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Development and Operation of a Waste Management System in Alberta, Canada

J. McQuaid-Cook

McNeil International Ltd., Cromasaig Kinlochewe, Wester Ross, Scotland IV222PE

C.S. Simons

Alberta Special Waste Management Corporation, Suite 900, 10909-Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 3L9

The successful hazardous waste treatment facility siting program in the Province of Alberta, Canada, provides an impressive example of comprehensive planning and implementation. Near Swan Hills, 250 km northwest of Edmonton, North America's first integrated Province (or State)- wide treatment and disposal facility, sited by both environmental and social criteria, was officially opened in September of 1987. Alberta's program is unique in that the public was involved from the outset and played a major role in the decision-making process.

The $CDN 50M facility receives organic and inorganic wastes from Alberta generators. Treatment by incineration, physical/chemical treatment and stabilization destroys approximately 15,000 tonnes of waste annually. Inert residues are landfilled and treated wastewaters disposed of down a deep well. The facility is fed directly from large industry and indirectly, from small industry and households, via a system of collection and transfer stations located throughout the province.

Key Words: facility siting • hazardous waste • public participation • incineration • physical/chemical treatment • stabilization • waste management • disposal • Canada.

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, 219-227 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X8900700129
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