Wheels in motion on project using scrap tires as fuel at cement plant | CBC News
Commissioning started last month and since then the kiln has been operating “off and on” with scrap tires during the day as staff at the site are trained, said Cumming. That schedule will continue for at least a few more weeks until all staff are trained, at which point the site would use tires as fuel “around the clock,” said Cumming.
A spokesperson for the Environment Department said Lafarge is required to submit the results of emissions testing within 60 days. Once commissioning is complete, a research team from Dalhousie University and a third-party air monitoring company will assist with more air quality tests, beginning later this month or early in October.
Cumming said baseline testing for the project was done in July and that will be compared against stack tests that will be done to look at low-concentration materials not covered by emissions monitoring. Those results will be released to the public in early 2020, he said.
The project has not been without controversy.