New landfill gas collection system now online at Winnipeg's Brady Road Resource Management Facility

Released: September 23, 2013 at 12:02 p.m.
New equipment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, better protect environment: Mackintosh, Katz

Winnipeg, MB - A new gas collection system that will significantly reduce the emission of greenhouse gases at the City of Winnipeg's Brady Road Resource Management Facility is now operational, Conservation and Water Stewardship Minister Gord Mackintosh and Mayor Sam Katz announced today.

�We contributed more than $2.5 million for the construction of this new collection and treatment system that will lower the amount of greenhouse gas released into the environment,� said Mackintosh. �Now that this system is up and running, it will help further reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Manitoba.�

The new system will capture and treat landfill gases, which are produced when organic waste decomposes. The gases are mostly made up of methane, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. In terms of its global warming potential, methane gas is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

Under The Climate Change Emissions Reduction Act, the City of Winnipeg was required to develop a landfill gas collection system at the Brady Road Resource Management Facility.

�The City is pleased to partner with the Province of Manitoba to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions coming from the Brady Road Resource Management Facility,� said Mayor Sam Katz. �With the City's contribution of $4.5 million, we join more than 64 facilities across Canada in recovering landfill gas and helping to reduce our nation's total greenhouse gas emissions. Our goal is to not only recover the gas from the landfill but to be able to use it in the future for building heat or electrical generation.�

Between 2000 and 2011, Manitoba's population grew by 9.6 per cent, the economy grew by 78 per cent and greenhouse-gas emissions were reduced by seven per cent, the biggest reduction in western Canada.

�We've taken strong action to lower greenhouse gas emissions in Manitoba, and this new system will help us make further reductions,� said Mackintosh. �Starting this fall, the International Institute for Sustainable Development will be leading a public consultation process to support the development of a new plan to further reduce greenhouse gases.�

The minister noted the new system supports the implementation of TomorrowNow - Manitoba's Green Plan, an eight-year plan guiding provincial investments and initiatives to build a green economy while protecting the environment.

More information on TomorrowNow is available at:
www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/tomorrownowgreenplan/

News

Was this information helpful?

How can we make this web page better?

Information collected will be used to improve our website. Do not use this form to submit a request for service or information because it will not be forwarded to departments for response. To submit a request for service or information, contact 311.

This form is not intended to collect personal information; however, any personal information you choose to include in your comments is collected by the City of Winnipeg under the authority of section 36(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for the purpose of improving our website and will not be used or disclosed for any other purposes, except as authorized by law. Contact the Corporate Access and Privacy Officer by mail (City Clerk’s Department, Susan A. Thompson Building, 510 Main Street, Winnipeg MB, R3B 1B9) or by telephone (311) if you have any questions about the collection of this information.