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Due to the high temperatures and to keep our staff safe and healthy, we have closed early today. We will be open at 9:30 as usual Saturday morning and will remain open as long as it feels safe to do so.

Thank you for your understanding. Stay cool and well hydrated friends!

Is there something on your bike that you’ve been meaning to have looked at? Brake pads bare, a chain that needs lubing, or some strange noise you can’t identify? Bring it down to GIRR’s second instalment of our Repair Workshop Series: Bicycles!

What is a Repair Workshop Series? We invite a local repair person to set up a temporary workshop on a Saturday afternoon at GIRR, and we invite you…

The recycling depot and the ReDirectory will be closed on Friday July 1st while our staff take a well earned day off. We’ll be back to business as usual on Saturday July 2nd.

As we are coming into our busy season, please remember that arriving at the depot with your items presorted will allow you to move through the facility more quickly and will reduce the risk of wait times….

GIRR is very happy to be launching our new Repair Workshop Series in the summer of 2022. What is a Repair Workshop Series? We invite a local repair person to set up a temporary workshop on a Saturday afternoon at GIRR, and we invite you to bring in items that need minor repairs. Onsite repairs are done by our expert at no charge!

To launch the series, we will be…

We are looking to expand our on-call list for Recycling Assistant at the depot. Having people we can bring in when staff need time off due to sickness, holidays or unforeseen events helps us to keep things running smoothly.

A brief outline of the job includes: assisting community members with their recycling, processing of materials, and being available to step in where needed. This is a physical job. The pay…