Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) Who we are Successes / Challenges Yard and Garden Waste Composting
Who We Are 50,000 (60% municipal and 40% rural) Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Revelstoke and Golden 6 Electoral Areas 4 Regional landfills, 8 transfer stations Network of 18 Recycling Depots 1.5 composting facilities, 1 active LFG collection system Team of 4 Carmen Fennell – Waste Reduction Facilitator Isaac Walker – Facilities Superintendant Jennifer Graham – Financial Services Assistant Ben Van Nostrand – Waste Management Coordinator
Waste Characterization/ Food Waste Collection & Processing Studies
COLUMBIA SHUSWAP REGIONAL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Gypsum Recycling REGIONAL DISTRICT of OKANAGAN SIMILKAMEEN REGIONAL DISTRICT of NORTH OKANAGAN COLUMBIA SHUSWAP REGIONAL DISTRICT
3 years in
Root Ball
Turning Yard and Garden Waste into a Resource Why Infrastructure needs Regulations Lessons learned Questions
4.5 acres
2,000 tonnes diverted to the pad. 5 Acres
Regulations OMRR Operating Plan -Monitoring - Sampling Registration Letter Follow up letter Operating Plan -Monitoring - Sampling
5,600 m³ of ground yard and garden waste
Moisture Content Importance Windrow sizes roughly 550 m3, approx 13,000 L of water applied to each row
Sampling done beginning of Aug to test for nitrogen levels Sampling done beginning of Aug to test for nitrogen levels. Less than 15 ppm for all meaning product is ready for screening and curing!
Over's and Screened Product
Finished Foreign matter <1 Avg. Moisture = 40 Trace Elements <limits C/N ratio 20:1
Lessoned Learned More turning Volume reduction Moisture Trigger points for being done Costs Turning Sampling Watering Screening