Waste Management
The path to economic and environmental sustainability requires a new way of thinking about waste streams. At the Alberta Research Council, we look upon waste as a renewable resource — a feedstock with high energy potential and a source for new value-added materials.
Waste — a renewable resource
By deploying technology development to the next level — from waste disposal to integrated waste management to resource management — raw waste streams are "re-harvested" and upgraded to produce energy (i.e renewable natural gas, electricity, heat) and other value-added products, such as chemicals, bio-fertilizers and soil amendments.
We have developed exclusive expertise in a wide variety of fields related to renewable natural gas from feedstock management through conversion technologies to end product specification.
Key research areas include anaerobic digestion, composting technologies, bio-filtration of gaseous emissions, waste to water and energy technologies, landfill gas recovery, bioreactor landfills, and value-added product development of waste materials. Feedstocks include industrial, municipal and agricultural waste streams.
Have us join your team
We are looking for partners who are interested in developing a comprehensive integrated waste management infrastructure designed to exploit the economic value of raw waste streams into value-added products.