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WATERCOOLERwise regarded as waste and turn theminto valuable environmental resources byrealizing landfill and greenhouse gasreductions and at the same time improvingsoil productivity and water quality.”Maple Reinders’ design is based onproven aerobic, in-vessel Dutch compostingtechnology which uses fully-enclosedand sealable concrete tunnels, specialaerated floors, sprinkler systems andtightly controlled temperature conditionsto complete the decomposition process.The concrete system not only keeps inthe corrosive moisture and off-gases, butcontains much of the odour as well. Anyadditional odours are captured andscrubbed by an extensive biofilter. Meetingthe most stringent approval guidelinesin the field, the Guelph facility’scomplex technologies will keep odourscontained within the building.The Organic Waste Processing Facilityfor the City of Guelph is able to processLIZ WARDPROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENTSPECIALIZING IN:DANNY MURRAYDIVISION OF I-A-C INC.MULTI-RESIDENTIALCOMMERCIALINDUSTRIALPROJECT MANAGEMENTLOCALLY BASED - ON CALL 24 HRS.Website: www.orbis.caWe are a full servicetravel managementcompany specializingin ALL YOUR businesstravel needs.234 KING ST. S. WATERLOO519.741.0770TOLLFREE1.800.465.4437www.gotravelplus.com42 | w w w . e x c h a n g e m a g a z i n e . c o m30,000 tonnes per year of Source SeparatedOrganics (SSO). Although the Citygenerates only about 10,000 tonnes ofSSO per year, a contract to take in organicwaste from neighbouring WaterlooRegion will use efficiencies of scale toadvantage and allow for future populationgrowth.Key partners contributing to the project’ssuccess include AIM EnvironmentalGroup, which will operate the facility,AECOM Inc. providing architectural andengineering design, Christiaens Groupand Van Kaathoven Group (both of theNetherlands) as technology providers andcompost masters respectively, andBIOREM Inc., supplier of the facility'sbiofiltration odour management system.The new facility will enhance Guelph'swaste diversion rate by an additional10%, contributing significantly to the goalof 55% waste diversion by 2012. Guelphwill also profit from the sale of carboncredits created by the environmentallysustainable operation.A UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO professor, GeoffreyFong, has received the largest operatinggrant ever awarded by the CanadianInstitutes of Health Research for histeam's groundbreaking work on tobaccosmoking control policies around theworld. Fong, a professor of psychologyand health studies, is receiving $7.4 millionover five years (2011-2016) to supportthe International Tobacco ControlPolicy Evaluation Project (ITC Project).The ITC Project was created by Fong andhis colleagues in 2002 and now is measuringthe effect of tobacco control policiesin 20 countries in order to providepolicy-makers with evidence to adoptstronger tobacco control policies. Thenew CIHR grant exceeds the previousfive-year grant of $3.88 million awardedfor the ITC Project in 2005.“Tobacco-related illness is a largelypreventable global public health challengeand research is an essential componentof effective tobacco reductionstrategies,” said Nancy Edwards, scientificdirector of the CIHR Institute of Populationand Public Health. “The ITC Projectillustrates how critically important thelinks are between research, evidence andpolicy making.”The World Health Organization hasidentified tobacco use as the world’sleading preventable cause of death. Inthis century, it is projected that one billionpeople may die of tobacco use andthat the toll will be greatest in low- andmiddle-income countries. As well, tobaccouse is the single most important causeof non-communicable diseases, accountingfor close to one-third of all such diseasesthroughout the world.The ITC Project is the only internationalresearch effort that focuses on evaluatingthe Framework Convention on TobaccoControl, the world’s first health treaty,which was adopted in 2003 by all 192countries of the WHO. The treaty lists awide range of tobacco control policies,including enhanced warning labels, bansand restrictions on advertising and promotion,increased taxation and smokefreelaws.“Over the years, professor Fong andthe ITC Project teams throughout theworld have demonstrated the power ofscientific research to advance the causeof evidence-based policies in fighting theglobal tobacco epidemic,” said DouglasBettcher, director of the Tobacco-FreeInitiative, a project of WHO. “We applaudthe Canadian Government through CIHRfor its continued support of this groundbreakingresearch endeavour.”“Our findings have been used throughoutthe world to promote strong evidence-basedtobacco control policies,”said Fong. “ITC research findings havebeen particularly useful in low- and middle-incomecountries, where the tobaccoindustry is aggressively moving toexpand its activity, as smoking in Canadaand other high-income countries hasbeen decreasing. The ITC Project hasbeen instrumental in showing that argumentsagainst comprehensive tobaccocontrol laws that often inhibit governmentsfrom taking action are invalid.”In 2009, Fong and two ITC Projectinvestigators at Waterloo – MaryThompson, professor emerita of statisticsand actuarial science, and DavidHammond, associate professor of healthstudies and gerontology – received a TopCanadian Achievement in HealthResearch Award from CIHR and theCanadian Medical Association Journal.THE GREATER KITCHENER WATERLOO CHAMBER OF COM-MERCE has announced that Nominationsfor the 2012 Business ExcellenceAwards are now being accepted.The Chamber recognizes membersthat, through their leadership andinvolvement, have made exceptionalcontributions to the betterment of ourcommunity.For details on how to nominate aChamber member and to obtain a com-