Waste management
Waste management
Organic waste diversion
The limited opportunities for organic waste diversion across the country make this aspect of our waste diversion program the most challenging. The existence of organic waste handling facilities in the Maritimes, Ontario and British Columbia has allowed Sobeys Atlantic, Sobeys Ontario and Thrifty Foods to develop robust organic waste diversion programs. Other regions of the country are challenged due to the lack of available handling facilities. To resolve the problem, we are reviewing technology that will enable us to handle organic waste in-house.
One technology that has proven to be effective in reducing the amount of organic waste is the Tower Composter® which is being used at 20 locations within Sobeys Ontario. The machine is an on-site organic waste processing system which reduces the volume of organic waste by approximately 65% and turns the material into an organic paste which could be used to make biogas.
