Lafarge Canada seeks approval for plan to burn tires as energy at N.S. plant
HALIFAX — Lafarge Canada is seeking industrial approval to burn tires as fuel at a Nova Scotia cement plant.
The company filed for the approval today from the Environment Department to burn tires as a low carbon fuel at its Brookfield plant in Colchester County.
The department says it is reviewing the application and has 60 days to make a decision on the one-year pilot project.
Environment Minister Iain Rankin, who approved the company’s environmental assessment in July, has called the project a good way of reducing coal use at the plant.