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The Mayne Island Recycling Society (MIRS) "Rethinking" contest will be commencing on July 5, our first Wednesday that the Depot will be open for the summer. To enter the contest, just pick up one of the official entry ballots at the Depot. Complete the ballot with an idea that rethinks the concept of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and bring the ballot back to the Depot on your next recycling visit. Deadline for entries will be Wednesday, August 2. Ballots will be read through by a select group of the Recycling Board and the winner will be announced in the September MayneLiner.
Our Wednesday openings will commence on July 5th, the first Wednesday of the month. Gates will be open from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. With these new hours the Depot is looking for more volunteers to help with traffic control and sorting. Having personally volunteered at the Depot for the past 13 years, I can attest to how quickly the hours fly by and the gratitude expressed by the persons you help to unload their bins. Bins - a usual means of sorting one's recycling, but a novel concept to some. The Depot used to sell blue bins for $5 but I think you might have to fork out $10+ at Canadian Tire or other hardware stores for a bin, if you can find them. But what about cardboard boxes? They are readily available at the Trading Post or Tru Value and the stores are happy to get rid of them as opposed to having to package them off as their own recycling. And the rewards you will experience will be amazing. Some, only a few, but still some come in to the Depot with all their recycling in a big, green, odoriferous and more often sticky bag. If this is you, I would like to offer you a means of keeping your sleeves clean while speeding up your visit to the Depot. Ask for a couple of bins and dump all of the recycling into the bins. This allows you to see what you are grabbing and to more efficiently distribute your goodies into the correct white totes. Our MIRS AGM was held June 8th. This AGM covered all things AGM's are meant to cover but managed to do so in only 34 minutes. Not that the brevity of a meeting is a measure of success but when wine, beer and munchies are involved, brevity is cherished. Thanks to Don Eadie for chairing the Board this past year (and the brief meeting). We did see some new faces and hopefully acquired some new volunteers for the Depot and the Board. New ideas and inspired energy are always welcome. We look forward to seeing you at the Depot, especially on Wednesdays, throughout the summer and hope to get some great Rethinking ideas for us to consider in our future planning. |