November is here and things are starting to slow down at the Hornby Island Recycling depot.
Please note that the Hornby Island Recycling Depot and Free Store will be closed on the Remembrance Day statutory holiday, Saturday, November 11 2023.
We have completed our 2024 budget for the Hornby Island Recycling Depot. If interested, please participate in the HIRRA budget meetings that are being held this fall.
A considerable increase in our 2024 budget will be our cost for recycling and waste removal from the beach access points around Hornby Island. We have had an increase from 160 bags of garbage collected in 2020 to 650 bags of garbage collected in 2023 to date. Seems that our beaches are becoming more popular each year.
We heard from the HIRRA insurance company who gave a green light to establish a “We-Store” construction materials repurposing yard. We also applied for funding in 2024 to erect a required fence for the yard. Scott Hardy has prepared the area of the old broken glass pile in preparation for the “We-Store” construction waste materials repurposing yard. Once the fencing is installed and we have a volunteer crew on site, we will be able to collect useful construction waste for repurposing again.
We have been notified by the CVRD that in 2024 there will be an increase in the cost of the waste that we are sending to their landfill. They also recommend maintaining current budget levels. Thus, it will be necessary to raise our tipping fees for the Hornby Island Recycling Depot in 2024.
We have heard a number of requests to pave the depot parking area to reduce the dust hazards for staff and patrons during our very dry summer months, and we have requested the CVRD to possibly investigate a paving solution.
We still have Earth Machine composters available at a price of only $115.00, taxes included.
A reminder that broken glass outside the provincial recycling program must be deposited as waste.
The CVRD is planning to build an addition to the recycling building this fall/winter to house the ever-growing recycling streams. With electronics and electrical appliances representing the fastest growing recycling stream in Canada we will hopefully be able to use the new space to collect and process this stream.
Please ensure when wanting to drop off drywall to call ahead to confirm 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.
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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