New Alberta Climate Change Policies

Alberta’s government released the new environmental policy on Monday. A levy will be introduced to all greenhouse gas emissions starting in 2017. This is the first announcement that Alberta Environment has made about the policy change before the ‪#‎COP21‬...

Moving Day!

This was an exciting week for all of us at IRSI. After months of hard work our Ulysses system is completed. This past Monday we have moved the Ulysses out of the fabrication shop! At 60 feet long, moving the Ulysses was no easy task. It took two cranes to lift the...

IRSI on CJSR’S Terra Informa

A few weeks back at IRSI was interviewed by our friends at Terra Informa, an award winning environmental radio show that has its roots in Edmonton but is now broadcasted in over fifty communities throughout Canada. In the interview, IRSI talks about our Ulysses...

Ulysses 1.0 Slow Pyrolysis System

We’ve had a busy few months over at IRSI! The team building the Ulysses 1.0 is finished fabricating and we are in the process of cold commissioning! Only two more weeks until we begin the move to the Edmonton Waste Management Centre. The Ulysses 1.0 is a 5 ton/hour...