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GRT & Snuneymuxw featured in Innovate BC Success Stories
“In a world grappling with the challenges of climate change and dwindling resources, the concept of resource regeneration offers a promising pathway towards a sustainable future. Rather than depleting our finite resources, regeneration focuses on replenishing and restoring them. It embodies the principles of sustainability, resilience, and long-term thinking. “
GRT: A green source for materials
It's tough to imagine a world where dependable aggregate supply is more than a 'stone's throw' away (pun intended), especially here in the Pacific Northwest. But considered in the global context, and set against the backdrop of rising costs for extraction and transportation... the issue of aggregate sustainability comes a little more into focus.
How are you planning to move your dirt?
The new soil relocation rules have come into force in British Columbia. Learn how this affects your soil movement plans and GRT’s receiving status.
Waste Naut, Mainlanders!
Hey there, Vancouver constructors and developers. How far is your dig from a barge ramp? If you're less than a 20 minute drive to a barge ramp, and you're currently trucking your excess soil to the Fraser Valley - Hold up!
Meet the who’s who of Nanaimo’s W2R Hub!
Duke Point is turning into a waste-to-resource (W2R) hub! Including GRT, this thin peninsula on the southeast edge of the City of Nanaimo hosts at least six hardcore W2R businesses.
0.3% “Waste”!
But in spite this, over the last quarter, guess how much legit garbage our entire facility produced? Yep! Only 0.3% of all inputs! That means we diverted 99.7% of the excess soil, sediment, and slurry we received away from the landfills where it would otherwise have been sent.
CDE Global Profiles GRT in Case Study
CDE Group — one of our key technology partners — recently published this case study on GRT highlighting our resource regeneration process!
It’s that time of year again…
We’re not talking about football season, we’re talking about (drumroll, please….) DREDGING SEASON! 🤓
CWMA Fall 2022 Conference
GRT applauds the work that the CWMA does to serve the solid waste industry in coastal British Columbia. They publish frequent news digests and organize regular events that focus on information sharing, practical advice, and making connections.
Improving Circularity in the Construction Industry
There have been great strides made in C&D waste recycling, concrete and asphalt recycling, and steel recycling through both regulation and changing attitudes, but soil recycling uptake continues to lag. In fact, excess soil may reveal a vital solution to a global concern.
One Year of Resource Regeneration!
In honour of our first year, we thought we’d have a little bit of fun with some output volume comparisons. Check out the infographic below to wrap your head around just how much material we have regenerated this year from waste soil!
Spotlight on Salt
GRT treats salt-contaminated soil and dredge, which is very common in the oceanside region where we operate (even in upland soils below a certain depth). As you can imagine, given its high solubility, salt readily washes off coarse aggregate and into GRT’s water treatment system where we can safely manage it.
“Wasted” Opportunity: More awareness needed around the value of resource regeneration
Aggregate Resource Regeneration should be the norm in Canada, and yet, there are only a small handful of facilities that enable soil reuse (e.g., GRTs facility is the only soil washing plant in western Canada), with little to no capital funding or grant programs available to support this transformation.
Gone too soon: Rethinking disposal requirements in Federal contracts
GRT recently produced 200 mt of clean washed gravel and 150 mt of clean washed rock (right side of photo) from a federal contaminated site remediation project. Good news story? Not totally.
What’s the Dirt on Resource Regeneration?
Have you ever wandered past a colourful mural with a rendering for a cool new condo development and noticed the huge gaping hole in the ground behind it? Did you ever wonder where all the dirt went after it came out of the hole?
Upcoming Event: Lunchtime Seminar with Fill Connect & Claire Lewis
We’re excited to share that on Tuesday, February 15th, our Director of Client Relations, Claire Lewis will be speaking one of the lunch-hour events, on the topic of (wait for it…) Resource Regeneration on Vancouver Island.
Xeriscaping & Low-to-No Irrigation Medians with GRT Aggregates
As climate change continues to impact local weather, sod-free city medians and boulevards offer an appealing alternative to traditional designs that rely on regular irrigation.
Dear Municipalities
We agree on the benefits of recycling excess soil, reusing local aggregate, and reducing our community's GHG emissions in the process. We are delighted to support your climate action goals and strategies. And we are inspired by your creativity, innovation and dedication to improving the communities where we live and work.
Soil Analyses for GRT’s Aggregate Outputs
As a fairly new company offering a very new solution to the market, we naturally get asked a lot of questions about our process. And, rightly so! Specifically, we are often asked how we manage the QAQC process of our output products, considering the fluctuating conditions of the materials we accept.
Marine soil movement at GRT’s Facility
Our Duke Point plant staff capably and routinely unload barges in the cleanest and tidiest way (thanks to Ben in the loader and Emerson in the excavator on this beautiful December day).