The Prairie Clean Story
It started, as many good things do, with a simple question: What if we could take something nobody wanted and turn it into something innovative and useful?
Our founder, Trevor Thomas, has always believed in the power of overlooked things. Coming from a Saskatchewan farm family lineage with a background in renewable energy, Trevor saw promise where others saw waste; in this case, the mountains of flax straw left behind after harvest. Most of it gets burned or abandoned because flax straw is very fibrous and can’t be tilled back into the soil and planted over in the next season. It has virtually no other uses, that’s why up to 1 million tonnes are burned on the prairies every year. But Trevor saw its potential. Strong, natural, absorbent, and biodegradable. Flax straw wasn’t something to be burned. It was something to be harnessed.
Prairie Clean Enterprises, the parent company of Prairie Clean Litter, was born from that belief: that we can build a better future by using what we already have, more wisely. At first, that meant building sustainable supply chains and renewable products out of agricultural leftovers. But then we asked, could this work as cat litter?
The idea stuck. And not just because we love cats (though we really do and Trevor has two). It made perfect sense — a clean, low-dust, no-smell solution made from 100% prairie flax straw. No perfumes. No clumping chemicals. Just a simple, smart use of natural material that’s safe for cats, better for the planet, and easy for people.
Prairie Clean Litter is the result of that journey. It’s a product born on the farm, built with care, and tested at the Regina Humane Society and in real homes. We’re proud of what it does, and even prouder of what it stands for.
Because at PCE, our mission is bigger than litter. We’re here to rethink waste, revive rural economies, and prove that doing good can be good business. From cat boxes to flax fibre usage and bioenergy, we’re finding better uses for what the land gives us. And building a cleaner, more resourceful future in the process.
Thanks for being part of the story.