The winter season has started and we are open, Fridays through Sundays, 9am until 1pm.
Due to the high cost of liability insurance for snow removal, HIRRA, the Recycling Committee, and management have decided to close the recycling depot during periods of unsafe snow conditions. Depot staff will continue to clear snow to promote faster melting and to complete essential on-site tasks. However, the depot will remain closed to the public until all snow and ice have thawed and conditions are deemed safe for access.
In January 2026 the price at the CVRD landfill for the tipping fees of household waste will increase from $155 per tonne to $165 per tonne and we will have to follow suit. We will also be raising our household waste prices in January 2026.
Free Store traffic is still quite busy although it is winter, and the Free Store Volunteers would like to request that only items that are in excellent working order are brought to the Free Store.
The empty seat at the committee table has been filled and we would like to welcome Kayt Chambers as our newest recycling program committee member.
The We-Store, construction and demolition waste repurposing area has been completed. Thanks to Jack Carriers and Scott Hardy for all the work they did on the project. Depending on volunteer availability, the We-Store will be open on Saturdays during regular hours. We are still looking for We-Store volunteers to monitor the items coming in, making sure they meet the We-Store’s requirements.
The End-of-Life Electronics building addition is now completed and all your old and broken electronics and electronic appliances are accepted in the building. Working electronics and electric appliances are collected in the Free Store for our patrons to reuse.
We still have many patrons coming to the recycling centre not knowing that all corrugated cardboard has to be dry and be cut down to pieces smaller than 76cm by 76cm (30 inches by 30 inches), so staff can easily process the material, and that cardboard boxes are not trampled and stomped on. Stomped on and trampled cardboard boxes will need to be un-stomped and un-trampled by staff before they can be processed. The staff really appreciate your help.
Call ahead when you want to drop off drywall, large loads of construction waste, trailers, 5th wheels, boats, or scrap metal, so we can confirm that we can accommodate you. 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. For trailers and boats, it is important that there are no fluids present whatsoever.
As always, we want to thank all our volunteers in the Free Store, the We-Store, in the gardens, at the recycling committee, and the HIRRA executive, for all the time that they have been donating over the years.
Finaly, we want to thank our hardworking staff, and the HIRRA staff, for their contributions to making our depot run smoothly.
……See you all up on depot hill.
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