Zone-Éco Composting

Zone-Éco receives provincial funding to enhance composting site, new service expected to start in 2026

The provincial government announced $2.2 million in funding to Zone-Éco to enhance its composting platform. From left to right: Amélie Fournier, councillor Town of Cowansville, Pierre Leblanc, councillor Town of Bedford, Pierre Janecek, mayor of Dunham, Steven Tracey, supervisor of operations at Zone-Éco, Isabelle Charest, MNA for Brome-Missisquoi and minoster responsible for Sports, Recreation, and Outdoors, Claude Dubois, mayor of Bedford, Sylvie Beauregard, mayor of Cowansville, Kevin Mitchell, councillor Town of Dunham, Marielle Benoît, general director Town of Farnham. Photo: courtesy Maryse Dubois. 

By Taylor McClure
Townships’ Daily News Bits
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Played on 18/10/24 - 18/10/24

Zone-Éco is looking to enhance its composting site for Brome-Missisquoi after receiving $2.2 million in financial support through the provincial government’s Programme de traitement des matières organiques par biométhanisation et compostage (PTMOBC) as a part of the 2030 Plan for a Green Economy.

With this financial support, Zone-Éco will enlarge its composting platform and it plans to install aeration in one of its buildings, which will allow organic materials to be continually processed and at a faster rate, said David Rumsby, managing director of Zone-Éco. 

Currently, organic materials are mixed once a week at Zone-Éco, but the goal with the new project is to collect an additional 9,000 to 12,000 tons of organic waste from the Brome-Missisquoi territory, explained Rumbsy. He noted that Zone-Éco will be targeting apartment complexes and commercial, industrial, and institutional establishments “that aren’t participating at the moment to give them the opportunity to start composting.”  

The new composting service is expected to start in 2026. 

For more details about the project, listen to the full interview below: