The Island Waste Management Corporation is planning to build a new transfer station at the East Prince Waste Management Facility in Wellington Centre, a move aimed at improving how waste is transported across Prince Edward Island. The organization has issued a request for proposals for engineering services to design and procure the station, with a submission deadline of June 19, 2026, at 2:00 P.M.
The facility in Wellington Centre has been in operation since 1994, and this project serves as a key piece of a larger effort to update how the province handles waste. Once built, the station will function as a holding and loading site. Instead of individual collection trucks driving all the way to Charlottetown, waste will be consolidated into larger vehicles at the new site, making the transportation process more efficient.
This project is linked to a $180-million expansion of the P.E.I. Energy Systems facility in Charlottetown, which is being managed by Enwave Energy Corporation. That facility is expected to be fully operational by 2028 and will have the capacity to process 49,000 metric tonnes of waste per year, handling approximately 90 percent of the burnable waste produced in the province. These combined upgrades are projected to extend the life of the provincial landfill from nine years to about 22 years.
Residents in Three Rivers, along with other communities across the province, receive their waste management services through the provincial Waste Watch Program. Heather Myers, the Director of Operations for the Island Waste Management Corporation, stated that the financial impact of these changes has already been factored into the organization’s existing rate structure and agreements. According to Myers, costs for residents are expected to remain stable, changing only in line with consumer price index increases.
