Sustainability

Sustainable food comes from more than just compostable containers and recycling.

Big Wheel Burger was founded on the idea that FAST food didn’t have to mean JUNK food. We’ve put thought into every step, from what we serve our customers, to how we run our shops and how we impact the environment and local communities.

100% Compostable Packaging

Our customer area is 100% trash free since all of our packaging is completely compostable. Composting keeps our landfills from piling up and prevents unnecessary methane, a greenhouse gas, from being released into our environment.
We divert a minimum of 98% of our waste, recycling soft plastics, cartons, styrofoam and other items that are typically thrown out.
We print your receipt on EcoChit paper (phenol free, 100% recyclable and responsibly sourced paper).

Soil to Feed our FED Garden

All of those wrappers, plates and food scraps are turned into high-quality compost for our FED garden. We partner with FED Urban Agriculture, a charity working on food security and hyper-sustainably growth food. We serve their delicious greens, and we help fund their community programs.

FED Gardens Growing Edible Plants

The compost created from diverting our restaurants’ waste is turned into high-quality compost for our community gardens. These gardens provide green space, opportunities for youth to learn about growing food, and the vegetables even get used in our kitchens!

Fridges to fryers

Our kitchens are furnished with high-efficiency appliances, from our fridges to our fryers. Not to mention the used oil from our restaurants is converted into biodiesel.

our E-van delivers throughout Victoria AND saves 2.2 TCo2!!

Waste Management

  • All packaging materials are 100% compostable
  • Trash free customer area = No landfill waste
  • Less than 1% of waste ends up in landfill

Emissions Management

  • Canada’s first carbon neutral fast food restaurant
  • Through composting and recycling programs we avoided 74 tonnes of carbon in our first year of operation alone!
  • We offset any remaining carbon emissions by investing projects that have real and measurable emissions reduction

Community Engagement

  • Big Wheel Burger staff are trained about restaurant sustainability
  • We work with Synergy to audit our practices
  • We partner with FED Society, an initiative to increase food sustainability awareness

Restaurant Design

  • We furnish our kitchen with Energy Star appliances, efficient fryers and dishwashers to keep energy consumption to a minimum
  • We use recycled or salvaged materials wherever possible in our customer area
  • From the heaters to lighting, sustainability and the environment are taken into consideration every step of the way

Community