mold present. We ask that you please do not leave donations outside the Free Store when the Free Store is closed. Always check in with a volunteer if what you want to donate to the Free Store is acceptable.
Please note that we have drafted our 2023 budget and it was reviewed by the HIRRA executive. We will be presenting it at November’s HIRRA meeting and will be seeking your approval. If you want to make sure you have input in how we spend your tax money up on depot hill, please make sure to take part in the HIRRA approval process this November. Please, take the opportunity and have a look at the Hornby Island Recycling Depots 2023 budget on the HIRRA website at www.hirra.ca before HIRRA’s budget meeting this month.
Another reminder that glass outside the provincial recycling program must be deposited as waste and can not be added to the old glass pile. At the moment the pile 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.
We also want to remind everyone that it is important when planning to drop of drywall at the Hornby Island Recycling Depot, to call ahead and ensure that our drywall bin is on the island and that there is room for what you want to drop. Please 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
Again, we want to take the opportunity to thank all those volunteers, Summer, and Full Time, who keep donating their time every week, working hard sorting donations and stocking the shelves, and spend many hours making the “Free Store” beautiful for everyone, 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
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