Wet/Dry pioneers in Canada
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A wet/dry mixed waste processing system is operational in Ontario, Canada in which all materials are sorted and processed before recycling in different wet and dry streams. Good wet and dry presorting by the residents has led to marketable dry recyclable materials. Trucks with dual compartments for dry and wet waste are used for waste collection. Processing of organic waste was fully operational by Feb 1996. There are 2 dry sorting lines, 1 wet sorting line, a residential tipping floor, an organics waste facility, and a secondary composting area. The finished compost is sold or used in public works.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1996
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Residential organics diversion strategies
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The recycling and composting programs in Mission, British Columbia, Canada, have achieved their goal of 30% diversion. There is weekly curbside collection for families, while the rural residents use the dropoff depot at landfill site. The limit for garbage collection is two 18 gallon containers per week. The cost of the program is charged by dividing the programs' total cost by the number of household using the service. A solid waste management system is being developed by the County of Colchester, Nova Scotia.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1996
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Beneficial use of biosolids expands in Canada
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Local governments and recycling industry personnel have focused attention on land application, composting and pelletization as strategies to achieve good waste diversion rates for the vastly available biosolid resources in Canada. Fertilizers recycled from biosolid wastes are of utility to the nation's agricultural industry by fulfilling the role of cost-effective soil enhancers.
Publication Name: BioCycle
Subject: Environmental services industry
ISSN: 0276-5055
Year: 1995
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