Reminder there will be NO BLUE BOX CURBSIDE RECYCLING PICKUP on GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 7 OR EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 10 due to the Easter Holiday weekend.
The Maple Ridge Recycling Depot will be OPEN EVERY DAY on Easter Weekend, but note that Good Friday, April 7 and Easter Sunday, April 9 will be open HOLIDAY hours (9:00am – 5:00pm) and Saturday, April 8 and Monday, April 10 will be open REGULAR hours (8:00am – 6:00pm).
Last chance before the AGM! Want to stay or become a member of Ridge Meadows Recycling Society? We’d love to have you 🙂 Renew or sign up for membership before Thursday, March 2 to vote at the April 6 Annual General Meeting.
Save the Date! Maple Ridge’s annual Celebrate Earth Day festival will be on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Register to have a booth or activity, perform, or volunteer!
Have you checked out our Celebrate Earth Day EMERGE map yet? It’s great for exploring your community and has been viewed over 21,300 times! Let us know if we missed anything that should be on the map…
This year, the Celebrate Earth Day Planning Committee is encouraging residents to join the “Flow.” We will see you at Memorial Peace Park from 10am – 2pm on Saturday, April 22, 2023 to kick off festival season in Maple Ridge.
Our 2022 theme, FLOW, looks at the many flows of life that swirl around us, and encourages people to become more conscious about how they interact and react to these continually changing landscapes.
“Whether we admit it or not, embrace it or not, change is the only constant in life,” says event coordinator Leanne Koehn with Ridge Meadows Recycling Society, “There are so many different flows all around us. Throughout our lives, we are constantly navigating these flows, moving from one place to another, needing different things at different times.”
Maybe you are feeling overwhelmed and need to step OUT of the flow for a bit, take a break, clear your head. Maybe you have been looking in from the outside for too long and need the courage and encouragement to step IN – to connect with people, get involved in the community, volunteer. Maybe you are dancing with the flow, enjoying where it takes you or working to divert it to a better place.
Thirty years ago, volunteers with the Alouette River Management Society (ARMS) were doing just that. Since 1993, the Society has been proactively protecting and improving the Alouette Watershed and surrounding areas by creating a healthy environment connecting parks, trail systems, public centers and waterways.
“ARMS is very excited to celebrate our 30th birthday in 2023!” remarks ARMS’ Executive Director, Greta Borick-Cunningham, “Our celebrations will recognize our founders, past directors, members and volunteers in a series of fun activities in the outdoors. The year-long party will launch on Saturday, April 22 at the Earth Day festival and will cap off with ARMS hosting the 30th Annual Ridge Meadows Rivers Day on Sunday, September 24!”
If this will be your first Earth Day, don’t miss these always-popular activities:
FAMILY FREECYCLE: In preparation for the Family Freecycle, donations of gently used books, toys, and clothing are collected for two weeks ahead of the event, including at a drop-off event from 5-7pm on Friday, April 21, the night before Earth Day, in front of the ACT Arts Centre. All items collected are sorted into sizes and categories, set out on tables in the Leisure Centre, and given away at the Earth Day event. We live in an abundant society – most people have too much “stuff” and are more than happy to give it away. Declutter your home then come to find something NEW to YOU!
CYCLE RECYCLE FREE BIKE DRAW: At the Cycle Recycle, the local HUB Cycling group collects secondhand bikes, fixes them up, and gives them away in a free bike draw at Earth Day at 1:00pm. Many of the bikes were destined for the scrap heap at the Recycling Depot and HUB helps get both the bikes and residents back on the road.
ELECTRIC VEHICLE DISPLAY & DEMONSTRATIONS:
Learn more about why the future is electric. Members of the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association are more than happy to tell you about the different kinds of electric vehicles and you may even be able to go for a ride in an electric car!! If you are thinking of buying an electric vehicle, come and ask them all your questions!
FOOD TRUCK FESTIVAL:
Come hungry! Hunger Management has rounded up food trucks to satisfy your sweet, savoury, and any other hunger needs!
REPAIR CAFE: Got broken stuff? Bring it to the Maple Ridge Repair Cafe and learn how to fix it for FREE! Experienced Fixers will be on hand to assist with the repair or offer advice on all your sewing, electrical, carpentry, jewellery, or bike repair needs. Glue, tape, tools, sewing machines and more are available to use and TINKERbell Station will be set up for kids to get hands-on with tools, take stuff apart & learn how it works, build original creations, or just tinker! Want to just come check us out? No problem! Come have a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy the magic of repair.
On Saturday, March 18, Maple Ridge Repair Cafés will be at the Maple Ridge Library, located at 22470 Dewdney Trunk Road, from 10am – 2pm!
Repair Cafés are pop-up events where residents can bring their broken items (jewelry, clothing, bikes, small toys or furniture, small appliances, lamps, electronics, etc.) and volunteer expert “fixers” are available to help residents learn to repair their stuff – for free!
At the March 18 event, we will have TWO special guests – Museum on the Move and the Ridge Meadows Quilter’s Guild! Bring in your old, worn quilts that need a little TLC and we will do our best to get them back into shape! And if you have an old quilting project you started and stalled out on, there will be enthusiastic quilters available to get you re-started and re-inspired!
Don’t forget to bring your kids to Tinkerbell Station where they can get hands on with tools and tinker & create to their hearts’ content!!!
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In this newsletter…
Recycling Basics Review – Curbside & Apartment Recycling Guides, Depot Hours, and “A to Z” of things to bring to the Maple Ridge Recycling Depot
NEW!! We now accept INK CARTRIDGES at the Maple Ridge Recycling Depot
Year 6 of Maple Ridge Repair Cafes starts on Saturday, February 11 – bring us your broken stuff!
Do any 2023 stat holidays fall on your recycling day? Find out on our calendar…
It’s Membership Renewal Time! Want to stay or become a member of Ridge Meadows Recycling Society? We’d love to have you 🙂 Renew or sign up for membership before Thursday, March 2 to vote at the April 6 Annual General Meeting.
Save the Date! Maple Ridge’s annual Celebrate Earth Day festival will be on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Register to have a booth or activity, perform, or volunteer!
Did you know? In December, the Canadian government banned the manufacture, import, and sale of 6 categories of single-use plastic…
In case you missed it…
Have you checked out our Celebrate Earth Day EMERGE map yet? It’s great for exploring your community and has been viewed over 20,300 times! Let us know if we missed anything that should be on the map…
Subscribe to our monthly newsletters & get all our recycling updates, news, and tips emailed straight to your inbox! You can unsubscribe at any time.
In this newsletter…
Green Holiday Tips! Enjoy a low-waste Christmas this year with lots of ideas, including Metro Vancouver’s “Create Memories, Not Garbage” campaign and Memory Maker app!
Do any 2023 stat holidays fall on your recycling day? Find out on our calendar…
Take a look back with us on the year that was 2022…our 50th Anniversary, Depot Tours, awards, events, and more!
“The Job Interview” – don’t miss this great story from RMRS Founder Candace Gordon!
That’s a wrap on Year 5 of Maple Ridge Repair Cafes! See you in 2023!
In case you missed it…
Have you checked out our Celebrate Earth Day EMERGE map yet? It’s great for exploring your community and has been viewed over 19,000 times! Let us know if we missed anything that should be on the map…
Subscribe to our monthly newsletters & get all our recycling updates, news, and tips emailed straight to your inbox! You can unsubscribe at any time.
In this newsletter…
What a night! Our 50th Anniversary Gala had everything – good food, great stories, and DANCING!!
Bring your broken stuff to our LAST Repair Cafe of 2022 on Saturday, November 19 at the Maple Ridge Seniors’ Activity Center!
Christmas is approaching! Check out our holiday sort guide & schedule and videos on how to recycle your holiday packaging!
Learn more about BC’s printed paper & packaging recycling programs
In case you missed it…
Are you using single use plastic bags to hold your curbside recycling? Please use our boxes & bags instead!
PS. Have you checked out our Celebrate Earth Day EMERGE map yet? It’s great for exploring your community and has been viewed over 18,300 times! Let us know if we missed anything that should be on the map…
Reminder: “Winter Hours” at the Maple Ridge Recycling Depot will be starting on Saturday, October 1, 2022. Starting October 1st the Depot will still open at 8:00am, but will start closing an hour earlier, at 5:00pm from Monday to Saturday. Sundays and holidays we will still be open from 9:00am – 5:00pm. We will switch back to Summer Hours (open till 6:00pm Monday-Saturday) starting April 1, 2023.
In partnership with the City of Maple Ridge, Ridge Meadows Recycling Society administers the Spring & Fall Brush Chipping Program for Maple Ridge residents.
The Fall, 2022 deadline for setting out branches for pickup for Maple Ridge residents WEST of 224th Street is Tuesday, October 11. The set-out deadline for residents EAST of 224th Street is Monday, October 24.
All brush MUST be set out by the deadlines to be picked up. Chipping in each area will take up to two weeks to complete. The number of days spent on each area depends on the amount of brush set out and the number of residents using the program.
The program includes pick up and disposal of tree & shrub branches up to a total volume of 3 cubic meters (1 meter x 1 meter x 3 meters, roughly 3 feet x 3 feet x 9 feet – chippers are instructed to spend no more than 20 minutes at each household).
NOTE: This program is provided for branches and pruning, NOT grass clippings, leaves, rocks, dirt, or other yard waste. Learn more about the Spring & Fall Brush Chipping Program, (including what is NOT accepted in the program!).
Check out RMRS’s YouTube videos for a deep dive into the RED Curbside Recycling Box & learn about Plastics Recycling at the Depot
Are you using single use plastic bags to hold your curbside recycling? Please use our boxes & bags instead!
Bring your broken stuff to our next Repair Cafe on Saturday, July 23 from 10am – 2pm at “South Park” in Memorial Peace Park in partnership with the Haney Farmer’s Market
In case you missed it…
Reminder – we do NOT PICKUP CURBSIDE RECYCLING on stat holidays, like BC Day on Monday, August 1.
PS. Have you checked out our Celebrate Earth Day EMERGE map yet? It’s great for exploring your community and has been viewed over 14,000 times! Let us know if we missed anything that should be on the map…
Reminder there will be NO BLUE BOX CURBSIDE RECYCLING PICKUP on GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 7 OR EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 10 due to the Easter Holiday weekend.
Each year, 
Our 2022 theme, FLOW, looks at the many flows of life that swirl around us, and encourages people to become more conscious about how they interact and react to these continually changing landscapes.
In preparation for the Family Freecycle, donations of gently used books, toys, and clothing are collected for two weeks ahead of the event, including at a drop-off event from 5-7pm on Friday, April 21, the night before Earth Day, in front of the ACT Arts Centre. All items collected are sorted into sizes and categories, set out on tables in the Leisure Centre, and given away at the Earth Day event. We live in an abundant society – most people have too much “stuff” and are more than happy to give it away. Declutter your home then come to find something NEW to YOU!
Repair Cafés are pop-up events where residents can bring their broken items (jewelry, clothing, bikes, small toys or furniture, small appliances, lamps, electronics, etc.) and volunteer expert “fixers” are available to help residents learn to repair their stuff – for free!
Reminder:
Chipping in each area will take up to two weeks to complete. The number of days spent on each area depends on the amount of brush set out and the number of residents using the program.