The children are in school, the nights are getting longer and the weather, well the weather is just BC weather. This seasonal change, inevitably, is causing many of our thoughts to turn towards tidying up the yard and house.
Recycling depot staff has a clean-up day, and that day is will be Saturday, October 21 from 9am-5pm at the Bowen Island Recycling Depot.
But before we talk about the clean-up day, I thought I would take a moment to let you know how it all began.
Dave McIntosh and his wife Louise own and operate Bowen Waste Service and are the local garbage contractors. Dave knew from his travels around the island collecting garbage that there numerous favourite spots for midnight dumpers. These areas were filled with old couches, appliances, lumber - any materials not picked up on trash day.
This bothered Dave and since he and Louise had access to many, many bins, he devised a plan.
Dave decided that clean-up days would be a way to keep the island in its pristine condition. Bowen Waste decided to offer one day in the spring and fall where anyone could bring anything they wanted to be placed in the bin and taken off the island for free! Dave knew that this might appeal to the midnight dumpers. After all, who can resist something that’s free!
So began the clean-up days. As with all such things, this program has evolved into what it is today. Now you can clean your yard and home and never have to the leave the island! Oh and those pesky old mattresses and appliances - they come too! That’s quite a deal, if you think about it.
You can pick up your tickets for Clean-up Day at the Municipal Hall or the General Store, and just so you know: at the end of any given clean-up day, Bowen Waste Service removes anywhere from 25-28 TONS of garbage. That really is a great deal!
Thanks Dave!
