About Us

EMERALD ENERGY FROM WASTE INC. WORKS TO KEEP THE EARTH GREEN.

Emerald Energy from Waste is a privately owned business providing energy recovery services for materials generated by residential and commercial customers that cannot be recycled.

Our facility has been operating for over 30 years at the intersection of Highway 407 and Bramalea Road in Brampton Ontario; the heart of the Greater Toronto Area.

Together with our affiliates, U-Pak Disposals and Kerry-Cavan Feeds, we help our customers from across Ontario achieve their Zero Waste to Landfill goals. 

We help our community with the energy we recover. We send steam to a local recycled paper manufacturer company and electricity to the Ontario grid.

See Our Process

HISTORY OF HOW EMERALD ENERGY FROM WASTE BECAME A LEADER IN TURNING YOUR WASTE TO VALUABLE ENERGY.

It was a start of long process that started in 1984, but the journey was worth it as we have developed a process that will help do our part in keeping our world green.

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1984

Initial Design

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1988

Environmental Assessment Process initiated

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1990

Construction started on modular 4-unit facility

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1992

Facility achieved operational status in April, known as Peel Resource Recovery, Inc.(PRRI), a Brampton-headquartered company, starts processing municipal solid waste from the Region of Peel.

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1998

Facility purchased by KMS, facility was renamed KMS Peel

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1999

Second EA initiated to add a fifth unit and Selective Catalytic Reduction System.

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2001

Fifth unit and Selective Catalytic Reactor started up

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2002

Facility purchased by Algonquin Power Income Fund, facility renamed Algonquin Power Energy From Waste Inc. (APEW)

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2010

Refurbishment of boilers and air pollution control equipment to keep the facility state-of-the-art, ensuring 20 more years of reliable operation

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2012

Facility obtains permit to receive both municipal and industrial, commercial, institutional waste from Ontario sources, from within and outside the Greater Toronto Area.

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2014

Purchased by Emerald Energy from Waste Inc.

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2019

Plant approved to install a 6th EFW unit.

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2020

Emerald Hydrogen Pilot Program Proposal