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Get your creative thinking caps on! School contest to rename the landfill

Get your creative thinking caps on! School contest to rename the landfill

The Alberni Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) is seeking to formally rename the Alberni Valley Landfill to reflect the multiple services offered at the location and the commitment by the ACRD to increase waste diversion rates.
Foundry supports youth in living a good life

Foundry supports youth in living a good life

Free and confidential health and wellness supports for BC youth ages 12 to 24 – online and in-person
3-stream curbside waste collection: Celebrating our success!

3-stream curbside waste collection: Celebrating our success!

It’s been six months since the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District rolled out the three-stream curbside waste collection service within the City of Port Alberni and it’s time to celebrate how much waste has been diverted from the landfill!
Learn to tango and support local charities at fundraiser May 7!

Learn to tango and support local charities at fundraiser May 7!

Dancers Maria and Gabriel of the Argentine Tango Lab are bringing their dancing talents back to Port Alberni!
Bold ideas sought for Port Alberni’s historic Train Station

Bold ideas sought for Port Alberni’s historic Train Station

Bring your commercial vision for this unique location
Sustainable, affordable master planned community coming to Port Alberni

Sustainable, affordable master planned community coming to Port Alberni

Popular trails will be preserved, while providing much-needed housing to the Valley
Tips and tricks for reducing waste this spring

Tips and tricks for reducing waste this spring

Spring is in the air and people are cleaning up their yard for the coming growing season. Gardening is a great way to interact more sustainably in the world, but there can be an incredible amount of plastic involved in garden clean up and starting plants, here are some tips from the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District about what gardening items can be recycled – or better yet – reused. Save and reuse plastic pots and trays for next year’s starts.
Alberni co-op provides fuel to keep community organizations going

Alberni co-op provides fuel to keep community organizations going

Our communities are important to us — a fact that’s been made more apparent over the course of the last two years when community became so much more to many of us.
Is your home ready for the next flood?

Is your home ready for the next flood?

How to prepare your property now, and what to do if you’re ordered to evacuate due to flood risk
Waste audits show residents are on track but there’s room for improvement

Waste audits show residents are on track but there’s room for improvement

In the late fall of 2021, a curbside waste composition study was conducted over two weeks. The waste audit results show that overall, residents are doing a great job of utilizing the three-stream curbside collection service introduced this past September by the City of Port Alberni and the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District.