Competition for Edmonton’s trash Edmonton’s Waste to Biofuels and Chemicals Facility is the world’s first commercial-scale waste-to-biofuels facility of its kind and is designed to turn household garbage into biofuels and renewable chemicals.
The facility is built, owned and operated by Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, a subsidiary of Enerkem. Using Enerkem's proprietary technology, it aims to convert 100,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste into 38 million litres of biofuel annually to help Alberta reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. (Waste-based biofuels can reduce GHG emissions by more than 60% when compared with fossil fuel production and landfill operations.)