This Earth Day weekend, it’s time to clean out your junk, hug a tree and help out some bees.
Stumped?
Here’s three ways to join in.
It’s Bowen Island Municipality’s “dump day” on April 21, a chance to clear away the big, awkward clutter.
Bowen Waste Service provides large containers, available at the Bowen Island Recycling Depot (BIRD) for the drop off of residential waste.
“We accept household items such as appliances, metals, rimless tires and car batteries, and objects considered too large for weekly garbage pick-up. Please place loose items in bags, neat and tidy,” says the municipality’s website, bowenislandmunicipality.ca/clean-up-days.
Drywall is not accepted, it says, and fees must be paid in advance to drop off household waste.
Also on April 21, put on your walking shoes and roll up your sleeves. Join in on the island-wide, Clean Up Bowen, a chance to rid the ditches of trash.
Organizer Karen Munro encourages people to pitch in, either around your neighbourhood or by meeting at the Legion, 9 a.m. on Saturday.
“We need a lot more people to do a lot more of the island,” she told The Undercurrent. Email her [email protected] or just get down there and help out.
You can also get into the spirit by learning all about helping mason bees with a free workshop on “the most effective pollinator,” at Davies Heritage Orchard at 11 a.m.
Participants can enter to win one of six mason bee houses. More information here: tourismbowenisland.com/event/mason-bee-workshop.
