Food Waste

• City, Compost Winnipeg to launch food waste drop-off stations

  Winnipeg's mayor says the city will be one step closer to keeping food waste out of the landfill later this much, with the launch of food waste drop-off stations Oct. 15.

  Environment

  Oct 2
  
• Central Okanagan regional district wants public input on food waste

  The second phase of a study the regional district is conducting regarding food waste and garbage collection is an online survey that runs until July 2.

  Environment

  Jun 4
  
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• N.B. community food hub aims for zero waste in their fight against food insecurity

  A New Brunswick community group that feeds people in need aims to have zero food waste.

  Canada

  May 3
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• Alberta beef producers launch new effort to reduce food waste

  Some committed Calgarians are taking a new sustainability campaign across the country this spring.

  Environment

  Mar 29
• B.C. farm’s ‘Ugly Potato Day’ feeds thousands as police called for traffic control

  For the past 13 years, they have been hosting Ugly Potato Day for anyone who wants to come down and receive a few potatoes and squash that they cannot sell to the stores.

  Economy

  Dec 18, 2023
• B.C. company pitches ‘industrial scale’ solution to food waste

  A B.C. company says it has the solution to major waste in the food system, but that it needs investors to scale up and stay profitable.

  Environment

  Dec 13, 2023
• Food waste in the spotlight after thousands of oranges left at Metro Vancouver dump

  Sonia Rivest, who works as a gardener, began to see the massive piles of oranges show up at the North Vancouver transfer station in early November.

  Environment

  Dec 11, 2023
• Food waste collection considered for greater Kelowna area

  The Regional District of Central Okanagan will survey area residents to see where they stand on curbside food waste collection programs.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2023
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• Tim Hortons joins app that reduces restaurant food waste, saves money

  An iconic Canadian fast-food restaurant is signing on to Too Good To Go, an app that sells surplus food at a discount in an effort to reduce food waste.

  Consumer

  Oct 4, 2023
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• New app to help reduce food waste comes to Saskatchewan

  A new app introduced to Saskatoon and Regina that helps to reduce food waste is becoming an interest to both consumers and retailers.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2023