Food Waste

Box of Life empowers the community to close the loop on the food system by selling and educating on vermicomposting systems. Vermicomposting is great for apartment composting because of its small size, and can be done on a larger scale too for those farmers who want the best fertilizer nature can provide. Did you know that a composting earthworm has 5 hearts? Your worm farm at home could have as many as 10,000 hearts – so much love!

Contact:

Website
(873) 288-1148
compost@theboxoflife.com
15 Larch St, Ottawa, ON K1R 6W4
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Hidden Harvest supports volunteer Neighbourhood Leaders to organize the harvest of fruits and nuts that would otherwise go to waste on public and private property. By removing challenges to access low-hanging fruit, volunteers are increasing their food sovereignty and that of the local population, preventing food waste and helping to develop Ottawa towards being a food-tree friendly city. Between 2012 and 2020 they rescued nearly 52,000 pounds of fresh, healthy, local food, and donated over 24,000 pounds to local food agencies.

Contact:

Website
info@hiddenharvest.ca
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Foodsharing Ottawa supports fairer, more sustainable ways of distributing, using and disposing of food. Their main focus is on rescuing surplus food from local businesses such as grocery stores and restaurants, and donating it back to the community where it’s needed. They also host a Facebook group called “Share it – Don’t Toss it” which provides a platform for individuals in Ottawa to share surplus food. FoodSharing Ottawa rescues close to 40,000lbs of food annually!

Contact:

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info@foodsharingottawa.com
Ottawa, ON
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Zero Food Waste Ottawa employs drivers to pick up extra food from their partner food vendors and redirect the food to local humanitarian agencies.

Contact:

Website
ottawa@zerofoodwaste.ca
Ottawa, ON
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Project Name: Facebook Group

Zero Waste Ottawa facilitates a Facebook Group for people who are taking responsibility for reducing the amount of waste they produce.

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Zero Waste – Ottawa

Project Name: Cooking For A Cause

Cooking for a Cause Ottawa redistributes excess food from organizations across Ottawa to food businesses that use it to create up to 4,000 meals per week for social service agencies.

Contact:

Website
(613) 722-8019
cookingforacause@parkdalefoodcentre.org
30 Rosemount Ave #2, Ottawa, ON K1Y 1P4
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Project Name: Community Harvest

The Ottawa Food Bank stops at local grocery stores and farms to pick up donations of fresh meat, produce, bakery, and deli goods. The food is then delivered the same day to one of their front line partners, typically a meal program or emergency housing shelter.

Contact:

Website
(613) 745-7001
jason@ottawafoodbank.ca
1317 Michael Street, Ottawa, ON K1B 3M9
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Food “waste” as an asset.

Seeking the transfer of responsibility for plastic and paper waste (including food packaging) from municipalities/consumers to producers

https://wastewatchottawa.ca/epr/

Project Name: Solid Waste Master Plan

The Solid Waste Master Plan will guide how we manage solid waste in Ottawa over the next 30 years.

Overview of City of Ottawa’s current solid waste management system

Green bin, leaf, and yard waste guide

Contact:

Website
(613) 580-2400
wasteplan@ottawa.ca
110 Laurier Ave W, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1
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