< Previous Industrial growth in the area has been constrained by a shortage of land, and with this project, a new era of repur-posing landfills could begin. Since the site is still technically a landfill, the company is obligated to oversee it and its environ-mental condition for the next fifty years. By following through with the construction of the buildings and then leasing them out to clients for this new business park, Ecowaste will continue to manage the state of the former landfill. “There is very little industrial land remaining in Richmond and the Metro Vancouver region and certainly not much of the scale offered by our site. With that in mind, we created a plan Richmond Industrial Centre Building1010 to top up and level the south landfill area so that large floor plate industrial buildings greater than 100,000 square feet and as large as 1,000,000 square feet could be constructed. This required building a bridge to access the site and installing all services and roads in preparation for the construction of the industrial park,” explained Land.“Over the past five years, we worked towards making this a reality, and our first building is scheduled for construction this year with our first tenant to occupy the building mid-2020. There will be a total of twelve industrial buildings on the indus-trial campus build over the next ten to twelve years,” said Land.Going into the future, the company hopes to continue its move into more varied types of recycling. From creating alternative fuels to repurposing unused land, Ecowaste is leading the charge into a greener future.11SUPPORTED BY As featured in100 - 3031 Viking Way, Richmond, BC, Canada V6V 1W1 | P: (604) 276-9511 | F: (604) 270-4185 | E: info@ecowaste.comNext >