Waste Management (WM) is increasingly becoming one of the major concerns in the modern world. The traditional way of make-use-dispose has created significant challenges for societies due to the increased level of landfills. Therefore, utilizing the generated waste as an integral part of the Circular Economy (CE) concept is turning out to be an important […]

Landfill leachate is a complex wastewater composed of organic carbon, nitrogen compounds, dissolved solids, and heavy metals. Leachate characteristics may differ depending on the waste landfilled, climate conditions, and landfill age. Because of the toxic and recalcitrant nature of its constituents, landfill leachate wastewater (LLW) must be treated before being released to the environment. There […]

The Town of Altona is interested in reusing the wastewater effluent discharged from its aerated lagoons for irrigation or chemical treatment. The current wastewater effluent will be tested and its characteristics determined. Advanced wastewater treatment processes will be investigated to treat the aerated lagoon effluent, and the suitable process able to meet the federal and […]

The company is called Sewllkwe (pronounced sell-kwa) Book, which was founded by Trever Andrew. It is an Indigenous Water Management platform that is a customizable cloud-based application that covers all aspects of managing water and wastewater systems and data directly from any mobile device. The project will be focused on hiring one research assistant with […]

The COVID-19 pandemic hit Toronto’s Downtown Yonge business area hard. This unique district, normally a centre of tourism, commerce and culture, suffered significant impacts in 2019 and 2020 with the loss of workers, students and visitors to the area. Now, with the re-opening of the province and some of those workers and students returning, businesses […]

Conventional wastewater treatment processes consume a large amount of energy and produce around 32% of municipal greenhouse (GHG) emissions. Thus, advanced wastewater treatment technologies with low energy consumption and GHG emissions are highly desirable for environmental protection. Aerobic membrane bioreactor (AeMBR) has been widely used for municipal and industrial wastewater purification. However, the AeMBR technology […]

This project strives to identify rare and severe contaminants found in residential curbside recycling. Using computer vision techniques and machine learning, cameras analyze contaminants as they are tipped into recycling trucks. Some of these contaminants are rare, however they can pose severe risks to operators and the general public. As these contaminants are not common, […]

The feasibility of composting alum phosphate sludge that is produced in the process of phosphorous removal at wastewater lagoons is investigated in this project. The sludge is produced in an innovative phosphorous removal system that is being tested in a pilot scale at the RM of Taché, MB. The dewatered sludge will be stockpiled in […]

Peu de connaissances existent sur les impacts du réemploi de matières résiduelles comme solution de réduction de l’élimination et des émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) à l’échelle fine des réseaux d’entreprenariat collectif en économie sociale oeuvrant en gestion des matières résiduelles. Ce projet proposé chez une entreprise d’économie sociale au Lac-Saint-Jean, Réemploi+, […]

International legislation and growing environmental issues have imposed a lot of pressure on companies and manufacturers to maximize the recycling systems. Such demands have had significant consequences for the plastic industries to use recycled plastics from the disposed plastic wastes. Therefore, this study is an initiative taken by the Nanomaterials and Polymer Nanocomposites Laboratory (NPNL) […]

Piloter la transition écologique nécessite de connaître nos impacts environnementaux et d’évaluer les pistes de réductions de ces impacts de manière fiable. Or, on évalue rarement cette fiabilité, et les prises de décisions environnementales sont encore trop souvent basées sur des intuitions parfois erronées ou des résultats d’analyses peu pertinents et non fiables. L’objet de […]

La pandémie mondiale causée par le COVID-19 a entraîné plusieurs problématiques pour un grand nombre de secteurs industriels. Afin de faire face à ces problématiques, des innovations sectorielles ont vu le jour. Ces innovations perdureront au-delà de la pandémie et pourront permettre l’élaboration de pratiques innovantes au sein de divers secteurs. Cette recherche vise l’identification […]