Know What Your Waste Is Worth. Infrastructure Decisions You Can Defend.

We advise municipalities, Indigenous communities, and industry on waste recovery and energy infrastructure. Evidence-first and independently validated — based in Edmonton, engaged across Canada and internationally.

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Thirty Years of Reliable Operation — or a Public Liability. The Difference Is Decided Before Capital Is Committed.

Waste composition, moisture, and calorific value vary enormously between cities and between seasons. A technology that performs in northern Europe can fail entirely on another city's waste — which is why every engagement begins with measurement, not marketing.

What you get is evidence your council, your community, and your lenders can stand behind — an independent read on what your waste stream can actually support, before anyone sells you a technology.

+operating facilities assessed on site over the last four years

continents of site work — North America, Europe, Asia

+years in the waste sector, across every major treatment technology

treatment technology families assessed, from mass burn to anaerobic digestion

Who We Serve.

Different tables, same discipline: measured evidence before committed capital.

MunicipalitiesDisposal costs are rising and landfills are closing. We give councils audits, feasibility, and procurement support they can defend in public.Our Services →

Indigenous CommunitiesCommunity-led priorities, data the community owns, and structures that put equity participation on the table from the first conversation.How We Partner →

IndustryHard-to-dispose streams — medical, tires, byproducts, oil & gas. Beneficial-reuse pathways and compliant disposal, grounded in measurement.Start With an Audit →

Capital PartnersContracted-feedstock waste infrastructure, structured through dedicated project companies with independent technology validation.Investor Overview →

Platform ventures & affiliations

Varme Energy
Magnetik Solutions
WtERT Canada
Export Development Canada
Government of Alberta
Waste-to-Energy Research & Technology Council

Independent, Science-Based Advisory From First Measurement to Financial Close.

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Waste Audits & CharacterizationSeasonal sampling and stream analysis — composition, moisture, calorific value. Measured data where most jurisdictions rely on per-capita estimates.

Feasibility & Technology AssessmentComparative assessment across combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion, and hybrids — with gate-fee modelling, emissions compliance, and carbon capture integration. Shortlists validated independently by WtERT.

Grants & Project FundingProgram mapping and application support across ERA, Alberta Innovates, NRC IRAP, the Green Municipal Fund, clean-technology tax credits, and Indigenous-specific funding channels — backed by measured project data.

Public Engagement & Social LicenseStakeholder mapping, open houses, and plain-language materials built from measured data — social license earned with evidence, and an engagement record that supports permitting.

Pre-FEED, FEED & ProcurementBest-practice front-end engineering: siting and grid studies, contract structuring, procurement support, and management of FEED once a technology is selected.

How an Engagement Runs.

No commitment until the scope is clear — to both of us.

01A ConversationA no-cost call about your waste stream, your constraints, and where you are in the process.

02A Scoping StudyA short, defined piece of work that frames the questions, the data gaps, and the decision in front of you.

03A ProposalA scoped engagement — audit, feasibility, funding, or FEED — with deliverables and timelines you can hold us to.

Advisory and development are kept clearly separate — and when an advisory engagement grows into something more, it happens openly, on your terms. How the Two Models Work →

Why Waste Gurus?

01Independent by StructureIndependence isn't a promise, it's how the engagements are built — we sit on your side of the table, with no stake in which technology or vendor wins.

02Evidence Before CapitalMost municipal waste figures in circulation are calculations, not measurements. We start where the data starts: your actual waste, measured across seasons.

03Independently ValidatedTechnology shortlists are tested by WtERT — the global research council originating from Columbia University's Earth Engineering Center — not by anyone with something to sell.

We Build What We Advise On.

We develop as well as advise — through ventures applying the right technology to three very different waste streams.

Our ventures →

Varme EnergyWaste-to-energy with integrated carbon capture in Alberta's Industrial Heartland.

MAGNETIKSOLUTIONS

Magnetik SolutionsNear-zero-emission treatment for biomedical and healthcare waste.

Coming Soon

Coming SoonScrap tire pyrolysis for a stream that is difficult to landfill and costly to store.

Capital partner? Our projects are anchored by long-term municipal waste supply agreements, with technology risk retired before FEED.

Investor Overview →

Samir Hamid, Chief Executive Officer of Waste Gurus

“The right technology for a municipality is determined by the waste it actually produces — not by what a supplier is selling.”

Samir HamidChief Executive Officer · Original founder, Varme Energy · Advisor, Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council

Meet the Team →

Start With the Evidence.

A conversation about your waste stream costs nothing — and it's the right first step before any technology decision.