Action on Environment & Climate

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

ACTION

WHAT WE MEAN

We will pursue climate change mitigation and adaptation programs, including carbon neutrality, and will work in partnership with others to reduce the environmental footprint of communities throughout the Regional District.

Climate Action Public Reporting — Once again, the CSRD was awarded the Level 4 - Highest Level - ‘Achievement of Carbon Neutrality’ designation from the Provincial-Union of BC Municipalities Green Communities Committee for 2019. (Program awards are recorded for the previous year’s data.) The award acknowledges the CSRD’s efforts in helping to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and create complete, compact and energy efficient communities. The CSRD is one of only a handful of regional districts in the Province to achieve carbon neutrality. A key component of the carbon neutral designation comes from the Salmon Arm Landfill Biogas Capture Project, which collects approximately 8,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent gas each year, significantly reducing the CSRD’s carbon footprint.

Food waste diversion – Ground was broken in 2020 on the construction of a composting facility in Revelstoke to serve Electoral Area B and the City of Revelstoke. The project was approximately 70 per cent complete in 2020, with the remainder of the work continuing into 2021. Plans are to begin composting food waste in the fall of 2021. As waste loads in the CSRD generally contain approximately 40 per cent compostable materials, removing this waste from the Revelstoke landfill and converting it into useable compost will have an extremely positive environmental impact.