Province of BC, Resources from Waste Study
In 2008 the Province of British Columbia commissioned the team of Jon O’Riorden, Asset Strategics, Aqua-Tex Scientific and Farallon to examine the value of a fully integrated approach to recovering energy, water, and nutrients from liquid and solid municipal waste. Processes such as gasification to produce heat and electricity, and anaerobic digestion to produce biogas were investigated for solid organic waste. “Water and Energy Recovery Cells” or “WERCs” were proposed to recover highly-treated wastewater for...
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In 2008 the Quesnel Community and Economic Development Corporation hired Farallon to conduct a study to identify and evaluate opportunities to recover energy and water from industrial and community waste streams. Farallon’s study was part of a broader bioenergy strategy designed to find economic development opportunities in a region that has been severely affected by the Mountain Pine Beetle. The study evaluated the economic, social, and environmental costs and benefits of resource recovery options, which included mining...
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The BC Ministry of Community Development has recognized that an integrated approach to recovering resources from waste supports the Provincial objectives of conserving water, energy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Subsequent to the release of the Resources from Waste Report in 2008, the Ministry of Community Development recognized the need to provide guidance and suggestions on resource recovery infrastructure and technologies to individuals responsible for local government planning and administration. Farallon was hired to...
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