A Calgary dentist office is encouraging kids to trash their treats this Halloween.

The Evans Centre for Dental Health and Wellness will pay $1 for each pound of candy it receives this year and will also donate pound for pound in apples to the Calgary Food Bank.

“We just feel our North American diet is not as healthy as it should be,” said Dr. Kindel Roberson, a dentist at the centre.

Robertson enjoys trick-or-treating with his children but does not enjoy the effect the sugar has on his children’s health.

“I have to be the ogre parent and take it away,” he said.

The candy brought to the centre will be thrown out.