Iris Solutions has been selected as the preferred proponent by the city of Surrey to finalize an agreement to design, build, partially finance, maintain and operate the Surrey Biofuels Processing Facility project.

Once the biofuels processing facility is operational, Surrey will be home to the first closed-loop fully-integrated organics waste management system in North America. The facility will convert kitchen waste and yard waste collected at curbside into renewable natural gas that will fuel the City’s natural gas waste collection trucks. The facility will also produce a compost product that will be suitable for landscaping and agricultural applications.

The city expects to finalize a fixed price, performance-based agreement with Iris Solutions in early 2015, with design-build activities getting underway shortly thereafter. The facility will be operational by late 2016.

The P3 project will be designed to receive and process 115,000 tonnes of organic waste annually. When completed, the facility will be the largest of its kind in Canada with a capacity to process 100 per cent of the city’s organic waste, along with commercial organic waste, helping Metro Vancouver achieve its regional 70 per cent waste diversion target.

The Iris Solutions consortium includes: Orgaworld Canada Ltd., Shanks Group PLC , Stantec Architecture Ltd. and Smith Bros and Wilson (BC) Ltd.