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Biomass is any plant-based fuel including crops, forest waste, railway ties, surplus wood from construction and demolition projects, pulp and paper by-products, even wood-based factory discards. Every fuel option we’re studying has been proposed to us by local businesses as cleaner fuel options than coal.

We invite you to share your views at a public meeting

Lafarge Bath has a proposal to replace coal in its cement plant with low carbon fuels like weathered treated wood (such as railway ties and utility poles), construction and demolition materials, and asphalt shingles.

Research team results show it’s safe, clean, and lowers carbon emissions.

The proposal is subject to a rigorous Environmental Assessment under Provincial rules.

Want to learn more? We invite you to share your views at a public meeting on June 9th, 7pm at Loyalist Golf & Country Club, 1 Loyalist Boulevard, Bath, Ontario.

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Join us at the third annual GreenProfit Conference where innovators and leaders in business, industry, economic development, policy, research, the public sector, and the community address the issues facing the sustainable energy sector in 2013 and beyond.

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