GIGO

In 2018, the High Solids Anaerobic Digestion Facility (HSADF) which is the part of Edmonton's Waste Management Centre was built to process organics. At the time it was built and opened the HSADF cost taxpayers about $45 million. A special report presented to the city’s utility committee on Tuesday found the HSADF facility is not financially or operationally viable and other options must be considered.

Years ago someone coined the term GIGO which is an acronym that stands for Garbage In = Garbage Out. Tuesday's report to the city’s utility committee on the High Solids Anaerobic Digestion Facility (HSADF) which the part of the acronym akin to Garbage In. Tim Cartmell, who chairs the utility committee expressed his frustration with the lack of information on net-present value number, capital costs number, operating costs and analysis on the system. In short, it is the part of the acronym akin to Garbage Out.