By Dave Cooper, Edmonton Journal
It has taken 14 years of research and trials, but an Alberta-developed technology that turns organic waste -including infectious proteins and other micro-organisms -into something safe and reusable took a $10-million step forward Tuesday.
That's the amount of support coming from the provincial Climate Change and Emissions Management Corp. for the $31.8-million project in Lacombe, which aims to cut methane-gas emissions from landfill sites and also produce energy from biogas.
"We still have to complete our financing and permitting, but we are making good progress," said Chris Thrall, president of BioRefinex Canada, the firm that will commercialize the technology.
"We will be taking a significant amount of organic material which we believe can be transformed into better uses. And there are significant sources across Canada and abroad," he said. More
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