Gabriola Island Recycling Organization
GIRO
a non-profit society
The Gabriola Island Recycling Organization
Open Wednesday and Saturday 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
700 Tin Can Alley V0R 1X3
www.girodepot.com
giro@shawbiz.ca
For more information call 250-247-9257
When possible, no drop offs after 3:00 pm on depot days
Gabriola Island Recycling Organization G.I.R.O is a non-profit society helping resident of Gabriola, Mudge, DeCourcey and Link Islands.
The success of the depot depends heavily on our great volunteers. Just drop in and see the staff, there is always something to do. You can work for as long as you want and it is a great way to meet people, because everyone comes to the GIRO.
GIRO Volunteers make the world a Beautiful Place.
Please do not drop off anything when we are closed. Please bring only items that are dry, clean and in good repair. (if it is junk take it to the dump).
We do not take the following:
We do take the following:
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PLEASE RINSE ALL CONTAINERS |
COMPUTERS AND PARTS (BY DONATION)
Cables, mice, keyboards, monitors, printers. |
HAZARDOUS (BY DONATION)
Household, auto/marine batteries
Clean, intact, regular batteries (AA, D, 9v etc).
Flourescent tubes including compact flourescent bulbs (CFL). |
CARDBOARD
Clean, dry and flattened, paperboard (cereal boxes, toilet paper rolls, etc)
Brown paper bags. No waxed cardboard except milk cartons. |
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PAPER
Newspaper, office paper, flyers, junk mail, magazines with stapled bindings only, packing paper, envelopes (white, brown, and mamila), white paper bags and computer paper. |
GIFT WRAP TISSUE AND CONSTRUCTION PAPER
Gift wrap, tissue paper and construction paper contain dies that contaminate the paper. This is considered garbage until further notice. |
GLUED BINDINGS
Catalogues and magazines: the glue in the bindings contains contaminates and is an expense for us to remove.
Please use the blue bag in your blue box including phone books. |
EGG CARTONS
Cardboard, clean, for community re-use.
No styrofoam. |
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REFUNDABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
Any ready to drink beverage container plastic, glass or aluminum. Pop, juice, liquor, beer, tomato juice cans and tetra pack juice boxes only.
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GLASS
| Only proper canning jars for community re-use, | |
Food and sauce jars should go in your blue box. Removal of glass can be an expense for the depot.
TIN CANS
Clean, labels removed (paper labels can be put in with paper.) If possible in cans should go in your blue box, as this is an expense for the depot. |
ALUMINUM
Clean trays, pie plates, foil and some pet food cans. |
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SCRAP METAL
A flat fee has been set for commercial scrap metal, see staff for details.
Copper, brass, aluminum, steel, used automotive parts (check with staff on old gas tanks or mufflers) etc. Reusable scrap metal is available for sale, unusable scrap metal is tossed into the metal bin for a small fee.
We will accept broken items provided they have a scrap metal value. $5 suggested donation for major appliances. We do not appliances with freon (ie. freezers, refrigerators, and water coolers.) |
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HAZARDOUS WASTE
We accept motor oil (not the containers), car and boat batteries plus flourescent tubes. At this point we only accept household batteries and reusable paint. The Nanaimo Recycling Exchange accepts hazardous waste,
call to confirm 250-758-7777 2477 Kenworth Road |
PLASTICS
Currently we accept #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, (#6 some ask staff) and #7 hard plastics, no tubs, or pails or expanded polystyrene. No meat trays. The numbers are on the bottom of the container, inside the recycle triangle.
Your blue box will accept numbers 3, 5, and 7, plus the yogurt and margarine that we do not accept. #2 containers with handles (milk, bleach and soap jugs) go in the large cage at the end of our loading dock
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Six-pack rings are accepted. Packing material like bubble pack and styrofoam peanuts are accepted for reuse.
Attention
Due to increasing amounts of biodegradable bags, which are not recyclable, GIRO will not be accepting ANY plastic bags until further notice. Crunchy plastic (potato chip bags and foil laced plastic) are considered garbage. |
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RE-THINK
1ST: REDUCE
2ND: REUSE
3RD: RECYCLE |
The re-use centre is a way to promote reuse in the community. We accept clothing, household goods, toys and most items that are dry, clean and in working order. Due to space and moisture problems we cannot accept upholstered furniture, mattresses or major appliances. We also cannot accept porcelain toilets or sinks; we do offer a notice board so that items that we do not accept can be posted.
All items at the re=use centre are available at low cost. This is our main source of funding. Please check with depot staff before dropping anything off.
Electronics
Working radios, appliances, and computer speakers. |
Building Materials
Plumbing, electrical, automotive, and gardening
plus construction materials in good reusable shape
sold cheap. |
Books and Current Magazines
Gratefully received and sold cheap.
(please no encyclopedias or Readers Digests) |
Wine Bottles
Available for .10 cents a bottle for the home wine maker. |
Clothing
Keep yourself ahead, or behind, the fashion trends by stopping in at our clothing trailer. |
Need a blue box? Just call Waste services 1-866-999-8227 |
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