DECISIVE

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agree ment No 691761

Project launched on 1/09/2016Project coordination: Anne Trémier, Irstea, France – anne.tremier@irstea.fr

DECISIVE:

A DECentralIzed management

Scheme for Innovative

Valorization of

urban biowastE

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• Promoting eco-innovative waste management and prevention as part of sustainable urban development

Objectifs :•Boosting eco-innovative solutions to prevent waste generation and promote the use of waste as a resource•Enhancing the natural and living environment in urban and peri-urban areas•Integrated urban metabolism approach with active engagement of all stakeholders

Waste 6-a : Eco-innovative solutions•Demonstration at an appropriate pilot scale, and market replication, of integrated eco-innovative cost- and energy-efficient technologies, processes and services for waste prevention, treatment, enhanced collection, recycling and recovery of high-grade valuable materials from waste. •Technological and non-technological solutions: economic and social approach•Including industry : SME as far as possible•Contribution from EU: 8 – 10 millions € / proposal => innovation action

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Context

• The Urban area: a territory with a linear metabolism

• 50 % of world population

(84,3% European population

in 2050)

• 60-70 % of energy

consumption

• Very little energy and

material autonomy

• Waste production

• Increasing production of MSW (271 MT/year in Europe in 2020),

• Different type of materials in MSW and different recycling yields (collection + valorisation

rates):

• Organic waste = 14 to 47 % of MSW in Europe ; more than 60 % in developing

countries ; France : Big producers= 1,5 Mt/year ; Households ≈100 kg/inh/year

(production ≠ collection)

• Biowaste = Green waste from parks and gardens, waste from preparation and rest of

meals from households and restaurants, food waste from GMS, and equivalent waste

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Context

• Centralised and macro-scale valorization always preferred in developed

countries

• Pro: Economic arguments

• Cons: Collection issues, environmental impacts• The decentralised way of thinking

• Domestic composting demonstrated prevention impact on waste production

• Decentralised valorization and micro-scale AD: a solution in developing countries

• Context of environmental policy: towards "Zero waste"

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Project objectives

A new paradigm of management / recycling of urban organic waste by promoting the

establishment of decentralized treatment points networks favoring short circuits and

circular economy in the urban space

Concept of a resilient city using

organic waste to develop urban

farming and circular economy

Local sustainable energy supply

Waste biotreatment

New business opportunities

Spatial planning

Sustainable design

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Expected Results

Organisational innovation:

• A to plan efficient (enough simple and accurate) decentralised management

scheme for urban organic solid waste based on urban metabolism study

Technological innovations:

• Micro-AD and biogas local valorisation

• SSF

Social results:

• Business and employment development

• Guidelines/advices for environmental Policy

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Expected Impacts

Waste prevention:

• Residual waste reduction between 10 and 40%

Biowaste capture rate:

• Up to 80%

Energetic valorization:

• Energy recovery of 90% of the produced biogas

Environmental impacts:

• Reduce fossil-fuel consumption: Waste transport reduction; Repacement of fossil-energy by bioenergy

• Reduce landfills emissions

• Replacement of chemical molecules productionEconomic impacts:

• Business and employment development: sale of technologies; take off for urban farms business concept; new offer of waste management

• Decrease of waste management cost

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An integrated project

Concept and tools

Consolidation platform

Innovation Demonstration

platform

Biowaste decentralised management

system: concept and impact

indicators

Decentralised AD and SSF processes

Integrated decision support tool for

planning system implementation

Demonstration implementation

Eco-innovation assessment

Communication and Dissemination

Multi-stakeholders

Research organisations ; public service ; association and

foundation working with cities ; waste operator ; process

sellers ; urban farm ; expert committee (public authorities,

citizens, politicians)

Multi-disciplinarity

Geographical analysis ; material flow analysis ; network

analysis ; environmental and sustainability assessment ;

economic and social assessment ; bioengineering ; waste

characterization

Waste

prevention

Social,

ecological and

economic

impacts

Business

outlooks

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The consortium

13 partners:

• 5 academic partners; 4 SME ; 1 large company; 2 organizations working with public communities; 1 organisation managing waste for a local authority

1 (Coordinator) Irstea – Research unit GERE France Research Institute

2 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) – Composting research group Spain University

3 Aarhus University – ENVS (AU) Denmark University

4 Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) – AWW-BIEM Group Germany University

5 Fundació ENT SpainNon-Profit

organization6 Innovative Technological Systems S.r.l. (ITS) Italy SME7 Aeris Tecnologias Ambientales S.L. Spain SME

8 ACR+ BelgiumNon-Profit

organization

9 Agència de Residus de Catalunya (ARC) Spain Public authority

10 PSUtec SPRL Belgium SME

11 Suez-Environnement (SE) France Large enterprise

12 GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Germany Research Institute

13 reFARMERS France SME

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The consortium

Scientific networks : ORBIT/ECNTUHH – Bio Conversion and Emission Control (BIEM)

• regional and international waste management, biological waste collection, treatment and utilization processes and nutrient recovery.

• interdisciplinary approach to connect research closely with practice.

• experimental investigations in addition to simulation, modeling and conceptual design approaches.

UAB

• study of the compostability of diferent wastes (municipal and industrial wastes) and on the improvement of the composting process.

• Solid state fermentation (SSF). Enzymes such as lipases, proteases or cellulases or biopesticides and biosurfactants can be produced through SSF

and PEERAarhus University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Environmental Science (ENVS)

• Environmental Science, Industrial Ecology and Environmental Social Science

+ GEOMAR (Institut de recherche en Sciences marines)

• Historic partnership with ENVS

• Complex network modelling

ACADEMIC PARTNERS

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The consortium

Stakeholders of the value chain promoted in the projectAERIS (contact UAB)

• Spanish start-up issued from UAB. Development and commercialization of waste and effluent recovery processes

ITS (contact TUHH)

• Italian start-up. Innovative development and production of high performance Stirling engines

Suez (contact Irstea)

•One of the world leaders in wastewater treatment and recovery

Refarmers (contact Pollutec)

• A young innovative company in the field of urban agriculture, which is particularly interested in organic techniques (cultivation in tanks, hydroponics, aquaponics), as well as in the recycling of organic waste into inputs (anaerobic digestion, vermicompost, bioconversion).

Partner specialized in project managementPSUTEC

• Belgian SME, project management/supervision (quality and risks management ; administrative and financial reporting)

ENTREPRISES

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The consortium

Fondation ENT (contact UAB)

• ENT carries out projects at a local, regional, national and international level, mainly focused on:

� Elaboration of studies on domestic and community composting (potential, cost, waste treated, etc.).

� Waste prevention plans at local level.

� Projects on the prevention of food waste.

� Implementation of pay-as-you-throw schemes and waste charges.

� Economic analysis of waste management activities.

ACR+ (partner of a previous project LIFE+ MINIWASTE)

• International network of cities and regions that share the objective of promoting sustainable consumption of resources and waste management through prevention, reuse and recycling

ARC : Agence publique de gestion des déchets de la Catalogne (contact ACR+/ENT)

• Responsibility for waste collection and management� Municipal waste

� Industrial waste

� Construction waste and debris

� Manure & Livestock (jointly with Agriculture Department)

� Sanitary waste and

� Soil recovery

NGO AND PUBLIC SERVICES

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The consortium

FranceIrstea, SE, Refarmers

EspagneUAB, AERIS, ENT, ARC

BelgiquePSUtec, ACR+

DanemarkUniv. Aarhus – ENVS

AllemagneTUHH, GEOMAR

ItalieITS

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Development of

concepts/process

es and

assessment

methodsOperation and

marketing of

technologies and

services

Lead users

Communication /

Lobbying