Mission Flats Landfill’s expected lifespan extended following Tk’emlups landfill’s opening: memo
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KAMLOOPS — A pair of waste management facilities in Kamloops have seen their expected lifespans extend by decades.
According to a memo being presented to Kamloops council on Tuesday (June 9), the Mission Flats Landfill’s remaining lifespan has extended from 38 years to 62 while the Kamloops Resource Recovery Centre’s (KRRC), the former Owl Road landfill that now primarily handles construction industry waste, has extended from 43 years to 75.
The City of Kamloops says the extended lifespans are credited to the Stswékstem Engineered Waste Management Facility on Tkemlúps te Secwépemc. Since the Tk’emlups landfill’s opening in 2023, the city says both the Mission Flats Landfill and the KRRC have seen significant reductions in the amount of waste landfilled each year.
Part of the waste reduction includes nearly 9,000 tonnes of waste that the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) used to dispose of at the Mission Flats Landfill, which accounted for nearly 15 per cent of the material the west Kamloops facility would receive annually.
