Garbage-to-fuel plant on the hunt for talent

EDMONTON- For Dee Popat, an engineer from Leduc with experience in manufacturing, the chance to get in on the ground floor of a new industry was too exciting to ignore.

“This is a fantastic opportunity. I have the experience and am applying to be the plant manager,” Popat said Saturday at Enerkem’s first job fair.

Read more: http://tinyurl.com/95g4362  

Edmonton wants a slice of the global trash business

EDMONTON – Edmonton wants to tap into the multibillion-dollar international trash business by setting up the first city-owned company to bid on projects in China.

Waste Re-Solutions Edmonton is creating a joint venture with Beijing-based Canfit Resource Recovery Technologies in hopes of running the waste management system for Beijing’s ETOWN industrial suburb, Mayor Stephen Mandel said Tuesday.

Read more: http://tinyurl.com/8fchbtp