Edmonton Composting Facility
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The Edmonton Composting Facility incorporates the largest stainless steel building in North America. |
In the year 2000, Edmonton ushered in a new era of waste management. We still recycle about 15% of our waste, but all the remaining residential solid waste is taken to the Edmonton Composting Facility.
This state-of-the-art facility uses the City's household waste and biosolids (sewage sludge) as resources to create compost, a rich soil supplement. Together with established recycling programs it enables Edmonton to divert about 60% of its residential waste from landfill.
Take a look inside the Edmonton Composting Facility (YouTube video)
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Get the facts on the Edmonton Composting Facility. Download the Composting Facility Fact Sheet
Composting residential solid waste and biosolids is innovative, sustainable and environmentally sound. Located on 25 hectares, the Edmonton Composting Facility is the largest of its kind in North America by volume and size.
The Composting Facility:
- creates no offensive odours - the total air volume is bio-filtered.
- has flexible operations - the facility allows for advances in waste management technologies and can expand to meet regional needs, population growth and use by commercial waste generators.
- produces quality compost because there is no grinding or shredding of non-organic material in the composting process.
For more information:
| Telephone | In Edmonton: 311 Outside Edmonton: 780-442-5311 |
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| wasteman@edmonton.ca |
