Cleanit Greenit Going Forward Forced Aeration - Recycle
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Cleanit Greenit Going Forward Forced Aeration
Municipal Waste Seminar
October 2nd, 2014
Kirstin Castro-Wunsch, P.Eng., CEO
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Outline • Who we are
• Background
• Update on Cleanit Greenit- Forced Aeration
• Odour Management Plan • Summary • Questions & Answers
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Who we are Advanced Enviro Engineering Ltd.
Permitted environmental engineering firm specializing in: Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I, II, III) Site remediation Soil and Water Testing Services Integrated Waste Management
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Who we are Cleanit Greenit
Composting System Inc. Provides organic recycling services to ICI & municipal sector Produces a line of grade A compost-based landscape products, under
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Mission and Vision
Cleanit Greenit Composting System Inc. is committed to:
• Manufacturing organics into a line of organic products that add value to the customer and the environment.
Vision • We create success for business and environment. Our success comes from protecting the environment that provides us with the resources to do business.
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Background
• Permitted to process 20,000 t/yr • Organic waste is diverted from landfill • 200,000 tonnes recycled since 1998 • Fundraiser program has raised $320,000
to community groups
• Producers of
o NatureMadeTM Compost o RootZoneTM o E-Peat
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Composting Process
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Composting Process
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Composting Process
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Composting Process
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Composting Process
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Composting Process
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Composting Process
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Composting Process
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Background
• Grade A Compost (unrestricted use)
• Compost meets CCME and CFIA standards since 1998
• We are thankful to be a positive part of our community
• Alberta Environment – both regulator and champion
• Enforcement Order in 2011
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Background
• Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water!
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Background
• Compost facilities risks: o Fire
o Odour
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Why Forced Aeration? • Located in densified area
• We are a good neighbour
• We’ve caused odour and forced aeration
reduces it
• Odour = nuisance, NOT a health issue
Not easy to measure, the best tool!
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Why Forced Aeration? Business Reasons
• Dry product
• Screens better
• Lighter for transportation
• More suitable for products such as pellets,
pressed planters, bagging, etc.
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Significant Positive Changes
1. Stopped accepting specific very odorous material: 2. Updating aeration system to blower pipes
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Our Barriers
• Small facility - 5 staff
• Odour complaints rarely direct – received through AESRD
• Not received in timely fashion
• More direct information needed
• In 50% of the cases we can completely eliminate odour (stop operations) in one hour
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Call us
• Call us directly so we can stop!
780.488.7926
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Odour Management Plan
1. Characteristics of compost odour o Complex o Nose: best tool
2. Odour can come from:
o Acceptance o Processing o Screening
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Odour Management Plan
Three main parts:
a) Monitoring – odour forms, odour patrols
b) Mitigating and managing
c) Tracking and addressing public complaints
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Monitoring
1) Feedstock depositors rank odour at every visit
2) Visitors complete odour forms
3) Discussions several times per year with randomly
selected neighbours - fill out odour forms
4) Odour Event form is provided to all neighbours -
asked to report and odour event directly to CG as
soon as it occurs
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Monitoring
5) Odour patrol – minimum of 2 times a week
6) Potential odour source identified at site
7) Neighbourhood newsletter
8) Wind speed and direction are monitored using
on-site weather station.
9) Network of regular reporters
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Mitigating and Managing 1) Mix the material identified as odorous during a time
period in conditions when odour events are least likely
to occur
2) If odour emission from screening and movement of
finished compost – operator will immediately stop and
work on other sections of the pile
3) Add finished compost overs as a biofilter
4) Proceed work when the potential odour has dissipated
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Tracking and Addressing Public Complaints
• Odour complainants will not likely be able to distinguish
between odour coming from different stages
• Complaint Resolution Panel:
o Site operator
o Member of CG’s management team
o Other staff member
• Communicating within a 72-hour period of receiving a
complaint
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Tracking and Addressing Public Complaints
• When odour complaint is received:
o CG will immediately go to location of the source of the odour
o When possible CG will consult the residents in the area – nature,
intensity and source
o Immediately upon verification, CG will phone AESRD to report
o Upon verification, CG will complete and submit and Odour Complaint
Response Form – within 72 hours
o Action taken
• Site operator
o Weather conditions - Incoming feedstocks – Work they are doing
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Positive Communication
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Positive Communication
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Positive Communication
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Positive Communication
Compost Workshop at
Garden Centers and Municipalities
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Positive Communication
Gift Certificate Program
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Summary • We are the experts – we know what we are doing
• Please call us directly
• We are a good neighbour
• Significant positive changes have been made
o Moved > 50,000 yards (equivalent to 4,200 dump
trucks) into beneficial use
o Stopped accepting odorous material
o Updating aeration system to blower pipes
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Summary
• Today it smells like roses!
• We continue to work hard to be a positive part of our community.
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