The township of Georgian Bluffs is expanding its FoodCycler project, pending 2024 budget approval.
After conducting a pilot project using 100 units, the township will buy an additional 200 and sell them to residents at a discounted price.
"[The FoodCycler] takes a full compost bin of kitchen scraps and turns it into a nice, clean, dry soil type material over the course of a few hours," said Niall Lobley, Acting CAO and Director of Community and Environmental Services. "We know that our residents are keen to reduce their impact on the environment and climate and we know that organic material takes up a significant amount of our waste stream that's going to landfill."
Lobley added the pilot project is being used as a way to divert organic material from landfills in the long-term.
On average, a household using a FoodCycler saves 16 bags of garbage annually. That amounts to 36 metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.
Budget approval is expected in late January. Any resident of Georgian Bluffs that's interested in participating in the project expansion is asked to fill out the form on the township's website. You will then be added to a list to be contacted once the machines are received.
