Nechako Waste Reduction Initiative

Home
Canada
Vanderhoof, BC
Nechako Waste Reduction Initiative

Mission of the NWRI: To initiate and support effective ways to reduce waste in our community.

05/28/2026

It's the first day of the Farmers' Market! 🥕🍞🧋💐 Don't forget to bring your own bag to carry home wonderful produce and crafts from our local sellers. 🛍️

05/23/2026

The Nechako Waste Reduction Initiative would like to extend a big THANK YOU to our community for coming out last month and participating in our annual Community Clean-Up! 🌎♻🌳

We had just over 150 citizens take the time to help clean up around town. We had a great barbecue afterward and fun drawing winners for our three prizes (look for more next year)! Our leftover food we happily donated to the local food bank and the returnable bottles and cans were donated to the family of Jay Raphael.

We would like to, once again, thank the following groups of people for their contributions:

- Integris Credit Union, for providing prizes and hosting our celebratory barbecue
- Vanderhoof Tim Hortons, for donating coffee, hot chocolate, and Timbits
- The District of Vanderhoof, for providing gloves and garbage bags, with which a clean up would be very difficult without
- The Vanderhoof RCMP detachment, for volunteering to flash their lights at the overpass, to help keep our garbage pickers safe
- Last, but never least, YOU: our wonderful Vanderhoof community, who always step up and help keep our community clean this time of year

We look forward to seeing you all again at our next clean-up event! 😁

04/25/2026

Today's the day! 🥳 Come celebrate Earth month through our annual Community Clean-Up! 🌎♻🌳

We'll be kicking things off at 10:00 am at Riverside Park. Sign in, claim an area of town to clean, grab your cleaning supplies, and head out to clean! Return at noon for our barbecue and draw for three prizes!

See you in TWO HOURS! 😁

04/24/2026

🌎 24 hours to go until our annual Community Clean-Up begins! 😁

We are fortunate to have prizes available to our participants this year. Integris has donated one Pelican Sentinel 100X Angler Fishing Kayak and one Redline BMX to be won. The District of Vanderhoof has donated a FreeGarden Earth Composter as an additional prize! Thank you for your generous gifts!

How are the prizes won? For a chance to win, please come to Riverside Park at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 25, 2026 for the Community Clean-Up. Sign up, claim an area of town to clean, and you'll get a ticket into the prize draw. Grab your gear (which is provided) and clean your zone! Come back to the park at noon for a celebratory barbecue, at which point the prizes will be awarded by random draw.

We are excited to see you all there!

04/18/2026

🌎 Our annual Community Clean-Up is NEXT WEEK! 😁

Come down to Riverside Park at 10:00 am on Saturday, April 25, 2026 to take part! Pick a route in the community to clean and we'll provide the garbage bags, recycling bags, and gloves for the task. Leave your collected garbage next to a community garbage bin or street corner (please bring recycling bags back to the park for collection). ♻

🌭🧃🍩 We will also be hosting a BBQ at noon, to celebrate all your hard work. And a new activity this year: Integris has kindly donated a kayak and bicycle to be won as prizes for participating in the clean-up! So be sure to sign-in, get your prize draw ticket, clean your route, come back for lunch, and we'll draw for prizes afterward! 🎁

We look forward to seeing you next Saturday!

04/15/2026

♻️ Curious about recycling in Vanderhoof? Check out the updated Residential Waste Reduction Guide!

04/11/2026

🥳 Two weeks to go until the Community Clean-Up! 🌎 And this year, we have PRIZES!

Integris has generously provided a bicycle and kayak as prizes to be won by those who help with cleaning our community on Saturday, April 25, 2026!

How do you take part? It's easy! Come down to Riverside Park at 10:00 am on the day of the event. Pick an area of town to clean (we will provide garbage and recycling bags for you). Clean up your patch, then return at noon for our barbecue and draw!

We look forward to this yearly event, and would like to thank our sponsors for everything they provide us each year! 😁

04/04/2026

🥳 Three weeks to go until the annual Community Clean-Up! 🌎

Take part in cleaning up our community on Saturday, April 25, 2026. As usual, we will be meeting at Riverside Park at 10:00 am to pick routes and grab cleaning gear. A barbecue with sweet treats will be provided at noon to celebrate everyone's hard work!

02/03/2026

Do you have an event coming up? Do you require dinnerware to serve your guests? The Green Toolkit is available to rent through Connexus Community Resources and offers plates, bowls, cups, mugs, and cutlery!

To book, contact Connexus by phone at (250) 567-9205 or via e-mail at [email protected]

Help reduce waste with this rental kit, while also providing income to Community Inclusion adults!

10/20/2025

Happy ! ♻️

The Nechako Waste Reduction Initiative is looking to add some new bike racks in the community. We would love your feedback as to the locations you feel would most benefit from having a rack; for instance, is there a park or business that would get more cyclists dropping by if they could safely lock their bike nearby? We would also like input on the designs of the racks! Some ideas we had are racks shaped like a sturgeon or goose. Please comment below with your ideas! 😀

Address

Vanderhoof, BC
V0J3A0

Website

http://www.nechakowri.org/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Nechako Waste Reduction Initiative posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Nechako Waste Reduction Initiative:

Shortcuts

Want your business to be the top-listed Finance Company in Vanderhoof?