‘Groundbreaking’ Wetaskiwin County waste initiative [Video]

The County of Wetaskiwin is partnering with a Nova Scotia company on a project to transform waste into valuable resources and divert most of its waste away from landfills.

The project with Sustane Technologies Inc. aims to create the “first end to end circular waste solution of its kind in the province,” according to a news release.

“They were by far the most advanced and more looking towards what we wanted to do, we weren’t really that interested in burning the garbage, which is one option,” said Josh Bishop, the reeve of Wetaskiwin County.

“We started looking at this really for economic development reasons, looking to add some revenue sources for the county as well as provide some jobs, and we’re also looking at recycling.

“So that was one of the things our residents have been asking us for is more diversion of certain things from the landfill and these …