Rethinking Christmas with Gabriola Elementary students
Four years ago, GIRO Restore Manager Janice Ursaliak spearheaded an initiative to donate the money collected from book sale donations at GIRO... Read More
Plastic Consumer Survey Results
As part of the ongoing environmental school program at the Gabriola Elementary School, grade seven students and I compiled a Plastic Consumer... Read More
GIRO’s costs increasing as recycling industry struggles to find end markets
For almost thirty years it has been sustainable for recycling facilities and processors to collect, sort, transport and turn commodities like paper,... Read More
Michelle MacEwen, GIRO, on Recycling Plastic Bags
Andy Rollerson from Gabriola Island News interviews Michelle MacEwen: Even though it costs them money, the Gabriola Island Recycling Organization (GIRO) takes... Read More
PHC’s Food Recovery Program
From New Society Publishers: When we waste food, we also waste all the energy and water it takes to grow, harvest, transport,... Read More
57 Solar Panels Installed on GIRO’s Roof
The array of panels will produce clean energy for thirty years and is the equivalent carbon offset of planting 325 trees a year!
Student Plastic Free Challenge and Plastic Consumer Survey
To find out how Gabriolans felt about plastic packaging students created a Plastic Consumer Survey. This was completed by 299 people. (The... Read More
Recycling plastics
More than 300 million tons of plastics is produced globally each year, with only about ten percent of that being recycled. And... Read More
How to reduce your plastic consumption
To quote Aristotle; “We are what we repeatedly do”. On average it takes 21 days to create a new habit, and 66... Read More
GIRO is now accepting used oil
GIRO is now accepting used-oil The new double-walled oil container funded by the RDN is now in place at GIRO on a... Read More