Nutrient recovery from waste: Identifying the path to responsible innovation

从废物中回收养分：确定负责任的创新之路

• 批准号: NE/K015540/1
• 负责人: Bruce Jefferson
• 金额: $ 8.76万
• 依托单位: CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FK015540%2F1
• 关键词: Nutrient; recovery; waste; Identifying; path

The defining characteristic of all waste treatment is the utilisation of energy and chemicals to render discharges safe for both humans and the environment. Whilst public and environmental health must remain at the heart of waste processing, a paradigm shift in perception with waste streams viewed as a resource rather than a pollutant, is increasingly evident. The most challenging example of the under-utilisation of waste streams relates to nutrients as many nutrient rich waste sources are poorly managed. It is timely to take up the challenge of nutrient recovery with renewed vigour as new solutions are emerging that can effectively enable recovery through a number of different pathways based around either biological, chemical or physical transformations. These innovations exhibit variation in the balance between the effort required to recover the resource (technology, energy, chemicals), the recovered material's efficacy as a nutrient source (bioavailability, plant uptake) and the impact on soil-water systems (ecosystem services). Consequently, we argue that a more strategic vision is required to understand the most appropriate balance between the needs of industry, the environment and human health. Such insights will catalyse whole system solutions that both deliver commercial opportunity and value, and engender the kind of adaptive capacity that our communities need for a resource efficient future. The overall aim of this initiative is to develop a risk based decision analysis tool that informs selection of appropriate (fit for purpose) nutrient recovery route/s. The resultant tool will incorporate a tiered risk framework that will (a) characterise risks and uncertainties; (b) integrate socio-economic, human health, technological and environmental assessments; (c) reflect stakeholder preferences; (d) make use of qualitative and quantitative data; and (e) can be designed to incorporate weight of evidence techniques, options appraisal and uncertainty characterisation methods. This will be set in the context of an ecosystems services framework. The aim is then to investigate options over 5, 10, 20 and 30 year horizons through a series of stress tests based on industry standard scenarios. Ultimately this tool will inform near and long term strategic visions of responsible innovation based on the principle of least regret.The aim of the catalyst stage is to develop the research grant application based on the above overall strategic aim. The initial objectives are to: (i) Identify the key elements of the decision process so as to establish the required expertise, input data, its availability and gaps.(ii) Set up (adjust) the core team and establish roles and responsibilities in preparing the bid for the later call based on (i)(iii) Establish the associated end users and stakeholder groups that will interact with the core team during the later project.A core team has been identified that provides the diversity of skills and expertise required to undertake such an activity and a work plan has been devised to deliver the required objectives. A key feature of our initiative is engagement with the full range of associated stakeholders from researchers, regulators, policy makers and industrial partners to ensure that the academic, regulatory and industrial benefits of our contributions are properly realised.

所有废物处理的定义特征是利用能源和化学品，使排放物对人类和环境安全。虽然公众和环境健康必须仍然是废物处理的核心，但将废物流视为资源而不是污染物的观念正在发生范式转变，这一点日益明显。废物流利用不足的最具挑战性的例子与营养有关，因为许多营养丰富的废物来源管理不善。现在是以新的活力迎接养分回收挑战的时候了，因为新的解决方案正在出现，可以通过基于生物、化学或物理转化的一些不同途径有效地实现回收。这些创新在资源回收所需的努力（技术、能源、化学品）、回收材料作为营养源的功效（生物利用率、植物吸收）和对土壤-水系统的影响（生态系统服务）之间的平衡方面存在差异。因此，我们认为，需要一个更具战略性的眼光来理解工业，环境和人类健康的需求之间的最适当的平衡。这些见解将促进整个系统的解决方案，既提供商业机会和价值，并产生我们的社区需要一个资源高效的未来的适应能力。这一举措的总体目标是开发一个基于风险的决策分析工具，为选择适当的（适合目的的）养分回收途径提供信息。由此产生的工具将纳入一个分层风险框架，该框架将（a）消除风险和不确定性;（B）整合社会经济、人类健康、技术和环境评估;（c）反映利益攸关方的偏好;（d）利用定性和定量数据;（e）可在设计上纳入证据权重技术、备选方案评估和不确定性定性方法。这将在生态系统服务框架的范围内确定。然后，目标是通过基于行业标准情景的一系列压力测试，调查5年、10年、20年和30年的选择。最终，该工具将为基于最小遗憾原则的负责任创新的近期和长期战略愿景提供信息。催化剂阶段的目的是根据上述总体战略目标制定研究资助申请。初步目标是：（i）确定决策过程的关键要素，以确定所需的专门知识、输入数据、数据的可得性和差距。(ii)根据（i）（iii）建立（调整）核心团队，并确定在为后期招标准备标书时的角色和职责建立相关的最终用户和利益相关者群体，他们将在后期项目中与核心团队互动。已确定一个核心团队，提供开展此类活动所需的各种技能和专业知识，并已制定工作计划，以提供所需的目标.我们的倡议的一个主要特点是与来自研究人员，监管机构，政策制定者和工业合作伙伴的全方位相关利益相关者进行接触，以确保我们的贡献的学术，监管和工业利益得到适当实现。

项目成果

Pathways to nutrient recovery from waste - views from industry

从废物中回收养分的途径——行业观点

• 发表时间: 2014
• 作者: Smith HM