World Renowned Waste Management Facilities
Edmonton is a world leader in sustainable waste management and Enerkem's Waste-to-Biofuels and Chemicals Facility -part of the Edmonton Waste Management Centre -demonstrates our commitment to finding innovative solutions to harness the value in waste.
Edmonton currently diverts more than 50% of residential waste from landfills primarily through recycling and composting. The Waste-to-Biofuels and Chemicals facility, once fully operational, will contribute to the City's target of 90% diversion.
At full capacity, the facility will produce 38 million litres of clean fuels and biochemicals. It will initially produce methanol and later ethanol. The production capacity of ethanol will be enough to fill the tanks of 400,000 cars using a 5% ethanol blend.
The feedstock for producing biofuels is municipal solid waste that cannot be recycled or composted and has traditionally been sent to landfill. Using waste to produce cleaner burning fuels is a major leap forward in Edmonton's commitment to using waste as a resource and becoming an energy sustainable city.
The Waste to Biofuels and Chemicals Facility is part of a larger initiative between Enerkem, Alberta Innovates – Energy and Environment Solutions and the City of Edmonton. This waste to biofuels initiative also includes a waste preparation facility and an Advanced Energy Research Facility.
Using waste as a resource for fuel will contribute to GHG reduction, reduce the need for food crops as feedstock for ethanol and enable Alberta to lead the way in advanced biofuels production.
For more information and to learn how the waste-to-biofuels process works, please visit edmonton.ca/WasteToBiofuels.
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Christian Felske
Utility ServicesCity of Edmonton
| Title | General Supervisor - Engineering Innovation |
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| Telephone | 780-495-9869 |
| christian.felske@edmonton.ca |
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Kent McMullin
Economic and Environmental Sustainability
Sustainable Development
12th Floor, HSBC Bank Place
10250-101 Street NW
Edmonton, AB T5J 3P4
| Title | Senior Business Strategist |
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| Telephone | 780-442-7150 Toll-free in North America: |
| kent.mcmullin@edmonton.ca |
