Wednesday, March 7, 2012

CITY SHORTLISTS TEN COMPOSTING TECHNOLOGIES

Vancouver, British Columbia

Metro Vancouver, interested in citywide food waste collection and composting, issued a Request For Information and Qualifications (RFIQ) on composting technologies. The purpose of the RFIQ was to find information on composting systems that are proven to work at full scale, and that are available in Canada.

Out of 23 responses to the RFIQ, Vancouver shortlisted 10: Canada Composting, Inc. - operates the BTA anaerobic digestion facility in Toronto; Cascades Renewable Carbon Corp. planning a Natur-Tech composting system; Engineered Compost Systems (ECS) - installations of both containers/boxes and horizontal silos; Orgaworld - horizontal silos at Ontario facilities in London and Ottawa (under construction); Maple Reinders Christiens technology at facilities in Hamilton and Peel Region; Net Zero Waste - Gore Cover System; Organic Waste Systems - Dranco anaerobic digestion technology; Yield Energy anaerobic digestion; and R-Earth International Composting Corp. rotary drum on Vancouver Island.

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