A new recycling facility is proposed for a vacant property in Mississauga.
York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd., a waste management company, is looking to build the facility at 580 Hazelhurst Rd., an industrial area near Winston Churchill Boulevard and Lakeshore Road, according to a report submitted to the City of Mississauga.
York1 recycles and repurposes recoverable construction and demolition materials, and operates several recyclable materials processing and transfer facilities throughout southern Ontario.
The new Mississauga recyclable materials processing and transfer facility would produce alternative low-carbon fuel. This fuel is a recycled product, produced from construction and demolition wood waste and is used as a replacement for carbon-based fuels, such as coal.
This new facility would be adjacent to Ash Grove cement manufacturing plant, and York1 would provide alternative low-carbon fuel to the plant. Ash Grove currently uses coal and petroleum coke as a primary fuel source, meaning alternative fuel would lead to a direct reduction in greenhouse gas, the report states.
The land for the new building on Hazelhurst is mostly vacant, aside from a one-storey office building.
The proposed development is for a new, 30,160 square-foot building, which will be used for waste processing and transferring, the report states. The office building will remain on the property.
The area in red is location of the proposed recycling facility. Map: City of Mississauga submission
Typical users of the alternative fuel are steel mills and cement factories. The fuel is recognized as a “green” and companies that use it, can get carbon credits. The recycling and repurposing of recoverable construction material diverts waste which otherwise would have been destined for the landfill.
“This facility, once operational, will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and produce an alternative energy solution that is part of the circular economy and that conforms to the City of Mississauga’s sustainability principles,” the report states.
The waste transfer, processing and recycling will operate in an indoor and enclosed environment. The proposed development conforms with the intent and purpose of the Southdown Local Area plan, which was created in part due to concerns over air quality, the report states.
A rendering shows the proposed recycling facility. Rendering: City of Mississauga
York1 supplies alternative fuels to two other major cement manufacturers in Ontario and has been supporting Ash Grove in its future plans to incorporate the use of the fuel in its Mississauga operations.
Ash Grove presented plans to burn an alternative fuel source in public meetings last year. The company is known for its large emissions-emitting chimney along the lakefront.
The proposal is scheduled to come to a public meeting on Monday, June 1.
For more information, see the application reports here.
Lead rendering: City of Mississauga submission
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