Bowen Island Waste Services is holding its summer clean-up day July 16 from 9 to 5.
Dave McIntosh says "We'd started 18 years ago with two free clean-ups but our population has doubled and there was a need for another," McIntosh said. "It's to get all that stuff that we can't get in the weekly pick-up."
Items included are almost anything besides hazardous materials not picked up in regular service, including drywall if it's properly bagged. Appliances, metal, batteries and furniture are staples.
There will be a hazardous waste drop-off on July 23 at Bowen Building Centre from 9 to 3.
The July 16 drop-off is at in the parking lot outside the gate into BIRD from 9 to 5.
on Mt. Gardner Rd. The municipal website should have more information. In addition to himself, McIntosh reports he'll have as many as six hulking lads on hand to tote, toss and tumble your stuff into the garbage bins.
