Ever wonder where all your green bin slop goes?

The company that processes food and yard waste from Ottawa green bins has finished a $8.5-million upgrade at its facility in the rural south end and can now handle the dog poop and plastic bags that come its way.

Renewi Canada, formerly called Orgaworld under its previous owners, has retrofitted its shredder so it can ripthe bags open.

It's also installed new equipment to manage odours so it only emits a "peaty" smell.

Neither Renewi nor the City of Ottawa can say whether allowing people to compost plastic bags has led to more people using green bins.

They're waitingto analyzetonnage from November to March, when the quantity of green bin matter doesn't fluctuate because of yard waste.

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"Everything we've done with the expansion is obviously to help the Ottawa green bin program, but we've made it very robust knowing what volumes could come from the province of Ontario as well," said general manager Mike Leopold.

Renewi, which was recently bought by a Dutch investment firm, hopes toseek contracts withoutlying towns if Ontario requires municipalities to keep food waste out of landfills by 2022, he said.

On Thursday, the companyopened its doors to the media for a rarebehind-the-scenes look at what happens toyour organic waste after it's hauled fromthe curb.