Allan Gerlat, News Editor

June 21, 2013

1 Min Read
Progressive Opens C&D Waste Reduction Unit in Ontario

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. has opened a waste reduction facility in Vaughan, Ontario, to reduce construction and demolition (C&D) waste going to landfills.

The Vaughan-based company said in a news release the waste reduction facility cost $14 million.

The Vaughan-based company said in a news release the waste reduction facility cost $14 million.  The 10-acre facility will redirect up to 85 percent of the waste it receives. It creates more than 50 jobs.

The new facility can process about 20 percent of the greater Toronto area’s nearly 500,000 metric tons of C&D waste annually. The wood recovered at the facility will be converted into fuel.

While Ontario residents have a 46-percent recycling rate, industrial and commercial operations fall well below that, the company said.

 

 

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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