Brent Hansen Environmental Commercial Composting

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Brent Hansen EnvironmentalCommercial Composting

• www.wastenot.mb.ca

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Brent Hansen Environmental

• Industry leader
• Practices Sustainable Development
• Treats waste as a resource to be harvested
• Waste management initiatives must also be
  .socially / economically viable
  
• Community education awareness is key

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Commercial Composting as Sustainable Development

• Integrated enviro economic decisions
• Stewardship and Conservation
• Waste minimization all the Rs
• Reduce - Reuse Recycle - Recover - Rethink
• Balancing the environmental, social,
  
• and economic impacts of our decisions.

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Residential Waste Composition
Source WRAPP 1996
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Setting Up The Commercial Composting Operation of
Airfield Organics

• Sustainable Development Factors
• Regulatory Perspective
• Operational Perspective
• Economic Perspective Sustainability
• Environmental Social Benefits

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Airfield Organics

• Established in 2001
• Operational .February 2002

• Partnership between
• B H E
• Airfield Farms Ltd.

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Regulatory Protocol

• Identify an appropriate site
• Manitoba Conservation guidelines
• Suitable source raw organic waste
• Sufficient volumes are needed to be viable
• Regional planning permission hoops
• Manitoba Conservation requirements
• Manure management plan
• Annual operational reports
• Liability Impairment Insurance

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Airfield Composting Pad
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Operational Perspective Due Diligence Site
Standards

• Leachate containment
• Monitor raw feedstock as added
• Ground water monitoring quarterly
• Surface water monitoring - 3 times a year
• Analyze compost curing status quarterly

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Airfield Organics Site
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Airfield Leachate Collection Ditch
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Operational Activities

• Preparing a pad
• Stacking rows
• Turning / windrowing
• Temperature monitoring
• Adding moisture
• Source
• Pumping / transporting / introduction

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Re-stacking Rows
Windrow Turning
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Loading leachate for moisture addition
Introducing moisture to rows
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CCME Class A Guidelines

• Assessment of Curing Status
• C/N ratio less than 25
• Must be cured for 6-month period/no longer
  reheats
• Does not contain any visible contaminants
• Must not contain any sharp matter
• Minerals/rocks/soil/wood/sand acceptable
• To Kill Pathogens using Windrow Method
• Waste must attain temperature of 55 C for at
  least 15 .consecutive days and turned 5X during
  this period.

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Finished Compost Windrow
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Environmental Benefits of Commercial Composting

• Extend life of landfill
• Reduce methane gas
• Managed leachate
• Production of enviro-friendly .organic soil
  amendment
• Meet Kyoto targets credits

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Social Benefits

• Quality of life
• Seven Generational Philosophy
• Linked with other factors like job creation
• Community pride
• Increased awareness and participation of .all
  .the Rs

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Economic Perspective

• Access funding support
• Ensure financial sustainability
• Appropriate scale for community
• Quantify labor, fuel, equipment costs
• Charge realistic Fee for Service
• End sales of product a small part
• Allow time to develop quality product

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BHE provides Communities with a One-Stop Shop to
set up and maintain a commercial compost site

• Knowledge of rural Manitoba needs
• Professional engineering services
• Secure licensing and government approvals
• Satisfy due diligence concerns
• Product quality and marketing strategies
• Community education workshops / materials

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Brent Hansen Environmental
402 - 10th Street Brandon, MB R7A 4G2Ph
726-3335 Fx 727-7538
www.wastenot.mb.ca