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Successful Study Deactivates Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) Resulting in Thousands of Tonnes of Greenhouse Waste Diverted From Landfills

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, Collection, GCII, Pressure, Incineration, Greenhouse, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Ontario), Ontario government debt, Food, Agriculture, Recycling

The study was successful and secured a new disposal method for spent stone wool (i.e., rockwool), vines, and other organic greenhouse waste infected with the virus.

Key Points: 
  • The study was successful and secured a new disposal method for spent stone wool (i.e., rockwool), vines, and other organic greenhouse waste infected with the virus.
  • However, Walker's results demonstrate that greenhouse waste infected with ToBRFV can be safely composted and diverted from landfills.
  • This could mean more than ~35,000 tonnes (MT) of compostable waste can be recovered and safely reused each year.
  • "This discovery will take the pressure off the province's waste management infrastructure by inserting thousands of tonnes of recycled compost waste back into the circular economy and out of landfills."