Ridge Meadows Recycling Society
Maple Ridge, BC
(Adjacent to Maple Ridge Garbage Transfer Station)

Phone: 604-463-5545
Fax:     604-467-6100

             

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Our Mission

Ridge Meadows Recycling Society is a community-based non-profit organization, advocating Zero Waste, operating responsible waste reduction services and providing environmental education. The Society employs people with developmental disabilities to work on its site thereby assisting their integration into the community.

Partner

In partnership with the District of Maple Ridge, RMRS is actively diverting materials from the waste stream with a weekly blue box curbside collection program, an apartment toter collection service, a commercial recycling collection service, and a full service drop-off depot and processing centre. By combining these services with promotion of backyard composting and a community education program, the District of Maple Ridge and RMRS will continue to conserve resources and reduce garbage.

 

RIDGE MEADOWS RECYCLING SOCIETY HISTORY

1972: SPEC volunteers start recycling in Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows
1976: First part-time employee hired
1980: Multi-material curbside collection starts
1981: Ridge Meadows Recycling Society formed
1987: Receives first of three GVRD Award for significant contributions to recycling in the GVRD
1990: State-of-the-art recycling depot built on GVRD land by the District of Maple Ridge with GO BC funds
1990: BC Hydro fridge buy-back program implemented
1992: Curbside blue box program begins
1993: BC Minister's Environmental Award
1995: Compost Education Garden opens, in partnership with Fraser Information Society
1996: Expanded commercial recycling program
1997: Signed partnership with District of Maple Ridge
1997: Volunteer Centre opened at depot
1999: Apartment Recycling Collection program started
2000: Plastics recycling (1, 2, 4 & 5) added to curbside & depot programs
2001: "Towards Zero Waste" goal adopted. 
2002: Celebrated 30 years of recycling.
2003:  Survey: 96% of residents recycle.
2004: Bluebox routes expanded.     
2005: Organized Earth Day at the ACT.
2007: Over 10,000 tonnes recycled.

 

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