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Pages in category "Landfills in Canada" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adams Mine; B.
Of the remaining 88%, 86% goes to the landfill, 9% is recycled, and the rest is burned for energy. [18] [19] [20] According to a 2019 study, only 9 percent of waste in Canada goes to recycling. [21] As of 2019, British Columbia has the highest recycling rate, at 69 percent. [22]
GFL Environmental waste bin. GFL Environmental Inc. (an initialism of Green For Life) is a Canadian waste management company, with headquarters in Vaughan, Ontario.Founded in 2007, GFL operates in all provinces in Canada and much of the United States, and currently employs more than 20,000 people. [2]
The landfill caught fire in 2012. [5] In 2013, the City of Winnipeg began capturing methane from the landfill originally using 42 gas well, [2] expanding to 63 in 2017. [6] One of the pipes broke in June 2018, preventing the flaring of the gas captured from three of the wells.
In November 2009, at Waste Management's Altamont Landfill, a new plant began producing 13,000 gallons a day of LNG fuel from methane gas from the landfill that had fueled an electric power plant since 1969. Waste Management has said that the plant, announced in April 2008, and built and operated by The Linde Group with state funding, is the ...
A sum of $20 million Canadian (US$14.7 million) from each government is to go toward a search of the privately owned Prairie Green landfill north of Winnipeg, where the remains of Morgan Harris ...
The Lachenaie landfill is operated by BFI Canada Inc. The Lachenaie landfill is located in Terrebonne, Quebec, on the north-eastern shore of Montreal. Along with the Ste. Sophie landfill, these two sites collect garbage for the Greater Montreal Area. [1] The Lachenaie landfill began receiving municipal solid waste in 1968.
The Island Waste Management Corporation (IWMC) is a Canadian provincial Crown corporation operated by the Government of Prince Edward Island.. Headquartered in Charlottetown, IWMC is responsible for collecting and disposing of solid waste in the entire province.