News & Events

GIRR Seeking Project Manager Galiano Island Recycling Resources Society (GIRR) is requesting “letters of Interest” for a short term/part time contract/ position to manage the construction of an addition to our depot. The successful Project Manager will coordinate and oversee all phases of the building construction from design through to the issuance of the final …

GIRR will now be accepting all commercial PPP (Printed Paper and Packaging) materials on Thursdays 10 – 12. We will only be accepting ICI (Industrial, Commercial, Institutional) materials during these times. Any recycling brought to us by a business is considered ICI by the CRD. We are accepting cardboard on a fee for service basis, …

Our blue box recycling contract with the CRD is for the collection and delivery of residential blue box recycling.  This is about two-thirds of our annual budget. For 25 years, recognizing the challenges and costs Galiano businesses would face managing their own commercial (ICI) recycling, GIRR has by donation allowed commercial recycling at our depot …

The Recycling Depot will be open July and August our regular hours, Friday and Saturday 9:30 – 2:30 for residents and homeowners only. Commercial recycling is  Thursdays 10:30 – 1:30 (please see ICI news post for details) and the Redirectory remains Closed. As we continue to move through BC’s restart and loosening of restrictions, our …

Galiano Island Recycling Resources Society   Annual General Meeting  Sunday June 28th, 3 PM @ the Lion’s Hall Weather permitting, we will be outdoors. Either way personal distancing measures will be in effect

The Recycling Depot will be CLOSED MAY LONG WEEKEND. We will reopen  Saturday May 23rd and Saturdays ongoing from 9:00 A.M – 3:00 P.M for residents and homeowners only. If you are an essential service business, please email me at galianorecycles@gmail.com. The Redirectory remains Closed. As we move through BC’s restart and loosening of restrictions, …

Thank You Galiano for your Community Spirit and Support Where we are As we write to you so much has changed since this time last year. Currently we are experiencing a global pandemic, COVID – 19. Our Recycling Depot has been temporarily shut down to protect our staff and our community. At our March 19th …

We Will Be CLOSED Until Further Notice “Be it resolved that because of board concerns for our staff and the community following the COVID-19 outbreak in British Columbia for health reasons and because of direct contact with public in the close environment of the Depot that GIRR suspend operation of the Depot effective immediately. Be …

We at GIRR take our responsibility to our community seriously. We are committed to the safe and ethical disposal of your recycling and reducing our community’s footprint by reuse. We do this eagerly, but we do have logistical concerns we can’t wish away. Our enclosed spaces are small, and we handle many unclean items every …

The Depot and Redirectory will be open this weekend. We would like to ask for your assistance in keeping you and our staff as safe as possible in these early days. Just a few reminders of things we should all be doing throughout the year Please stay home if you are feeling unwell. We love …