Community and Sunshine Join RMRS to Celebrate Earth Day and 40 Years of Recycling!
On Saturday, April 21, 2012, the sunshine and more than 3000 people came out for the biggest and best Earth Day event ever held in Maple Ridge! Â Memorial Peace Park was bursting at the seams, with a multitude of entertainers, activities, demos and displays in every corner of the park and the Arts Centre and […]
RMRS Founder Candace Gordon named 2012 Citizen of the Year
“Candace Gordon is the embodiment of the committed volunteer who works tirelessly on projects and causes that are close to her heart and changes a location from a town to a community.”[clear] On April 12, 2012, we were thrilled as RMRS Founding Member Candace Gordon was announced as Maple Ridge Community Foundation’s 2012 Citizen of […]
RMRS Founding Executive Director Kelli Speirs Reflects on 40 years
“Recycling makes sense” became the mantra for Speirs’ life, her actions quickly earning her a dubious title as Queen of the Dump, and launching her on an irreversible path. Read full story: on the Maple Ridge – Pitt Meadows Times website
Welcome to our new website
We are very excited about our new site! We have held on to the classy colours & general look of the old one, but here you will find more opportunities for interaction: more videos, more links, and an as-it-happens Twitter feed! Please bear with us while the glitches get worked out. We would love to […]
Education & Events Trailer
In Spring of 2012, we will start using our brand-new Education & Events Trailer! Packed full of everything we need for workshops and off-site booths & displays, the trailer also introduces our 6 new “Recycling Characters” and includes a list of items accepted at the Maple Ridge Recycling Depot. Thanks to Farnsworth Design & SpeedPro […]
Presentation to Rotary Club of Haney
We enjoyed making a presentation about Ridge Meadows Recycling to the Rotary Club of Haney on Wednesday, April 4. Thank you to Carly Ferguson for inviting us and a big thank you to Rotary Club of Haney for all you do for our community and the world![clear]
RMRS Wins Business Excellence Award for Community Service
On Friday, March 9, Ridge Meadows Recycling Society was honoured to receive the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award for Community Service. Thank you everyone, for your support and thank you to the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Chamber of Commerce for doing such a good job organizing the awards and recognizing local businesses. Congratulations […]
Maple Ridge Museum Celebrates 40 Years of Recycling
“Starting in February the temporary gallery in the Maple Ridge Museum will be co-curating an exhibition alongside the Ridge Meadows Recycling Society. Chronicling from thrift to modern day up-cycling, the exhibition will look at various repurposed tools, extending what the term recycling really means. The exhibit will also display the history of the Ridge Meadows […]
Vanguards of Recycling
The Maple Ridge method of sorting waste just never caught on in the recycling world, admits Julie Koehn. The colour-coded system, with five bags and one blue box that creates a clean, separated recycling resource, is only done here. click here to read the full story
Premier Christy Clark visits Ridge Meadows Recycling
On January 30, 2012, BC Premier Christy Clark and MLA Marc Dalton visited the Maple Ridge Recycling Depot to celebrate Ridge Meadows Recycling’s 40th Anniversary. More photos posted on our Facebook page.