Compost buildings at the Astoria site on Phillipston Road in Thurlow (Photo: submitted to Quinte News)
Astoria Organics, one of Canada’s largest organics processing facilities, has opened in Belleville.
In late September, the Phillipston Road facility opened shop and is already receiving lots of material.
Al Hamilton is President and CEO and says it has been steady.
Windrow composting is the production of compost by piling organic matter or biodegradable waste (Photo: submitted to Quinte News)
He says they have had contracts lined up ready for when they opened and they have immediately started coming in.
Astoria can accept up to 70,000 metric tonnes of organic waste annually, creating 45,000 metric tonnes of compost.
Bio-solids, paper sludge, food waste and clean wood waste are all accepted at the site.
It cost about $19 million to construct the site.
