​We continually improved our ability to prevent and reduce smells. Over the past few years, as more neighbours  moved into our community, we ramped up our investments in smell reduction.

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Here is what we did and continued to enhance:

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• We doubled the number of aeration pipes, as recommended by experts.

• Over the past several years, we reduced the total tonnage of compostable material accepted and stopped accepting several types of potentially smelly material, such as grass and very wet material.

• In February 2020, we brought in a specialist to review our procedures and provide further training in best practices for our industry.

• We increased the use of biofiltration. Biofiltration uses moist organic materials to adsorb and then biologically degrade odorous compounds.

• We hired more patrollers over the last two to three years of our operation to increase coverage and response time.

• From January through December 2020, Cleanit Greenit (CG) conducted 208 voluntary, pro-active patrols to monitor for odour. Patrollers noted odour from the CG composting site at more than 500 metres away from the site 13 times. The average intensity was 3/10 and lasted under an hour.

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CG STOPPED ACCEPTING MATERIAL AS OF AUGUST 26, 2022 - ANY SOURCES OF ODOUR IN THE WEST END ARE NOT DUE TO CG OPERATIONS. 

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Resources:

Government of Alberta

Compost Council of Canada

Complaint Results