Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-01832, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Vaneeckhaute, Céline (Université Laval), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project, program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative - projet, program purpose english : The general objective of this research is to develop a user-friendly decision-support software tool that allows setting up optimal organic waste (wastewater treatment plant sludge and the source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste, notably) valorization chains for the Québec province. A holistic and spatiotemporal modelling approach will be applied, focusing on cost and greenhouse gas emission minimization throughout the whole value chain, including organic waste generation/collection, waste treatment and end-product distribution, thereby taking into account legislative and social constraints. The software tool will integrate three key components: 1) a multidimensional spatiotemporal database system (including georeferenced and non-georeferenced data), 2) a model-based decision module (for simulation and optimization), and 3) a user-friendly interface (to facilitate knowledge transfer and interpretation). The developed tool will be validated in a case study for the Québec City Agglomeration and its surrounding rural environment. The availability of such tool will allow Québec municipalities and industry to optimally plan the location, capacity and treatment scenario of their waste flows, as well as the distribution of the resulting end-products at minimum cost and environmental footprint, taking into account potential public nuisance and environmental regulations in force. As such, this project clearly addresses the three pillars of sustainable development: environment, society and economy. Moreover, the project will facilitate the achievement of the objectives of the Québec Residual Materials Management Policy (i.e. the banning of organic waste incineration/disposal from 2022 onwards), which is a crucial part of the Québec action plan on climate change. The industrial partners will directly benefit from using the developed tool in their contracts with industry and municipalities, where the demand for a decision-support framework for biomass valorization is high due to the waste regulation in force. In conclusion, the tool, knowledge and publications, as well as the highly qualified personnel resulting from this work will be of high relevance to the Québec and Canadian circular economy. _x000D_
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_x000D_, program purpose french : The general objective of this research is to develop a user-friendly decision-support software tool that allows setting up optimal organic waste (wastewater treatment plant sludge and the source-sorted organic fraction of municipal solid waste, notably) valorization chains for the Québec province. A holistic and spatiotemporal modelling approach will be applied, focusing on cost and greenhouse gas emission minimization throughout the whole value chain, including organic waste generation/collection, waste treatment and end-product distribution, thereby taking into account legislative and social constraints. The software tool will integrate three key components: 1) a multidimensional spatiotemporal database system (including georeferenced and non-georeferenced data), 2) a model-based decision module (for simulation and optimization), and 3) a user-friendly interface (to facilitate knowledge transfer and interpretation). The developed tool will be validated in a case study for the Québec City Agglomeration and its surrounding rural environment. The availability of such tool will allow Québec municipalities and industry to optimally plan the location, capacity and treatment scenario of their waste flows, as well as the distribution of the resulting end-products at minimum cost and environmental footprint, taking into account potential public nuisance and environmental regulations in force. As such, this project clearly addresses the three pillars of sustainable development: environment, society and economy. Moreover, the project will facilitate the achievement of the objectives of the Québec Residual Materials Management Policy (i.e. the banning of organic waste incineration/disposal from 2022 onwards), which is a crucial part of the Québec action plan on climate change. The industrial partners will directly benefit from using the developed tool in their contracts with industry and municipalities, where the demand for a decision-support framework for biomass valorization is high due to the waste regulation in force. In conclusion, the tool, knowledge and publications, as well as the highly qualified personnel resulting from this work will be of high relevance to the Québec and Canadian circular economy. _x000D_
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_x000D_, agreement title english : Development and validation of a decision-support tool for setting up optimal organic waste valorization chains in Québec, agreement title french : Development and validation of a decision-support tool for setting up optimal organic waste valorization chains in Québec, agreement number : CRDPJ, agreement value : 43912.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-07, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2020-2021)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2020-2021)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada