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Creating renewable energy opportunities for municipalities with organics diversion

by STADNYK S
Published in April 2019 - Page 19

Ontario municipalities are considering how to increase organic processing capacity due to maturing green bin programs, as well as new provincial requirements for businesses and municipalities to divert food and organic waste. The province’s current organic processing capacity is almost fully exhausted. The value of diverting these materials from landfills, where they take up valuable space and generate methane (a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide), is increasingly understood. With dedicated organics

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