{"id":267,"date":"2019-06-07T15:11:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T19:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/engineeringinsociety\/?post_type=chapter&p=267"},"modified":"2019-06-07T15:53:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T19:53:15","slug":"metro-vancouver-waste-incinerator-waste-to-energy-facility","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/engineeringinsociety\/chapter\/metro-vancouver-waste-incinerator-waste-to-energy-facility\/","title":{"raw":"Metro Vancouver Waste Incinerator \"Waste-to-Energy Facility\"","rendered":"Metro Vancouver Waste Incinerator “Waste-to-Energy Facility”"},"content":{"raw":"One of the topics we covered in our course in June 2019 was Metro Vancouver's Waste to Energy Facility.\u00a0 Here is a graphic from the Metro Vancouver's fact sheet.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_270\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1322\"]\"Waste Waste to Energy Facility in Metro Vancouver, BC Canada -- CC0 license as it comes from a government funded website http:\/\/www.metrovancouver.org\/services\/solid-waste\/garbage-recycling\/waste-to-energy-facility\/about\/Pages\/default.aspx[\/caption]\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nIn an attempt to nail down the costs, Jennifer Kirkey used the contact email address.\u00a0 Here is the reply from\u00a0Sarah Wellman, P.Eng.\u00a0<\/span>Senior Engineer,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>Solid Waste Operations.\u00a0 \"<\/span>Thank you for your interest in Metro Vancouver\u2019s Waste-to-Energy Facility.\u00a0<\/span>Please see the following link for the Waste-to-Energy Facility 2018 financial report.\u00a0Please contact me if you have any other questions, or if you are interested in a tour of the facility.\"\u00a0\u00a0Sarah.Wellman@metrovancouver.org<\/span>\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/www.metrovancouver.org\/services\/solid-waste\/SolidWastePublications\/Waste-to-EnergyFacility-2018FinancialUpdate.pdf<\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nHere is a summary of the 2018 numbers\r\n\r\nThe cost to operate the facility was $20,497,223.\r\n\r\nPlease note that disposing of the fly ash was $1,385,142 of that cost.\r\n\r\nThe facility made\u00a0 $5,584,341\u00a0 by selling the electricity it made.\r\n\r\nThat works out to a cost of disposal of $58.16 per tonne.\u00a0 Please note that it is a metric tonne = 1000 kg = 2204 pounds.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHere is a link to the facility web page.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.covanta.com\/Our-Facilities\/Covanta-Burnaby<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nYou can take a virtual tour here.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.covanta.com\/Covanta-Map\/Virtual-Tour<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nHere is a photo of the facility from the Covanta web page.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_274\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"325\"]\"Waste Waste to Energy Facility operated by Covanta in Metro Vancouver. This image was accessed from the facility web page on June 7 2019 https:\/\/www.covanta.com\/Our-Facilities\/Covanta-Burnaby[\/caption]\r\n\r\n
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A timely issue is that of the 26 containers of garbage that will be burnt there.\u00a0 This is an international scandal and will be handled here in Burnaby, BC, Canada.\u00a0 The ethics of recycling.<\/div>\r\n
https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/philippines-garbage-canada-1.5149645<\/a><\/div>\r\n
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One of the topics we covered in our course in June 2019 was Metro Vancouver’s Waste to Energy Facility.\u00a0 Here is a graphic from the Metro Vancouver’s fact sheet.<\/p>\n

\"Waste
Waste to Energy Facility in Metro Vancouver, BC Canada — CC0 license as it comes from a government funded website http:\/\/www.metrovancouver.org\/services\/solid-waste\/garbage-recycling\/waste-to-energy-facility\/about\/Pages\/default.aspx<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In an attempt to nail down the costs, Jennifer Kirkey used the contact email address.\u00a0 Here is the reply from\u00a0Sarah Wellman, P.Eng.\u00a0<\/span>Senior Engineer,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>Solid Waste Operations.\u00a0 “<\/span>Thank you for your interest in Metro Vancouver\u2019s Waste-to-Energy Facility.\u00a0<\/span>Please see the following link for the Waste-to-Energy Facility 2018 financial report.\u00a0Please contact me if you have any other questions, or if you are interested in a tour of the facility.”\u00a0\u00a0Sarah.Wellman@metrovancouver.org<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.metrovancouver.org\/services\/solid-waste\/SolidWastePublications\/Waste-to-EnergyFacility-2018FinancialUpdate.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a summary of the 2018 numbers<\/p>\n

The cost to operate the facility was $20,497,223.<\/p>\n

Please note that disposing of the fly ash was $1,385,142 of that cost.<\/p>\n

The facility made\u00a0 $5,584,341\u00a0 by selling the electricity it made.<\/p>\n

That works out to a cost of disposal of $58.16 per tonne.\u00a0 Please note that it is a metric tonne = 1000 kg = 2204 pounds.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here is a link to the facility web page.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.covanta.com\/Our-Facilities\/Covanta-Burnaby<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You can take a virtual tour here.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.covanta.com\/Covanta-Map\/Virtual-Tour<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here is a photo of the facility from the Covanta web page.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Waste
Waste to Energy Facility operated by Covanta in Metro Vancouver. This image was accessed from the facility web page on June 7 2019 https:\/\/www.covanta.com\/Our-Facilities\/Covanta-Burnaby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
<\/div>\n
A timely issue is that of the 26 containers of garbage that will be burnt there.\u00a0 This is an international scandal and will be handled here in Burnaby, BC, Canada.\u00a0 The ethics of recycling.<\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/philippines-garbage-canada-1.5149645<\/a><\/div>\n
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