OmniTRAX/Broe Quest Series
Kim Hickes
Community Development Officer - Environmental
North Central Community Future Development Corporation, Thompson, MB
North Central Development provides services to 35,000 residents in 17 communities in Northern Manitoba. Central to their energy reduction planning is landfill waste reduction, composting, residual heat use, and household waste recycling. The specific actions planned as part of their Challenge include:
- Fish Offal Composting replicating in other communities the successful Wabowden Fish Composting Program, which produces composted soil from fish offal and sawdust
- Community Greenhouses growing vegetables in greenhouses using residual heat which is a by-product of operating diesel generators
- Diversion of waste from landfills increased recycling will extend the life of landfill sites
Kim Hickes can be reached at khickes@northcentraldevelopment.ca