Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event
In addition to the household hazardous waste (HHW) drop off located in the Hartland recycling depot(Saanich), the CRD provides mobile events for HHW collection on Salt Spring and the Southern Gulf Islands. Below is a schedule for Galiano Island:
Galiano Island Recycling Depot - Saturday, June 13, 2009 - 10:00am to 3:00pm
Economic downturn affects Galiano recycling
November, 2008
The economic slowdown and global collapse in commodity prices is seriously impacting the market for recycled materials. The situation is changing on a daily basis, but as of mid November, here is what Galiano Island Recycling Resources (GIRR) knows.
- GIRR is being charged significantly higher fees by the companies that take our mixed paper, cardboard, and mixed plastics, due to greatly reduced demand by companies that use recycled materials.
- There is a possibility that GIRR could be included under the CRD’s contract with the company that takes the blue box materials from the Greater Victoria area. However plastics delivered under this contract may be burned to generate energy rather than be recycled.
GIRR wishes the Galiano community to be aware that we may have to change our policies about materials and quantities that we collect due to the uncertainties about costs to deliver the materials off-island. Unfortunately, we don’t have the space to stockpile large amounts of material while we wait for the market to recover.
In the meantime, please do what you can to reduce the amount of unnecessary packaging that you accept when you purchase products, especially with the holiday season approaching. But do have a great Christmas!