Edmonton Composting Facility
{{Short description|Municipal site in Canada, 1999 to 2019}}
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The Edmonton Composting Facility was the site of the Canadian City of Edmonton's co-composting system for processing organic waste. Co-composting involves mixing household waste with biosolids (sewage sludge), and using microorganisms to break them down into simple compost. Waste was separated from general garbage.
In 2017 structural issues were identified in the roof of the aeration hall and by spring of 2019 conditions had deteriorated to the point that it was no longer safe to continue to operate the facility.{{cite web|url=https://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/garbage_waste/edmonton-composting-facility.aspx |author=City of Edmonton|title=Edmonton Composting Facility|access-date=2020-01-25}} The facility will be demolished{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-compost-1.5281837 |author=CBC News|title=Demolishing Edmonton's compost facility to cost $12M|access-date=2020-01-25}} and organic waste will be directed to the recently completed Anaerobic Digestion Facility.{{cite web|url=https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/waste_drainage/anaerobic-digestion-facility.aspx |author=City of Edmonton|title=Anaerobic Digestion Facility|access-date=2020-01-25}}
Size
Built in 1999, the Edmonton Composting Facility was the largest of its kind in North America,{{cite web |last1=Fida |first1=Kashmala |title=EDMONTON City says demolition of shuttered compost facility to cost $12 million |url=https://www.thestar.com/edmonton/2019/09/15/city-says-demolition-of-shuttered-compost-facility-to-cost-12-million.html |work=The Star |date=15 September 2019 |access-date=2020-01-25}} both in volume and capacity. At 38,690 square metres (416,500 square feet) in size it was also the largest stainless steel building in North America{{cite book |last1=Cobb |first1=Harold M. |title=The History of Stainless Steel |date=May 15, 2010 |publisher=ASM International |isbn=9781615030118 |page=324 |edition=Hardback |url=https://www.asminternational.org/search/-/journal_content/56/10192/05279G/PUBLICATION |access-date=2020-01-25}} and could process {{convert|200000|tonne}} of residential waste and {{convert|25000|tonnes}} (dry) of biosolids each year.{{cite web|url=https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/documents/PDF/CompostingFacility.pdf |author=City of Edmonton|title=Composting Facility|access-date=2020-01-25}} A replacement facility is in the works along with the now-functional Anaerobic Digestion Facility.
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External links
- [https://www.edmonton.ca/programs_services/garbage_waste/edmonton-composting-facility.aspx City of Edmonton - Edmonton Composting Facility]
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Category:Buildings and structures in Edmonton
Category:Industrial composting
Category:Sewage treatment plants in Canada
Category:Water supply and sanitation in Canada
Category:Municipal government buildings in Canada
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