From CBC News.
The name Fort McMurray often conjures up grim images of oilsands mines, upgraders and tailing ponds.
Now, the local government is trying to turn over a new leaf – or at least grow some new leaves.
The community plans to use garbage from its landfill to grow vegetables. Already, during the test phase, they have grown lettuce and herbs inside of a shipping container at the community's landfill.
The project is described as containerized aquaponics, since the greenhouse system does not rely on sunshine or soil.
Instead, it uses artificial lighting, heat and a circulating water system. Tilapia, a type of fresh water fish, are raised in the bottom of the greenhouse. Waste water from the fish serves as organic fertilizer for the plants, while the plants clean the water of fish waste.
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