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INSIDE Zero Waste - Gasification Pilot

this week
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A $350,000 grant from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal Fund will result
Rico in a zero-waste pilot project to the local regional waste management facility.

SUBMITTED Sigma Professional Engineering, located in to grow local produce throughout the entire
Florida. year in our northern climates.”

F or the first time in Manitoba, a zero-waste

system is being tested at the regional land-
fill site owned and operated by Evergreen En-
If your label reads vironmental Technologies (EET), located be-
“The “zero waste system” that is provided
by the process of gasification results in a highly
efficient means of disposal of nearly 100 per-
In partnership with Eco-West Canada, the
Southwest Regional Development Corpora-
tion and with the support of the Association of
cent of municipal waste,” said Monty Peckover, Manitoba Municipalities, the pilot project was

18/06/30 tween the Towns of Minnedosa and Neepawa

in the Rural Municipality of Minto-Odanah.
It’s time to renew This project is a joint initiative between
your subscription! EET’s municipal partners who began to explore
the possibility of developing a regional waste
204-867-3816 to value-added project back in 2015 after being
made aware of technology designed by Celtic
Power and Machining based in Rapid City and
chair of Evergreen Environmental Technolo-
gies and councillor for the R.M. of Minto-
Odanah. “We are looking forward to seeing the
results and being able to save money for our
communities while, at the same time, protect-
ing the environment. I also look forward to the
future use someday of the syngas energy to be
converted to other uses such as a greenhouse
awarded a $350,000 grant from the Federation
of Canadian Municipalities’ Green Municipal
Fund. The system consists of an individual
‘zero waste’ unit, based in a standard shipping
container. Each unit will be able to process up
to 12 to 20 tonnes of municipal solid waste per
day.
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