Here is what the Advanced Circular Manufacturing facility means for York County households — in plain terms.
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One bin. That's it.
You put everything in one container. Paper, plastic, metal, organic material, electronics, batteries — all of it. There is nothing to sort, separate, or pile differently. The facility does all the sorting. Your job ends at the kerb.
One collection system
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15–30 minutes a week back
The average York County household spends 15–30 minutes per week sorting materials into different containers and checking what goes where. With one bin, that time returns to you. Every week. For 30 years.
Designed to save time
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Lower county costs over time
York County pays a Beneficiation Fee (Beneficiation Fee (TMC Fee)) to run the facility. Starting in year two, the facility pays the county back — and pays more than it receives. Over 30 years, the county is designed to receive approximately $545 million more than it pays.
~$545M designed to return
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Better for your neighbourhood
The facility is fully enclosed — no open piles, no outdoor material storage, no visible smoke. It operates at negative air pressure so nothing escapes. Modern Landfill, which sits near Windsor and Lower Windsor townships, is nearing the end of its life. When the landfill closes, the odour and environmental concerns it creates will close with it.
Enclosed · No outdoor discharge
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Cleaner air around you
Modern Landfill has faced years of scrutiny for pollution affecting Kreutz Creek and surrounding waterways. A court ruled against it in 2025. When your materials go to the new facility instead of a landfill, there is nothing to decompose and off-gas. The facility is designed for near-zero atmospheric discharge — meaning almost no smell and no methane emissions.
Near-zero atmospheric discharge
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Clean water produced here
The manufacturing process converts moisture and hydrogen content in your materials into ultrapure water — the kind used in hospitals, electronics manufacturing, and clean industry. At full capacity, the factory is designed to produce enough water for approximately 200 York County households per day, generated right here from materials that would otherwise go to a landfill.
~200 households' worth per day
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Energy that doesn't depend on the grid
The manufacturing process generates enough energy to power the entire facility without drawing from the electrical grid during normal operations. This means your materials aren't just disposed of — they power the machines that convert them.
Grid-independent operation
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Quieter, cleaner collection vehicles
Because everything goes in one container, collection routes become simpler. The enclosed vehicles on your streets carry one load instead of multiple separate collections. Fewer trips. Less noise. Less traffic. The same materials get collected — just more efficiently, without open-top vehicles or multiple sorting runs through residential neighbourhoods.
One collection · Fewer trips
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Real manufacturing jobs in York County
The factory creates 40 skilled manufacturing jobs at the start — growing to 200 at full capacity. These are permanent, well-paying roles in materials science, process engineering, operations, and logistics. They are not logistics or sorting jobs. They are manufacturing roles, the same category as York County's existing manufacturing sector strengths.
40 → 200 permanent jobs
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Nothing wasted
Everything your household puts out becomes an input to a manufacturing process. The factory converts ~100% of material into manufactured products — synthetic graphite, graphene compounds, recovered minerals, and net-positive ultrapure water. About 90% is sold globally as manufactured materials; the rest is hydrogen used internally to power the facility, which returns as the ultrapure water that is also sold or donated. Nothing is burned for energy. Your materials become industrial products sold globally.
~90% sold globally · 100% converted
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Your climate contribution — counted
At the first phase of operations, the factory is designed to prevent the equivalent of removing 28,700 cars from York County roads every year in greenhouse gas emissions. At full capacity — roughly 393 cars per day avoided. That is not a projection or a pledge. It is an engineering target built into how the facility operates.
Equivalent to 28,700 cars/yr (Phase 1)
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PFAS permanently destroyed
"Forever chemicals" (PFAS) are present in everyday household materials — food packaging, non-stick cookware, stain-resistant fabrics. They are called "forever chemicals" because conventional processing cannot break them down. The Advanced Circular Manufacturing process operates at temperatures and conditions that permanently destroy PFAS compounds. They do not go to a landfill and do not leach into groundwater.
PFAS permanently destroyed