Due to mechanical issues with our truck, we are NOT currently offering backhaul services!

THANK YOU to everyone who joined in and helped clean up our beaches on Sunday! We had a great turnout, beautiful weather, and collected loads of marine waste - including lots of styrofoam and nylon ropes.

Mayne's biggest community powered environmental effort is BACK! Join us to help clean up our beautiful beaches, and make them a more hospitable environment for residents, visitors, and wildlife alike! 

Date: Sunday April 19th 2026
Time: Cleanup starts at 11am

A list of Beach Captains will be posted in early April - find your area and get in touch with the captain to join the team! 
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On October 18th we held a volunteer appreciation dinner at Black Cardamon Restaurant celebrating 40 years of recycling on Mayne!

It was a fantastic event with over 65 current and former volunteers in attendance, enjoying exceptional food from Black Cardamom. We were fortunate to have two of the depot founders, Ron Pither and Ron Willick present, both of whom gave us some history of the organization. And the spirit of Ann Johnston was present as well.

Bill Warning, our current president, thanked our fabulous current volunteers who do so much to keep the depot open. We have always been a volunteer driven organization, and we are thankful for all of the volunteers who have contributed so much to the depot over the 40 years of our operation.
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We celebrated 40 years of recycling on Mayne Island with a float in the 99th Mayne Island Fall Fair parade on Saturday August 16th 2025! Thanks to Tom Hobley for these photos of our smiling crew! 

​The MIRS is hiring a part-time (relief) depot worker.

The primary duties of this position include: sorting and storing incoming material; organizing and loading of outgoing
materials; using the baler; and friendly interactions with other workers, volunteers, and members of the public. You will receive direction from the Depot Manager.

Starting wage is $24.27 per hour. Health and safety training will be provided.
Please send your resume to [email protected] by June 27, 2025.

Please join us at the Mayne Island Recycling Society's Annual General Meeting!

4pm Tuesday June 17th at the Adachi Pavilion in Dinner Bay

Have a say in electing the Board of Directors, learn about the society's ongoing work towards reducing waste on Mayne, and support our mission with your presence!

Not a current member? Not a problem! You can join or renew your membership in the Recycling Society at the meeting. 

The island-wide beach clean up returns for 2025!
Get involved - contact a Beach Captain listed below!

Date: Sunday April 27th 2025
Time: Cleanup starts at 10:30 am

Sponsored by the Recycling Society and the Mayne Island Conservancy, community members join up with their neighbourhood crews to tackle garbage and recycling removal from beaches around the island. The refuse is taken to the recycling depot, where it is weighed and sorted and brought to facilities off island. Cleaner plastic, Styrofoam, tires, and other material is taken to Ocean Legacy for a new lease on life! Last year, we were able to divert 72% of collected material to their program.

9000 litres of plastic, Styrofoam, tires, and other garbage was removed from beaches around the island in the 2024 Annual Beach Clean-Up – with our record being 10,000 from the year before. Let’s see if we can break that record this time around.

Again this year we will have a Post-Cleanup celebration, this time at the Agricultural Hall.
Join us at 4:30pm on April 27th for refreshments, fun, and PRIZES for these categories:

• Weirdest item found.*
• Nicest item found.*
• Kid’s contribution prize (all kids 12 and under).
• Biggest crew (Captains to record).
• Most difference made (before and after photos).

*photos of items accepted.
Submissions accepted until 5:00pm, either at the event, or via email to: [email protected].

Contact your neighbourhood Beach Captain today, and join a cleanup crew!
BENNETT BAY: Mike Nadeau. Phone: 250 539 0123, Email: [email protected]
CAMPBELL BAY: Hannah Epperson. Phone: 236 516 0177, Email: [email protected]
EDITH POINT: Helen O’Brian. Phone: 604-961-1234, Email: [email protected]
HORTON BAY: Brenda Webster. Phone: 250 884 2472, Email: [email protected]
KADONAGA BAY: Marian MacLean. Phone: 250 539 9995, Email: [email protected]
LIGHTHOUSE: Carly McWilliams. Phone: 778 869 4425, Email: [email protected]
MINERS BAY: Mayne School (Justine A.). Email: [email protected]
OYSTER BAY/REEF BAY/DAVID COVE: Irene & Nigel Barrett. Phone: 250 539 5070, Email: [email protected]
PIGGOTT BAY: Kim Harris. Phone: 250 539 9878, Email: [email protected]
VILLAGE BAY: Linda Jones. Phone: 604 202 8215, Email: [email protected]