Vision Greens has announced its inaugural Waste for Want event, Saturday October 19 at Metro Winona Crossing in Stoney Creek. The Waste for Want event invites community members to bring their perishable food waste to Metro Stoney between 10 am and 3 pm and exchange it for a free full-size package of sustainably grown Vision Greens Lettuce.
Notably, food waste is the second highest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. This represents an even bigger environmental problem than plastics because food waste goes to landfill and when it rots there, it produces methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide.
"Most people are unaware of the significant effects of food waste on the environment, and we are living at a time when food waste has never been higher," said Lenny Louis, CEO, of Vision Greens.
The Waste for Want event will take place rain or shine on Saturday, October 19 between 10 am and 3 pm in the parking lot of Metro Winona Crossing in Stoney Creek, 1370 South Service Road. Consumers are asked to bring their perishable food waste to the event location to exchange it for a full-size package of Vision Greens lettuce.
The goal of the event is to collect 1,000 lbs of food waste and repurpose it as fertilizer.
For more information:
Vision Greens
www.visiongreens.ca