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Quick Facts:
The Peel Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) is the largest of its kind in Canada and houses:
- a single stream Material Recovery Facility (MRF)
- a waste transfer station
- an organics composting plant
The material recovery facility has a capacity to process 130,000 tonnes of Blue Box material per year.
The waste transfer station is approved to transfer up to 100,000 tonnes of waste per year.
The organics composting plant has the capacity to process 60,000 tonnes of organic material annually.
Canada Fibres Ltd. is contracted to operate and maintain the MRF, as well as market all fibre material for a five-year period.
Regional staff is responsible for the operation of the waste transfer station and the organics composting plant as well as marketing all container material from the MRF.
The IWMF is on a Region-owned 16 hectare site located at 7795 Torbram Rd., just south of Highway 407 in Brampton.
Video Highlights of Opening
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Dial-up (Small)
Part 1 - Intro and Plant Footage (652KB)
Part 2 - Highlights from Speeches (1926KB) -
High-Speed (Large)
Parts 1 & 2 - Complete Video (10.5Mb)
Why did Peel build the IWMF?
As part of the planning to introduce Region-wide organics collection in April 2007, the Region of Peel identified a critical need for a new waste management facility offering single stream recycling, organics processing capability and waste transfer capacity.
A single large-scale facility provides better processing efficiency and allows for collection of recyclable material and organic waste on one split body truck, reducing collection costs.
How will the IWMF help the Region?
The facility provides several significant benefits to the Region:
- Long-term processing capacity for recyclable material and organic waste will enable Peel to meet its waste diversion targets
- This large-scale Region-owned facility provides a cost effective solution for the Region’s future waste management needs
- This multi-purpose facility provides flexibility to effectively collect a wide range of recyclable material and organic waste on one truck, which benefits the environment and reduces waste collection costs
The Region of Peel provides municipal waste management services in the Cities of Brampton and Mississauga and the Town of Caledon.
Facility Operations
The IWMF houses a material recovery facility, waste transfer station and the organics composting plant.
Material Recovery Facility
Recyclable material is dropped off by the collection trucks on the tipping floor where it is pushed by a front-end loader onto two inclined feed conveyors to a pre-sort area, where:
- bagged material is sent to an automatic bag breaker
- plastic bags are removed and baled
- polystyrene is sorted into a storage bunker
- residual waste is removed and separated into two compactors
Cardboard and newspaper are then removed and baled for shipment to markets. Remaining material is sent to a state-of-the-art “V” screen which separates any remaining paper from the container stream.
Much of the plant’s mixed broken glass is captured below the newsprint screens and conveyed directly to a mixed broken glass bunker.
Containers are conveyed from the “V”screen to a combined trommel/magnetic separator. Heavier materials are directed to a glass sorting conveyor. Lighter materials are sent to a magnet to capture ferrous material, then to an air classifier, where the light fraction (mostly plastic containers) is removed and sent to the container sort line. The heavy fraction is directed to the glass sorting line where clear and coloured glass is separated. Any remaining glass is conveyed to a mixed glass bunker.
At the container sort station HDPE plastic bottles, PET plastic bottles, plastic tubs and polycoat cartons are sorted. A dual eddy current system captures aluminum at the end of the container sort line. All container materials are stored in dedicated sloped-bottom cages, then baled and shipped to markets.
Spare pre-sort stations and modular processing equipment throughout the MRF allows for technical modifications and program growth.
Video Highlights of the Material Recovery Facility
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Waste Transfer Station
The waste transfer station is licensed to transfer up to 100,000 tonnes of waste per year. Garbage on the transfer station tipping floor is loaded into long-haul transfer trailers using two front-end loaders. The transfer station is equipped with one dedicated rear compactor transfer bay and one top-loading transfer bay. A third transfer bay is capable of both top-loading and rear-compaction loading.
Organics Composting Plant
The organics composting plant has the capacity to process 60,000 tonnes of organic material (food waste and yard waste) annually.
Organic food waste is mixed equally with leaf and yard waste, then shredded and placed into reinforced concrete tunnels measuring 5m wide x 6m high x 30m long. Air is circulated through the tunnels using a series of holes within the floor. After approximately seven to ten days, the material is removed from the tunnels and brought to the Peel Curing Facility in Caledon. The material is cured outside in 24 windrows for 45 days using the Gore Cover System and then screened to produce the finished compost.
Tour the Facility
If you would like to tour the facility, please see the "Visits to the Peel Integrated Waste Management Facility" pages.