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🌿🍁 Happy Canada Day! Let's celebrate our beautiful nation by appreciating and protecting the incredible landscapes and wildlife that make Canada unique.

🌱 AltRoot is excited to announce a compost giveaway for Westlock residents! 🌱

We're offering organic, screened, and cured compost by donation only to local area residents. Here's how to participate:

🔸 Must show WRWMC card
🔸 No sales to non-residents or without a card
🔸 Report to scale for compost pickups
🔸 Max 500kgs per resident per year
🔸 Bring your own shovel - load at your own risk

This is our way of nurturing the gardens and lawns of the community we love. All donations go to support local organizations, announced at the scalehouse.

📍 Find the compost near the resident drop-off area, SW of the scalehouse and recycle building.

Recommended application rates:
🌿 Gardens: 1/2" to 2" around plants, water immediately
🌿 Lawns: 1/4" to 1/2" light topdress

Remember to use it as soon as possible to keep the microbes healthy!

Thank you for helping us grow a greener Westlock! 🌾

Heads up! Our website will be taking a short hiatus due to a server move. During this time, you might experience a brief downtime, but we'll be back better than ever!

Our tech team is working around the clock to ensure a seamless transition. Meanwhile, feel free to explore our social channels for updates and sneak peeks of what's to come! 🌟

DID YOU KNOW? 8% of GHG greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are caused by food waste.

You can be a sustainability leader & reduce food waste.

Our award-winning Commercial Food Waste Diversion pilot enables business and institutional leaders to take a bold stand against food waste. It tackles the high climate impact of food in landfill, reduces food insecurity, improves soil health, and creates a more sustainable future for all. 🌱

Ready to take action? We are seeking businesses to trial food waste diversion and food rescue with us. Connect with us at https://circularinnovation.ca/foodwastepilotwestlockstrathcona

Partners and sponsors include: Leftovers AltRoot Strathcona County Town of Westlock GFL Environmental TELUS EcoSafe Zero Waste Alberta Ecotrust Foundation

DID YOU KNOW? 1 in 5 Albertans are food insecure.

Your business can be a community leader & give back.

In the Commercial Food & Waste Diversion pilot, surplus edible food stays out of the landfill and gets into the hands of our most vulnerable community members. (Food that can’t be donated is converted to high-quality compost.)

In 2023, Leftovers diverted more than 1 million lbs of surplus edible food from landfill. 🚚

Find out how to register at https://www.circularinnovation.ca/foodwastepilotwestlockstrathcona

Partners and sponsors include: Leftovers AltRoot Strathcona County Town of Westlock GFL Environmental TELUS EcoSafe Zero Waste Alberta Ecotrust Foundation

Calling all businesses & organizations in Westlock & Sherwood Park! 📢

Be an Industry Leader: Take action on the estimated 5 million tonnes of edible food and food waste sent to landfill in the foodservice & retail industry every year.

Trial affordable food waste composting & donate any surplus food to the community 🌱🍽️ It’s easy to join, creates meaningful impacts, and the compost supports local farmers. Your customers and staff will love it too!

Visit circularinnovation.ca/foodwastepilotwestlockstrathcona to contact us and learn how you can trial the program today.

Partners and sponsors include: AltRoot Strathcona County Town of Westlock GFL Environmental TELUS EcoSafe Zero Waste Alberta Ecotrust Foundation

🌱 Join AltRoot & local businesses in Westlock and Strathcona County for a game-changing pilot program tackling commercial food waste! A heartfelt shoutout to the incredible Westlock Vet Clinic and A&W for stepping up and championing sustainability in our commercial food waste pilot program! Your time and commitment are the driving forces behind positive change. 🙌

Embracing the New Year with open arms! 🌟✨ Happy New Year from AltRoot! 🎊🥂

Spreading joy from AltRoot to your home! 🌟🎄 Merry Christmas to one and all, may your festivities be filled with warmth, love, and the magic of the season. Cheers to celebrating together across the AltRoot community! 🎁🎅🏾 🥂✨

In the quiet of remembrance, we find gratitude for the bravest chapters written in sacrifice. 🕊️🍁

Feast mode: ON! 🍁🍽️ Giving thanks today and every day. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at AltRoot 🧡

📢 We're so excited to announce our Food Waste Pilot Expansion to Alberta with the Town of Westlock and Strathcona County in Alberta!

Subsidized collections start in January 2024 for businesses and institutions! Register now using the google form on our website to register your interest in the program. https://circularinnovation.ca/foodwastepilotwestlockstrathcona/

Read the press release now at https://circularinnovation.ca/alberta-food-waste-annoucement/.