Sunday, 4 March 2012

TORONTO MOVES FORWARD WITH ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF RESIDENTIAL SSO

MUNICIPAL PIONEER

City Council commits to building two, 55,000 metnc tons/year digesters on sites within the city, making Toronto the first major municipality in North America to select AD for processing source separated organics.

IN JUNE 2007, Toronto's City Council approved the "Target 70" plan to achieve 70 percent diversion by 2010. Target 70 includes construction of two, 55,000 metric tons/year anaerobic digestion plants to process residential source separated organics (SSO). City Council says that the digester facilities, along with adoption of single stream recycling and a pay-as-you-throw funding system, will enable the city to meet its goal of 70 percent solid waste …

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