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“Giving products new life drives investment, bolsters economic activity, cuts emissions and creates jobs. It’s a win across the board,” she said. “Embracing circular economy strategies and practices will help reduce emissions while keeping our industries competitive.” “It will enable us to divert 40,000 tonnes a year of asphalt shingles that would go into landfill, to our facility. That’s the equivalent of about 60,000 barrels of oil a year,” said Mills. “This is the first step in a huge North American program.”Sparks Eggs is a company working to dehydrate inedible eggs from an existing packing facility into a powder, which is used for pet food or animal feed for livestock. It’s estimated to cost about $1 million, and it will be given half of that from ERA.
Cue the liberal tears!
This incentive is justified in my mind: “As well, Suncor Energy Inc. will get $7 million for a $36-million project to recover Vanadium from the fly ash byproduct from coke-fired boilers to use in the energy storage market.” As opposed to RStar where it’s their job to clean up.