Registration Opening Soon for 2024 Food Waste Diversion Program

Registration is opening soon for Saugeen Shores’s 2024 FoodCycler^TM program. This program is available to residents and the registration portal goes live Monday, July 29, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.

The FoodCycler™ is a closed-loop indoor compost alternative that speeds up the natural decomposition of food through aerobic digestion of waste.  The unit dries and grinds food waste into a dry, odourless, nutrient-dense by-product that is significantly smaller in weight and volume. The end product is free from bacteria, as well as weed seeds and food-borne pathogens.

Here's how the program works:

1)    Residents sign up for the program and choose one of the subsidized devices.

2)    Users then track the amount of waste they process over a 12-week period.

3)    After the 12 weeks are over, residents fill out a survey.

Units are available for $200 and $250 (depending on the model). There are 275 units available, and the Town expects those units to go quickly. Pricing for the models is lower than retail thanks to subsidies provided by the Town and Food Cycle Science (FCS).

Registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis.  Once units become available, FCS will contact participants so they can confirm and pay for the order. Units will be available for pick-up on Saturday September 28, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at 339 Concession 6, Port Elgin.

To register for the FoodCycler™ program, visit our website: www.saugeenshores.ca/foodcycler.

This program fulfills an Operations Department Division Highlight as outlined in the Town’s 2024 Business Plan.