Aldergrove Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Langmann, Rudy
issued: 2022-10-06
issued: 1985-02-13
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/alderstar/items/1.0421209/source.json
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note: *m library Solution offered to garb 5f SgSSSjfflSSi Victoria, B.C. V8V 1X4 June^85 l, B.U. fl_ ^ MURRAYVE-LE - A new proposal outlining what could be done to get rid of garbage in Langley had municipal councilors here listening with interest Monday afternoon. Researchers at a New Westminster- based research and development corporation think they have come up with the solution to the garbage problem. Chris Grant of Alternate Energy Industries told councilors that the corporation's engineers and technicians have been working on the project for eight years and already have had partial success with pilot projects in Redwood City, California and Lethbridge. Corporation is now ready to build a $5-million facility in Langley, Grant said. It would be a plant where garbage would be processed by shredding and recycling, not by incineration, he said. Only five percent of the offal will be disposed of in a dump, and after is has been totally neutralized as to toxidity and leaching danger. Grant said metals will be removed by electro magnets and chemical methods after the refuse has been through the shredding process. The giant crushers will be capable of smashing engine blocks, concrete and large logs, he said. Material will also pass through furnaces where it will be heated to temperatures of between 1700 and 2300 degrees F., Grant said. Gas with an emission rate similar to that of natural gas will be extracted and used to keep the machinery going, Grant said. Bi- products of oil will be saved for other pur poses, and energy also conserved for heating a large greenhouse complex next door. Grant said the plant is expected to' be able to handle up to 10 tonnes of input an hour or 120 tonnes per day. This by far exceeds the needs of the two Langieys. Alternate Energy sees it as a six to 12 month research program, to "prove out our technology," according to Grant. He says that the researchers are not seeking a long term commitment from the township at this stage, and that after th…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Aldergrove Herald (1957-10-16 to 1958-02-20), Aldergrove News (1958-02-27 to 1964-04-30), Central Fraser Valley Echo (1964-05-06 to 1964-12-23), Central Fraser Valley Star (1967-01-17 to 1969-02-05), and Aldergrove Star (1969-02-12 to 1991-12-31). Presented to the Alder Grove Heritage Society by Kurt Langmann and Family, July 1, 2021.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Aldergrove (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0421209
language: English
lat: 49.0851
long: -122.4707
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Aldergrove : Central Fraser Valley Star Publishing Ltd.
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source: Original Format: Alder Grove Heritage Society
type: Text