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SEPT/OCT 2014
SALT began developing their landfill technol-
ogy about 15 years ago, motivated by the re-
alization that current municipal waste disposal
methods were ineffective and harmful to the
environment. Canada is home to the compa-
ny’s first full-scale endeavour. In 2008, the Re-
gional Municipality of Wood Buffalo selected
SALT Inc.’s aerobic bioreactor technology as
the long-term landfill gas management plan
for the Fort McMurray Landfill. The Regional
Municipality of Wood Buffalo was seeking a
viable technology to significantly reduce the
environmental footprint of that facility while
reducing the quantity of methane emitted an-
nually. SALT Inc.’s technology will help achieve
the goal of the municipality and will assist
with establishing the Regional Municipality of
Wood Buffalo as a national and global leader
in carbon reduction action.
Dr. Sean Speer, a senior engineer of Salt Canada, Prof. Ernest Yanful (Civil and Environmental Eng., Western), Prof.
Sohrab Rohani (Chemical and Biochemical Eng, Western), Mr. John Baxter, President of Salt Canada, Mr. Hecham
Omar (M.E.Sc. candidate, Chemical and Biochemical Eng, Western),Dr. Ali Alizadeh (PDF, Chemical and Biochemi-
cal Eng, Western), Ms. Madiha Salman (PhD candidate, Civil and Environmental Eng., Western), Mr. Arnold Painstil
(PhD candidate, Civil and Environmental Eng., Western), and Dr. Ana Maria Aguirre (PDF, Chemical and Biochemi-
cal Eng., Western).
