Carbon Footprint Report — Quarter 2021-02

✅ 62.0% of materials used are being diverted away from landfills

✅ 3,878 metres cubed (853,040 gallons) of water was used and/or consumed

✅ Carbon Emission Intensity equates to 34.78 tCO2eq per million $ sales

✅ 1,195 tCO2eq was emitted by Riverbend Co-op operations

Loop Resource Program

What is LOOP and why has Riverbend partnered with them? 

Loop Resource enables Riverbend Co-op to divert 100% of our unsaleable food away from landfills and towards those in our communities who can use it best — farmers! 

For farmers, LOOP means receiving food that can be used as feed for their animals, as bio-energy, or as compost. 

Riverbend Co-op diverted 20,341 kg of waste from our landfills through the Loop Resource Program from January to April 2021.

These results mean that Riverbend Co-op is projected to divert over 37,800 kg of waste and save approximately $1,700 per year in tipping charges.