Allan Gerlat, News Editor

March 7, 2012

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Edmonton Opens Mixed C&D Recycling Facility

Edmonton, Alberta, has opened a mixed construction and demolition (C&D) recycling facility.

The facility at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre cost $4.3 million and uses mechanical and manual sorting to separate mixed loads of material into various re-usable commodities, the city said in a news release.

The new C&D recycling facility can process 100,000 metric tons of mixed C&D material per year. Officials expect the facility to recover up to 70 percent of the material for recycling.

It is estimated that Alberta recycles only 10 to 15 percent of C&D waste currently. C&D waste comprises about one-quarter of all municipal solid waste landfilled in the province, according to Alberta Environment and Water.

To qualify as a mixed load, at least 75 percent of an individual load must be composed of wood, metal, drywall, asphalt/concrete, asphalt shingles, cardboard and paper.

 “Edmonton is a leader in waste management, and this new mixed C&D recycling

facility will help us meet our goal of diverting more non-residential waste from landfill,” said Councillor Don Iveson.

 

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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