Food scrap recycling expands at Lions Gate Hospital
Lions Gate Hospital has been successfully diverting food scraps from its Food Services kitchen from local landfills for more than a year now. As of this past Monday, the organics recycling program has now expanded to include a green bin in the Terrace Café for all of staff to use.
Staff, visitors and patients can now recycle/compost:
- Food scraps
- Take-out containers
- Plates
- Napkins
- Stir sticks
- Salt and pepper packets
- Any other food soiled, paper-based products
** Please note that cups and soup bowls are not accepted at this time due to the coating used on these items.
It’s not just food from the cafeteria that’s accepted. Staff who have leftover lunch (or dinner) – and who love this planet – are also encouraged to deposit their organic waste in the new bin inside the cafeteria.
“We hope everyone will support this program by putting all food scraps and food-soiled paper items in the Food Scraps Receptacle in the Cafeteria, and other waste and recyclables in the appropriate streams,” says Chad Forbes, Manager, Support Services.
The benefits of composting
- It’s mandated — In January 2015, Metro Vancouver banned food scraps from the garbage stream.
- It’s good for the environment — Compost has the ability to regenerate poor soil as it is rich in nutrients. This means it can remediate contaminated soil; of which we have a surprising amount. As well, compost prevents methane pollution common with typical landfills. Compost is actually a climate change fighter.
Learn more
To learn more about composting and other Recycling Renewal Program and GreenCare initiatives, check-out the GreenCare Community at www.bcgreencare.ca