Amended Operational Certificate for the Waste-to-Energy Facility issued
The Ministry of Environment and Parks issued the Amended Operational Certificate 107051 for Metro Vancouver’s Waste-to-Energy Facility.
About the Waste-to-Energy Facility and its Operational Certificate
Metro Vancouver's
Waste-to-Energy Facility has operated in Burnaby since 1988 and currently handles about 240,000 tonnes of garbage per year, roughly a quarter of the region's garbage. It is a mass-burn facility that turns waste into electricity — approximately 180,000 megawatt hours per year, enough to power 16,000 homes — and recovers about 5,000 tonnes of metal annually.
The facility is approved by the BC Ministry of Environment and Parks through an
Operational Certificate. This Operational Certificate sets requirements including emissions limits, monitoring, reporting, and publication.