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We hope everyone enjoyed the spring season and the warmer weather. At the time of writing this article we are still waiting for the CVRD’s contractors to complete the construction of the addition to the recycling building. As we mentioned in earlier articles, this space will be used to store old broken electronics and electrical…

We hope everyone enjoyed the easter season and the warmer weather. At the time of writing this article we are still waiting for the CVRD’s contractors to complete the construction of the addition to the recycling building. As we mentioned in earlier articles, this space will be used to store old broken electronics and electrical…

With Easter just around the corner, things are starting to warm up here at the Hornby Island Recycling depot. The CVRD’s contractors have almost completed the construction of the addition to the recycling building. As mentioned in earlier articles, this space will be used to store old broken electronics and electrical appliances before shipping them…

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…

Greetings from all of us here at the Hornby Island Recycling depot. 2025 has arrived and we are currently enjoying the short winter slowdown while the island is not flooded with tourist and visitors. So, we use this time to catch up with work that was left over from the previous year and to get…

Winter is here at the Hornby Island Recycling Depot and current opening hours are Friday – Sunday, from 9am – 1pm. The Free Store will be open on the same days from 10am until 12 noon. Please note that we will be closed on Boxing Day, December 26, 2024, for large volume account holders.We would…

Fall has arrived and things have slowed down here at the Hornby Island Recycling Depot. We are now open Fridays – Sunday, from 9am – 1pm. The Free Store will be open on the same days from 10am until 12 noon. The popularity of the Free Store continues to increase, and it was extremely busy…

Summer is here at the Hornby Island Recycling depot, and we are now open Thursdays – Fridays from 9am – 1pm, until Labour Day. The Free Store will be open on the same days from 10am until 12 noon. With summer the dry weather and the DUST is back as well. We would like to…

Summer is here at the Hornby Island Recycling depot, and with summer the dry weather and the DUST is back as well. We would like to ask our visitors to reduce their driving speed as much as possible when you are visiting the recycling depot, as higher speeds increase the amount of dust our patrons,…

Spring has arrived at the Hornby Island Recycling depot, and we are getting ready for the 2024 season of visitors to our little island. Many of them visited us during the month of March and we noticed many new faces.The Free Store Volunteers would like to request that only items that are in excellent working…