Summer is here at the Hornby Island Recycling Depot and so is the dust. The dust levels get so high at times that the staff need to wear dust masks even inside the recycling building. We would like to ask all patrons visiting the Hornby Island Recycling Depot to slow down and not exceed the speed of 10 km/h to help us minimize the dust in the air and we can all breathe cleaner air. We want to thank everyone so much for helping us by slowing down.
We apply dust suppressant regularly. However, it wears off eventually and needs to be re applied, and the higher the traffic at the depot is, the quicker it wears off. We require a fair amount of water for every application and try to co-ordinate applications with available rainfalls. This May has been extremely dry, and we needed to use water from our cistern for one application.
To further mitigate the dust there have been a number of requests at the depot to pave the parking lot and the road up to the depot with asphalt. Such a project would be extremely costly and would have significant tax implications and thus would require an overwhelming amount of public support to be realized. We would like to hear what your thoughts are regarding such an expenditure.
We would like to remind you that our Earth Machine composters have arrived and are available at a price of only $115.00 taxes included.
You can visit the Free Store Thursday – Sunday from 10 am- 12 pm. All donations are 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.
Please note that glass outside the provincial recycling program must be deposited as waste. If you are interested in taking some of our glass for one of your own projects, please talk to us.
When planning to drop off drywall to call ahead to ensure our drywall bin is on the island and that there is room for what you want to drop. 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 what you are planning to bring.
We have been notified by the recycling committee that the CVRD recommends maintaining current budget levels. Thus, with the continuous rise in prices all around us, and a cost of living adjustment for the staff already negotiated, we will be raising 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 on the recycling committee, for all the time that you have been donating over the years.
……See you all up on depot hill.
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