CDE Commissions its Largest C&D Waste Plant in Canada for Calgary Aggregate Recycling

SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): Later this year, washing experts CDE, in partnership with concrete, asphalt and aggregate recycling firm Calgary Aggregate Recycling Inc. (CAR), will host an open house event to showcase the company’s largest construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling plant in Canada. Recently commissioned at CAR’s recycling facility in south east Calgary, the new 250 tons per hour (tph) washing solution, designed and engineered by CDE, will take centre stage on Thursday 7^th September 2023 as industry representatives gather to learn more about CDE’s innovative recycling process and the positive impact its technology is having on resource availability in the Calgary and Alberta areas.

Travis Powell, President at Calgary Aggregate Recycling Inc., says: “We have been very busy hosting tours since opening and have received tremendous feedback from the community on how we can help them achieve their business and environmental goals.”  He says the aim of the plant was to disrupt the ‘out-of-date practices’ in the construction industry. “We set out to establish economical and viable solutions to position Alberta as a leader in sustainable and responsible construction. We started this process by applying for a grant with Emissions Reduction Alberta (ERA). It believed in the impact our proposal could have and gave us the start we needed to get to where we are today.

“With the ERA’s backing and CDE’s incredible support, expertise and proven experience in this space we are strongly positioned to make significant strides forward in our mission to reduce the cost of construction – socially, environmentally, and economically.” Enabled by CDE washing technology, the company now has the capacity to process an additional 600,000 tons of waste material to produce more than 1.25 million tons of construction sand and aggregate products every year across the wider company operations.

CDE’s Business Development Manager for Canada, Adrian Convery, says: “This plant is both the largest we have ever commissioned in Canada, but also our first partnership with CAR which demonstrates real confidence in our washing technology and recycling process. It’s a partnership that is pioneering better ways of managing resources in Canada, driving forward the agenda for change, and building a strong case for the adoption of recycled materials in the construction industry by highlighting the immense potential of C&D waste streams.”

In addition to the significant volume of material the plant is diverting from landfill, the circular approach to resource management is also helping to reduce carbon emissions in Alberta, particularly when it is estimated that the population growth of Canada will double by 2050. Adrian continues: “CDE waste recycling solutions are perfectly adapted to support urban centres where the need for construction materials is greatest. As well as landfill diversion, our solutions help to realize sustainability aims by reducing, or completely eliminating, the requirement to truck in sand and aggregate resources from other jurisdictions – an approach that generally comes at a significant environmental cost.” It is expected that the plant will help to reduce carbon emissions in Alberta by an estimated 22,567 tons annually.

Courtesy: www.wasteadvantagemag.com