LINKS

  • THE COAST WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
    The Hornby Island Recycling Depot is a member of The Coast Waste Management Association (CWMA), a nonprofit organization formed to represent the waste management interests of government, non-profits, and businesses on Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and Central Coast of BC

  • HIRRA (Hornby Island Residence ane Ratepayers Association)
    HIRRA, along with our local Island Trustees, represents the interests of islanders with respect to local and regional issues. HIRRA is one of the principal service providers on our island, and has contracts with the Regional District of Comox-Strathcona for the provision of regional district services on Hornby Island.

  • HORNBY ISLAND
    More information and pictures of our beautiful island off the coast of British Columbia.

  • RECYCLING COUNCIL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (RCBC) Canada’s oldest recycling council. Founded in 1974 and registered provincially and federally as a non-profit organization. Starting out as an umbrella group for community based non-profit recycling societies, today the RCBC's 300 members include governments, businesses, non-profit societies, and interested individuals from all parts of British Columbia -- and beyond.
    Thier mission is to be a non-profit organization that brings everyone together to work for environmental sustainability. They advocate waste avoidance and resource conservation through education and information services, and through participation in policy development.

  • THE RECYCLER GALLERY
    Ever think of recycling electronic images? A lot of people have video cameras connected to the Web. They aim the cameras at whatever is around them - their office, lab, city, parrot, bus stop - whatever. This site recycles all those mostly monotonous images into art. It even allows you to create your own recycled image and post it into an electronic gallery. You remember when Andy Warhol said that in the future everyone would be famous for 15 minutes? If we recycle we oughta be able to stretch it to around 20.....

  • ENVIROLINK
    An online environmental community with a wealth of contacts and information for the environmentally aware. Connected to this site is ENVIROARTS a site featuring essays, poetry, interviews, and portfolios gleaned largely from the pages of the award-winning magazines.

  • THE PLANET ARK RECYCLING REPORT
     A keystone document in Planet Ark's wider strategy to generate a renewed enthusiasm for recycling at public, corporate, media and governmental levels in Australia.
  • ECO-CYCLE
    A community based program in Boulder Colorado, Eco-Cycle is one of the oldest and is the largest of nonprofit community recyclers in the US Founded in 1976, Eco-Cycle continues to promote a strong conservation ethic.
  • ANTI-RECYCLING MYTHS
    Sponsored by The Environmental Defense Fund , this rebuttal to the New York Times article, "Recycling is Garbage" is an excellent read.
  • VIRTUAL RECYCLING
    Manitoba's Product Stewardship Program (MPSP) provides financial assistance for household recycling programs throughout the province and sponsors this website designed for schools.