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]

The Mayne Island Tire Recycling Event is ON! Dig out your unwanted, unloved, unuseable tires and roll 'em down to the depot for recycling, supported by Tire Stewardship BC. 

Drop-off times at the Recycling Depot:
Friday May 23rd: 12-3pm
Saturday May 24th: 10am-4pm
Tire drop-off is ONLY accepted on May 23rd and 24th 2025.

• Free tire drop-off. Residential quantities only, on- and off-rim tires accepted.
• Can’t make it? Find a Return-to-Retailer (R2R) location near you at TSBC.CA
• Are you a business or a commercial enterprise? Request a scrap tire pickup at TSBC.CA
• Since 1991, over 122 million tires have been collected and recycled in BC.​
  
  

Spring is on the horizon, and it's a great time to refresh your yard with some new soil, gravel, or bark mulch! If you're planning to get some landscape material delivered, you're not alone - there is now a six-week waiting list for backhaul services through the Recycling Society. Make sure to schedule yours ahead of time to get the delivery date you want! 

BACKHAULS
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, and can drop off on a well-marked tarp if you're not available at the drop off time.
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: [email protected],250-539-5566

We have new rack cards provided by the CRD outlining which Household Hazardous Waste items we can and cannot accept, and what you can do with the things we don't take! 

Pick up a card at the depot to keep on hand for reference, or dowload the PDF here: 
2024 Household Hazardous Waste card
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Join us for the Mayne Island Recycling Society AGM! 
Vote for the board of directors, learn about our new society constitution, and support our mission with your presence. 
AGM documents will be posted here before the meeting. 

5pm Thursday June 13th at the Adachi Pavilion in Dinner Bay Park

An Extraordinary General Meeting to update the Constitution and Bylaws of the Mayne Island Recycling Society will be held at the Adachi Pavilion in Dinner Bay Park, May 29 2024 at 4:00pm

The following changes will be discussed and voted on. The full Constitution and Bylaws will be posted on the website. 

Change to the Constitution:
          1) add - g) To engage in waste collection and disposal operations which enhance waste reduction and lend financial support to the educational and recycling activities of the Society.

Changes to the Bylaws:
          1) I. C. add - ...the provisions of the CRA and "if at all possible" based on Mayne Island.
          2) II. B. add - The membership period shall be from January to December.
          3) II.F.4. change to - On not having paid the current annual dues before the convening of either the annual general or an extraordinary meeting.
          4) III.D.2. change to - Notice of each meeting shall be sent to all members and/or shall appear on the Society webpage and in social media.
          5) IV.A.3. change to - The number of directors shall not be less than five or greater than eleven.
          6) IV.A.4. - change to - The Board of Directors shall consist of the Officers together with additional members elected by secret ballot at the Annual General Meeting for three, two or one year terms of office.
          7) add - IV.B. The terms of office shall be as follows.
1. President, Vice-President, Treasurer: three year term.
2. Secretary: two year term.
3. All other Directors: one year term.
          8) IV.B.1 and 2 become IV.C.1 and 2.
              IV.C.1.,2.,and 3. become IV.D.1.,2. and 3.
              IV.D. becomes IV.E.
              IV.E. becomes IV.F.
              IV.F. becomes IV.G.
          9) add - IV.H. The Directors may adopt a resolution without a meeting provided that at least half of the voting directors are in agreement.
         10) IV.G. becomes IV.I.
               IV.H.1. and 2. becomes IV.J.1. and 2.
               IV.I. becomes IV.K.
         11) add IV.L. If a Director is unable to continue as a director before the end of the term, a replacement Director may be appointed or elected at the next AGM.
          12) V.E. - change "officers" to "officer(s)".
          13) VII.B. - change "auditor" to "accountant".

The Annual Mayne Island Beach Cleanup is happening on Sunday April 28th 2024 at 1:30pm! The beach cleanup is an island-wide collaborate effort, and we'd love to have your help! 

Stay tuned for more details, including a list of locations and contact people for local beaches. Updated info will be posted here: Beach Cleanup 2024

Feel free to contact [email protected] with any questions.