Anaerobic Digestion will help us achieve our diversion target by managing organics from the Green Bin program, multi-residential buildings and garbage.
Durham Region’s population is growing and is expected to be over 1 million people in the next decade. More residents mean more garbage for the Region to manage. The current composting facility for resident’s organics and the Durham York Energy Centre (DYEC) for residents’ garbage are at capacity. This new facility will help meet the increasing waste management demands and will reduce the quantity of garbage that the DYEC needs to process.
Removing organics from the garbage is a key waste diversion strategy in Durham Region and has helped to achieve over 50 per cent diversion. Currently organics are managed through yard waste collection, Christmas tree pick-ups and the Green Bin program.
In 2008, Durham Regional Council set a target of 70 per cent diversion. In 2018, our diversion rate was 64 per cent.
Public Consultation
| Waste Pre-Sorting and Anaerobic Digestion Facility - Draft Siting Report |
|
Comment period has closed. Questions? Contact us by email. |
| Public Information Centre - February 27, 2020 |
|
Comment period has closed. Questions? Contact us by email. |
Waste Pre-Sort and Anaerobic Digestion
| How will the waste be processed? | ||||
|
| Where will a Waste Pre-Sort and Anaerobic Digestion facility be located? |
|
The siting report is available in the link above for the new Mixed Waste Pre-Sorting and Anaerobic Digestion facility. The report recommends the south Clarington site located next to the Durham York Energy Centre as the preferred location, and details the methodology used and the factors considered to assess each site, including environmental and developmental impacts, as well as total cost. Six potential candidate sites were evaluated to identify the most suitable location for this facility:
|
| Benefits from a Waste Pre-Sort and Anaerobic Digestion facility |
|
In addition to diverting organics that are sorted from the waste stream, other benefits include:
There are no stack emissions or combustion involved in the anaerobic digestion process. This facility will convert organic materials like food scraps into a renewable natural gas—the building will be under negative air pressure and air from the facility must go through biofilters prior to release. There will be minimal impact from truck traffic as the trucks are already on route to the DYEC, it is anticipated there will be two additional trucks added to the daily total. There will be disposal of some residues. |
| Where will the waste come from? |
|
We will accept garbage and source separated organics collected from Durham Region's eight municipalities: Oshawa, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Clarington, Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge.
|
Contact Us
