If you’re a resident of Taylor Estates, Maple Ridge, Westlake Village, Whispering Ridge and Carriage Lane, the County of Grande Prairie would like to hear from you about the possibility of having curbside recycling.
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High River’s representative on the local waste commission is raising red flags over claims that some trash companies are using the foothills regional landfill to dump loads of garbage they have collected from Calgary.
Coun. Don Moore said Monday that these companies disguise their loads of mostly commercial trash from Calgary by picking up garbage from a handful of locations in High River and Okotoks.
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Red Deer residents got their first glimpse on Saturday of a new waste collection system now being contemplated.
An update of the city’s waste management master plan, now underway, includes converting to a system of three bins, colour coded for organics, recyclables and garbage.
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A Red Deer company wants to turn local garbage into fuel — and it insists it’s got the technology to do so.
Blue Horizon Bio-Diesel Inc. conducted a demonstration in a Blindman Industrial Park shop on Wednesday, feeding a mix of municipal waste, sawdust, used motor oil and a special “catalyst” into a scaled-down plant, which churned out a small quantity of diesel fuel a short time later.
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It’s one of the most intriguing, and unusual, business propositions ever to come out of this city.
Waste RE-Solutions Edmonton, a new city-owned business, has the same challenges and doubts as surround any other brand-new company … except for the six extra zeros in its start-up costs.
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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.
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