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In the past four months, Chilliwack has been the pilot site for a food-waste diversion project that91裸聊视频檚 being called a 91裸聊视频済ame-changer.91裸聊视频�

Save-On-Foods joined forces with Food Banks BC, FoodMesh, Loop Resource, and charities like Chilliwack Salvation Army to reach the goal of 91裸聊视频渮ero surplus and potentially wasted food91裸聊视频� ending up in the waste stream.

A lot has been accomplished.

91裸聊视频淓very item they can91裸聊视频檛 use, we are getting it,91裸聊视频� said Don Armstrong, coordinator of the Chilliwack Salvation Army Food Bank, picking up some fresh asparagus and packages of sushi received from Save-On.

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Black Press Media stopped by the food bank last week to see how the pilot project was working, as Sally Ann volunteers and staff combed through six pallets of boxed produce, dairy, and baked goods from Save-On-Foods.

Out of a week91裸聊视频檚 worth of food, they maybe had one garbage bag full they couldn91裸聊视频檛 put to use.

91裸聊视频淭he program works fantastic,91裸聊视频� said Armstrong, adding they can use about 90 per cent of what they have been getting, and farmers will come by every day to pick up what91裸聊视频檚 left to feed their livestock.

91裸聊视频淧eople are coming in and they91裸聊视频檙e loving the stuff that we are able to give them,91裸聊视频� said Armstrong. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e giving them apples, we91裸聊视频檙e giving them oranges, bananas, sandwiches, deli meats, roasts, and turkeys.91裸聊视频�

The food-waste diversion is now operational in more than half of the 170 Save-On-Foods stores across the province, including all three in Chilliwack, where the pilot has been redirecting food in a consistent, safe, and measurable way.

The grocery chain spent the past year trying to surpass its company-wide goal to reduce food waste by 50 per cent by 2025.

91裸聊视频淲e have been composting perishable waste where possible for a number of years, but we knew we could do better,91裸聊视频� said Darrell Jones, president of Save-On-Foods, in a release.

The idea is to eventually see the initiative rolled out in all Save-On stores across Western Canada.

91裸聊视频淲ith close to 1.5 million metric tonnes valued at close to $6.4 billion dollars of surplus edible food wasted each year in B.C. and close to 100,000 individuals struggling to put food on the table, perishable food recovery with our partner, Save-On-Foods, has been a true game-changer,91裸聊视频� said Laura Lansink, executive director of Food Banks BC.

So where is it all heading?

91裸聊视频淲hat we91裸聊视频檙e hoping is that other grocery stores will see what Save-On-Foods is doing, and get on board, so we can get all this food out of the landfills,91裸聊视频� Armstrong said.

jfeinberg@theprogress.com
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