
Sylvan Lake town council hears presentation for waste to energy facility
The conversation for a facility to divert waste from Sylvan Lake’s landfill is back in the air.
At their meeting on Monday, town council heard a presentation by Varme regarding a potential waste to energy (WtE) facility in the area.
Varme, owned by parent company Green Transition Holding (GTH), has WtE facilities with integrated carbon capture and storage around the world, with the goal of eliminating landfills and a sustainable solution for non-recyclable waste.
They say in 2020, solid waste disposal was Canada’s third major source of methane emissions at 21.7 per cent, behind enteric fermentation (animal farming) and oil and gas fugitive emissions.