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Wastewater Nutrient-Recovery Technology Makes Fertilizer, Boosts Phosphorus Supplies

Published by: Mark Lowey
in Issue 2 & 3, Volume 18, Waste Management
 
            Vancouver-based Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. – with funding from the B.C. government – plans to build the first U.S. facility that will use municipal wastewater to make commercial fertilizer.
            Ostara says that the facility, to be built at an existing wastewater treatment plant near Portland, Oregon, will help address the problem of declining U.S. and global supplies of phosphorus – a vital product for agriculture and other industries.
            Ostara’s technology, licensed from the University of British Columbia, uses anaerobic digesters to recover nutrients from wastewater and recycles them into a trademarked, commercial-grade fertilizer product called Crystal Green. 
            “The Clean…
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Experts Offer Strategies To Manage Waste at Large-Scale Events

Published by: System
in Issue 13 & 14, Volume 17, Waste Management

           Knives, forks and spoons made from potatoes are part of the mountain town of Banff’s strategy to manage waste generated in public spaces and from large public events.

           Banff deployed the biodegradable and reusable cutlery for Canada Day festivities last summer as part of the town’s “towards zero waste events” initiative, says Anne Ruzicka, regional recycle coordinator for the Bow Valley Waste Management Commission. The event also included compostable bags in bins for organic waste, and biodegradable drinking cups made of corn starch.

           Ruzicka and other speakers discussed the often-neglected opportunities for reducing waste in public spaces and from…

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Entrepreneurs Turn Profit With Products Made from Waste

Published by: System
in Issue 13 & 14, Volume 17, Waste Management

           Shannon Hames cuts bicycle tire inner tubes into purses with pizzazz – turning a profit at the same time.

           Neil Wiens’s company pulverizes otherwise waste drywall into a compost that farmers can use to counter the high amount of salt used in animal manure-based fertilizers.

           Hames and Wiens were among several entrepreneurs who spoke at the Recycling Council of Alberta’s annual conference, where participants learned that recycling trash is creating unexpected and environmentally friendly business opportunities.

           “Entrepreneurs are the backbone of the Alberta (economy),” Norm Jede, director of environmental products and services at Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry, told the conference…

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  • Renewable Energy’s Future Remains Bright, Despite Global Economic Downturn
  • World-Class Pipeline Industry Threatened by Proposed National Rules on GHG Emissions
  • Oilsands Upgrader Approval Ignores Alberta Land-use Framework, Farmers Say
  • Syncrude Canada Charged Over Dead Ducks at Oilsands Tailings Pond
  • Environmental Law
  • Climate Change Industry Must Plan Now For Climate Change Impacts, Water Shortages, Experts Say
  • Wastewater Nutrient-Recovery Technology Makes Fertilizer, Boosts Phosphorus Supplies
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    • Category: Book Review
      • The Weather Makers by Tim Flannery
    • Category: Climate Change
      • Energy, Agriculture Need Joint Planning on Land and Water Use
      • Water Use Transformation Required by Agriculture,
      • Climate Change Industry Must Plan Now For Climate Change Impacts, Water Shortages, Experts Say
      • Skeptics Wrong in Doubting Human-Caused Global Warming, Geologist Says
      • Businesses “Blindfolded” By Policy Uncertainty Around Climate Change
      • Tougher Regulations, Push for Harmonization Expected on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      • Canadian Forest Industry’s Drive to Reduce Emissions Hurt by International Practices
      • Provinces, States Driving Climate Change Policy
      • B.C. Sees Opportunity in Growing Global Market On Carbon Trading
      • Carbon Tax or Carbon Trade: Price on Carbon Needed to Achieve Big Emission Cut
      • CCS Touted for Reducing Emissions, But Faces Cost and Regulatory Hurdles
      • Buildings in Canada are responsible for about 35 per cent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions...
      • Community Action, Government Leadership Needed on Sustainability To Prevent Societal Collapse
      • ‘Skeptical Environmentalist’ Calls for New Strategies On Global Warming
      • Action Elsewhere Will Force Faster Emission Reductions In Alberta and Canada, Experts Say
      • Canada’s Kyoto Targets Unreachable; Government’s Climate Change Plan Overly Optimistic, NRTEE Says
      • Carbon sequestration, end to oil “addiction” touted as solutions
      • Federal plan receives kudos, brickbats
      • Nearly two-thirds of senior technology leaders do not have a defined energy strategy
      • B.C. government announces “climate action” cabinet committee
    • Category: Energy

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