Evergreen is incorporated to execute a plan to bring the site in compliance with the ECA’s and establish business practice supporting public interest and various municipal organics and renewable energy programs. This includes moving away from composting and instead to focus on proven and widely accepted processes in Ontario, including anaerobic digestion and wastewater treatment. Evergreen was incorporated for this purpose.
The future processes will all occur in vessel. Initial operations will include receiving and depacking organics for shipment off site for further processing. This operation will transition into a full scale wet anaerobic digestion and waste water treatment following the design and approvals.
The approach has been developed to remedy historical site concerns, benefit the surrounding community and contribute to sustainable solutions.
The ultimate conversion of the site to anaerobic digestion is well within the provincial policy statements to divert organic waste from landfills, with the added benefit of producing renewable energy from biogas generated during the anaerobic digestion process.
Anaerobic digestion is a process is a collection of processes by which microorganisms break down biodegradable material in the absence of oxygen. During and after the process the material is not being exposed to open air. Activities will occur in vessel and in enclosed reactors. Odour abatement will be in place.
Evergreen is seeking a combination the following applications for using the biogas:
– conversion into electricity and heat
– connection to the gas grid
Evergreen is seeking to potentially upgrade the waste water to ao sewer water quality
Evergreen is seeking to certify the remaining product as an official labelled fertilizer product and land applying the product locally.
