C&D Debris Fuels Canadian Boilers

Vancouver-based Urban Woodwaste Recyclers Ltd. is using wood debris from Lower Mainland construction sites to fuel a new energy sector in Western Canada, according to a report in The Journal of Commerce (Burnaby, B.C., Canada).

The company uses primarily new construction wood debris and some wood sorted from demolition sites to make enhanced hog-fuel and processed engineered fuel (PEF) products to power boilers, according to the report. The wood is shredded and mixed with shredded plastic film from items like building wrap, Sean Mabberley, CEO of Urban Woodwaste, tells the Journal.

PEF biomass fuel can have a plastic content of 90 percent and yields a higher thermal value than wood alone, according to the report.