Alternate Waste Disposal Systems for the FVRD
Type of initiative
FCM Green Municipal Fund - Plans, Studies, Pilots
Sector
Waste
Project value$50,000
Project Type
Feasibility Study
Sub Sector
Waste Management
Grant amount$24,999
Program type
GMF
Municipality
Fraser Valley Regional District, BC
Status
Fully Disbursed
Population
324,005
Project timeline
2003 - 2011
Project number
3716
Description
This study will examine ways to increase the rate of diversion of FVRD’s waste stream by exploring new technologyapplications (composting, energy from waste, and Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (IC&I) materials) and newforms of governance (i.e. a broader regional role). Available options will be evaluated on a life-cycle basis includingtransportation, air quality, zoning, and land-use development priorities. . A preliminary life-cycle analysis will be appliedthat includes transportation impacts from collection (e.g. the greenhouse gas emissions associated with collectionoptions and location of disposal sites); land-use and community impacts (e.g. “big box” disposal facilities versus smallerfacilities in selected municipalities); landfill gas emissions from organic waste; heat and electricity generation potentialfrom energy-from-waste facilities; and air quality impacts of energy-from-waste facilities versus air quality impacts ofexisting, unregulated open-burning.
Applicant
Fraser Valley Regional District, BC