Sort'nGo Organics – Port Alberni
Did you know that 30-50 per cent of the waste sent to the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD)’s landfill isn’t actually garbage at all? It’s organic material – food and yard waste – that can be transformed into a renewable resource like compost.
That’s why the ACRD has launched a new Organics Collection Program in the City of Port Alberni – so you can redirect food and yard waste away from the landfill where it takes up space and creates higher greenhouse gas emissions. The new service that launched September 13, 2021 is part of a wider update to waste collection that will include moving to a 3-stream roadside cart system. Similar to garbage, recycling and organics will now be collected in carts and picked up at the roadside by collection trucks.
Funding to support upgrades to the new waste services, including the ACRD’s Regional Organics Implementation Project, is eligible through the Canada Community-Building Fund (formerly known as the Federal Gas Tax Fund). In 2020, the ACRD received a six million dollar grant that will fund the introduction of organics collection in the City of Port Alberni, the west coast of Tofino, Ucluelet and some surrounding communities, and engage with Alberni Valley electoral areas, Bamfield, First Nations and surrounding communities.
LATEST UPDATES:
- Making 'Black Gold': Get to know the local business turning our food and yard waste into nutrient-rich compost albernivalleynews.com/marketplace/keeping-organics-local-earth-land-and-seas-composting-process
- Kitchen waste to compost: Get the scoop on local composting in this Sort'nGo Organics video: facebook.com/ACRD.recycles/posts/439674371495177
- Celebrating Our Success: It’s been 6 months since the Sortn'Go service launched in the City of Port Alberni. How are we doing? bit.ly/celebrating-our-success
- About Our Trucks: Wondering how the split-compartment works for collecting recycling and organics? Find out: bit.ly/sortngo-trucks
- In the News: Go in-depth with Sort'nGo in the latest issue of Valley Vibe: bit.ly/sortngo-valley-vibe
- First Month in Review (Sept 2021): Now that we're actively sorting organics for curbside pickup here's how we're doing: letsconnectacrd.ca/stats-for-sept
- Get the App: Download the Sort'nGO ACRD app to get help sorting and set collection alerts! Try our desktop version here: api.Recollect.net/R/Area/ACRD