SWANA’s 5th Canadian Waste Symposium ~ Technical Tour Itinerary April 19, 2010

With grizzly bears as neighbours how does one handle waste and recycling? Very carefully!

But in spite of the obstacles to curbside collection, Bow Valley municipalities are providing a diverse range of waste diversion opportunities. Join us to see convenience delivered though a network of neighbourhood recycling stations, check out a residential and commercial organics collection programme and visit a Class III landfill that has turned itself into a Resource e Recovery Centre that achieves 60% diversion from the face construction and a demolition programme that achieves 60% diversion.

Tour A: Monday, April 19, 2010 – Depart Fairmont Banff Springs 12:30 pm, return 4:30 pm

EN ROUTE TO STOP 1 – Professional Narration

• Evolution of garbage control in a National Park and surrounding ecosystem setting.
• Proximity of wildlife as per large carnivore movement corridors.
• Waste characteristics of small communities serving a large tourism Economy.

STOP 1
TOWN OF BANFF BIOSOLIDS AND FOOD RESIDUAL COMPOSTING FACILITY

• Handling of biosolids and food residual feedstocks.
• Adjusting to a tourism economy’s feedstock flow patterns.
• Meeting National Park quality control criteria.

STOP 2
HANDLING WASTE ON THE WILD SIDE - MIDDLE SPRINGS NEIGHBOURHOOD RECYCLING STATION

• Residential organics collection.
• Five stream collection stations.
• Residential acceptance and aesthetics of neighbourhood bins.
• Discussion of collection programme.

STOP 3
TOWN OF BANFF RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITY

• Transfer station operation and material sources in a tourism economy.
• Automated sort-line for a mixed containers collection programme in a small municipality.
• Marketing strategies in a tourism economy.

STOP 4
TOWN OF CANMORE BOULDER RESIDENTIAL RECYCLING DEPOT AND TRANSFER STATION

• Making it all work in a small space.
• Refundable dairy containers to recycled oil residential recycling streams in Canmore and Alberta.

STOP 5
FRANCIS COOKE REGIONAL CLASS III LANDFILL AND RESOURCE RECOVERY CENTRE

• Construction and demolition source separation programme.
• Municipal instruments to encourage source separation.
• Tipping fee structure and the flexibility to help it happen.
• Managing storage and marketing.
• Industry support.