Summer is here and Hornby Island Recycling Depot and so is the dust. We would like to ask all patrons visiting the holy island recycling depot to slow down and not exceed speed of 10 km/h to help us minimize the dust in the air so we can all breathe cleaner air. We want to thank everyone to take their part.
To further mitigate the dust there have been the number of requests to pave the parking lot and perhaps the road up to the depot with asphalt. Such a project is extremely costly, and would have hey significant tax implication.
Our Earth Machine composters have arrived and are available at a price of only $115.00.
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.
Our Free Store volunteers are still looking for someone to help with the removal and delivery of overstock Free Store items on a monthly basis. If you have room in your vehicle to bring over a load of clothing to the thrift store in Courtenay at 971 Cumberland Road the next time you are on a town trip, it would be greatly appreciated. See our Free Store volunteers the next time you are up on Depot hill if you can be of any assistance.
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.
When planning to drop off large loads of construction waste please call ahead to ensure that there is sufficient space in our waste bins for the what you are planning to bring.
With the continuous rise in prices all around us, we are considering to raise the tipping fees for the Hornby Island Recycling Depot in 2024.
Finally we want to thank all our volunteers in the Free Store, in the gardens, and at the recycling committee, and for all the time that you have been donating over the years.
……See you all up on depot hill.
Leave a Reply