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March 2025
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…
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February 2025
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…
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December 2024 & January 2025
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…
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October 2024
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…
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July & August 2024
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…
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May 2024
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,…