Waste Management of Canada Corp. designed and built Peel’s IWMF at a cost of $35 million (excluding the composting system ). The 16,000 square meter building houses an 8,000 square meter MRF, a 3,800 square meter waste transfer station and a 3,300 square meter organics composting plant.
The Region is responsible for the operation of the waste transfer station and the organics composting plant. WMCC is contracted to operate and maintain the MRF for a five-year period.
“Waste Management is proud to be a partner with the Region of Peel in the design and construction of this advanced Integrated Waste Management Facility and look forward to our continued collaboration to help the Region reach its waste diversion targets,” said Lawrence O’Donnell, III, president and COO, Waste Management Inc.
To coincide with the opening of the IWMF, the Region launched the single stream recycling program across Peel. Beginning March 13, 2006, residents of Brampton and Mississauga and the Town of Caledon will be able to mix their recyclable containers and paper in one recycling box.
All collected recyclable items will be processed at the new MRF in Brampton. This new facility, complete with technologically advanced sorting equipment, has the capacity to process 130,000 metric tons of recyclables per year.
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