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Cielo Solicits Waste Feedstock for Nova Scotia Renewable Fuel Facility and Provides Operations Update
VANCOUVER, BC/ ACCESSWIRE / March 20, 2020 / Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. (CSE:CMC)(OTCQB:CWS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Cielo Solicits Waste Feedstock for Nova Scotia Renewable Fuel Facility and Provides Operations UpdateVANCOUVER, BC/ ACCESSWIRE / March 20, 2020 / Cielo Waste Solutions Corp. (CSE:CMC)(OTCQB:CWSFF) (\"Cielo\" or the \"Company\") announces that Renewable U Halifax Inc. and the Company are actively seeking sources of waste feedstock for the planned Joint Venture Renewable Fuel Facility (\"Facility\") that will be located in, or within, 150 km of Halifax Nova Scotia. (See Press Release dated January 9, 2020).This call for Expressions of Interest (\"EOI\") creates an opportunity for companies and organizations that generate industrial, commercial and municipal waste in Nova Scotia to explore a long term agreement to supply the waste feedstock for our planned facility that is being engineered to convert 8 tonnes of dried waste per hour into approximately 32.7 million liters a year of high grade renewable fuel.Locations consisting of approximately 80 acres of land, so as to accommodate additional capacity, are being considered. Construction and commissioning of the Facility that is anticipated to employ approximately 50-75 people during construction and 25 once operational are expected to take approximately 18 months to build out.\"We are very optimistic that this EOI for Nova Scotia will provide multiple feedstock sources and help us select the right location for our green waste to energy facility. Our technology can convert multiple different waste streams into high grade renewable fuel without having to sort the feedstock,\" stated Don Allan, Cielo's President and CEO.GOVERNMENT UPDATEEarlier this month, Mr. Allan travelled to Ottawa for a day of highly productive meetings with senior officials from the Government of Canada. The intent of the meetings was to demonstrate how Cielo can help Canada meet its emissions targets on methane and carbon, address the global plastics crisis, and reduce the need for imported biofuel. Cielo met with representatives from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Natural Resources Canada, and Members of Parliament. Discussions focused on forthcoming regulatory challenges and potential areas for collaboration between Cielo and the Government of Canada. Cielo will continue to provide updates as they come available.OPERATIONS UPDATESince early January 2020, Cielo's facility in Aldersyde, Alberta (the \"A...