We’re ready for spring here at the Hornby Island Recycling depot. The February snow is gone, and we are ready for some warmer weather.
The Free Store Volunteers would like to request that only items that are in excellent working order are brought to the Free Store. We had to discard seven backhoe buckets, roughly seven yards, of donations that were beyond re-using, repurposing, or recycling this month
We hope to receive CVRD approval for our 2025 operating budget by May 2025.
A note again that our website has a new address. You can now find us online at https://recycling.hirra.ca.
We want to remind everyone that all cardboard brought to the recycling centre needs to be dry and should be cut down to pieces smaller than 76cm by 76cm (30 inches by 30 inches), so our staff can easily process the material. It is very important that cardboard boxes are not trampled and stomped on, as this increases the workload for our employes. Stomped on and trampled cardboard boxes will then need to be un-stomped and un-trampled by staff before they can be processed. This is extremely time-consuming.
Our composters have arrived. Unfortunately, their shipping cost has increased, and we will now have to charge $125.00 to break even.
We are still waiting for the CVRD’s contractor to complete the construction of the addition to the recycling building to store old broken electronics and electrical appliances before shipping to the recycler. Electronics and electric appliances in working order will be collected in the Free Store for our patrons to reuse.
We want to remind you again, when wanting to drop off drywall to call ahead to confirm we can accept your drywall, 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-content/uploads/2024/11/Dry-Wall-Waste-Disposal-Application-March-2017.pdf.
Also, 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 want to take the opportunity again to thank our hardworking staff for their contributions to making our depot run smoothly.
Finaly, we want to thank all our volunteers in the Free Store, in the gardens, and 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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