The goal of the Mayne Island Recycling Society is to provide a comprehensive recycling service to the Mayne Island community. This includes maximizing participation in recycling, educating the community in waste resource use and management, and to foster concepts and practices of conservation through a non-profit organization.

We are a registered charity in Canada. If you'd like to support our work with a tax-deductible donation,
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News Bulletins:

New hours beginning November 1st 2023!

Our hours are changing! We received a lot of positive feedback around summer trial of Wednesday openings, and we're shifting our schedule year-round.
Starting on Wednesday November​ 1st, the opening hours of the Mayne Island Recycling Depot will be: 

Public access: Wednesdays 10am-2pm, Saturdays 10am-4pm
Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional: Wednesdays 2pm-3pm
CLOSED FRIDAYS

See you at the depot!
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October Mayneliner article now online

OVERVIEW:
  • Many people have voiced their appreciation of the depot being open Wednesdays in summer, and we will be meeting as a board at the end of September to evaluate the potential of shifting back to our pre-COVID schedule of Wed/Sat year-round. If you have any thoughts on this, please email them to mayneislandrecycling1@gmail.com so we have an idea of how you might like to see the depot become more efficient. 

  • The Rethinking contest has come to a close - we have some very good ideas to consider, and will be doing so at the board meeting as well. Winners will be announced and contacted soon.

  •  Dr. David Suzuki spoke very eloquently at the Conservancy fundraiser about the state of the world; particularly his observation that we acquire so much ‘stuff’ that we obviously feel we need when we buy it, but ultimately don’t really need, so it is discarded. How do we curb our buying patterns?
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  • SORT, SORT, SORT. Throughout the summer it became very obvious that the sorters amongst us were in and out of the depot in no time flat; the ‘jam-it-all-into-a-garbage-bag’ folks, not so much.

Backhaul Service Available


​Take advantage of our backhaul delivery service! On return trips with our recycling truck, we can haul landscape materials back from Vancouver Island to your property on Mayne. Our truck can carry loads of up to: 
two yards of sand or gravel; three yards of soil, or; five yards of bark mulch.

One material per load, no mixing. We deliver right to your yard. Transport cost per load is $100, and we offer a discounted rate of $50 for registered non-profit societies. 

For more information, or to book a backhaul, contact Grant at: grantbuday@gmail.com,250-539-5566
Payment is by cash directly to Grant on delivery, or by e-transfer to: treasurer.mirecycling@gmail.com
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