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May 2015 

To our customers, staff and friends,

A much beloved Muppet character, Kermit the Frog, is often quoted as saying “It’s not easy being green.” Well, we can concur with Kermit. It’s not easy but it certainly is worthwhile.

For as long as we’ve been a leader in waste resources recycling, we’ve talked about how to make our operations from coast to coast greener and more sustainable. We’ve built a LEEDs inspired MRF in Saskatchewan that helps to set the standard in using recycled content and energy efficient materials and systems. We’ve sponsored and supported community causes across Canada and Michigan that help people live healthier lives and to find excellent healthcare when they need it. We’ve steadily converted our fleet of collection trucks to cleaner-burning, quieter compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. By the end of the year, we’ll have more than 200 greener collection trucks and that’s just the beginning.

Now we’re taking on a big, new and very exciting role. Emterra is expanding our CNG fuelling stations from one location, in Winnipeg, MB to four. In a few weeks, we’ll open our second fuelling facility, which will be a fast fill station, in Chilliwack, BC and later this summer we’ll open a third in the Capital Region District, BC and a fourth in Mississauga, ON in the Greater Toronto Area by the end of the year. The Mississauga facility will be the largest of its kind in not just Ontario, but Canada.  Our intent is not only to service our own fleet of CNG vehicles but also to encourage other fleet owners and operators to convert to greener vehicles by creating a network of CNG fuelling stations and their sister CNG-certified maintenance facilities across Canada. 

The results will be lower vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, cleaner, more breathable air, and stable, predictable, and lower fuel costs that will be good for us, our families and our economy.

I hope you enjoy reading more about our CNG initiatives in this issue of ‘Terra Notes. As always we welcome your comments and questions.

   

IN THIS ISSUE

Emterra Environmental helps 2015 Canada Winter Games Reach New Heights in Recycling

Emterra Investing in Green Technologies to Provide Range of Collection Services in Peel

Green Technology and Environmentally-Friendly Recycling Services Coming to Households throughout BC’s Capital Regional District

BC’s Chilliwack Home to Emterra’s Second Greener CNG Fuelling Station

Emterra Environmental USA Helps Beautify Local Community

Emterra Environmental helps 2015 Canada Winter Games Reach New Heights in Recycling

In February and March, thousands of athletes, coaches and spectators descended on Prince George, BC for the 2015 Canada Winter Games and Emterra stepped up to the challenge by collecting and managing all of the recyclables. Read more...

Emterra Investing in Green Technologies to Provide Range of Collection Services in Peel

Emterra Group is investing in green technologies in Ontario as we make preparations to provide a range of collection services to more than 200,000 households in the north and southwestern areas of the Region of Peel. In January, 2016, we’ll be putting a fleet of 100 new, cleaner running, compressed natural gas (CNG) trucks on the streets to collect single stream recycling, food organics, yard waste, bulk waste and garbage. But that’s not all we’re investing in. Read more...

Green Technology and Environmentally-Friendly Recycling Services Coming to Households throughout BC’s Capital Regional District

Residents throughout British Columbia’s Capital Regional District (CRD) will soon be breathing easier when Emterra starts environmentally-friendly recycling collection services using a brand new CNG fleet as part of a multi-year agreement.  Read more…

BC’s Chilliwack Home to Emterra’s Second Greener CNG Fuelling Station

In a progressive move to operate a greener company, Emterra Group is set to open the second of four compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling stations in a few weeks. Located in the British Columbia City of Chilliwack on the eastern side of Metro Vancouver, this new CNG fuelling station opens opportunities for other fleet owners/operators to consider going greener, too. Read more…

Emterra Environmental USA Helps Beautify Local Community

It was record breaking cold, but a local organization and an army of volunteers were determined to revitalize an abandoned building in the heart of their community in Michigan. Emterra Environmental USA was there to help. Read more...