Pollutants to Products (P2P)

位于资源为基础的阿尔伯塔西北部的心脏地带，格兰德草原地区学院（GPRC）是非常 非常了解该地区工业和市政产生的污染物和废物。结果导致 学院，与其合作伙伴和利益相关者，致力于过去十年和近150万美元的发展 当地可持续的解决方案。我们的工作目前集中在三个正在进行的应用研究项目。一 将二氧化碳和空气污染物转化为微藻产品的项目， 比迄今为止报道的任何二氧化碳捕获效率都更高。另一个项目涉及重大改进， 一种白色云杉苗木的调理方法。好处包括增加幼苗存活率， 重新造林和更多的碳捕获。第三个项目将把经过处理的城市废水从 并将其应用于杂交白杨研究格罗夫。结果：促进树木生长，增加二氧化碳 捕获和生产工业木纤维。最终，每个项目不仅有助于减少 我们地区的废物，但利用自然过程，把大气中的碳和其他（p）污染物（t） 有用的（P）产品（P2P）。GPRC还将创建一个新的学生驱动，教师指导的“P2P信息中心” 并最终创建世界上第一个“P2P研究所”。这项由NSERC资助的计划将使GPRC能够扩大 这些创新的P2P技术走向商业应用。因此，这项污染物转化为产品的倡议是 一个如何通过应用研究、技术创新、 和商业化。

Located in the heart of resource-based northwestern Alberta, Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) is very much aware of the pollutants and wastes generated by industries and municipalities in the area. As a result, the College, with its partners and stakeholders, has dedicated the last decade and close to $1.5 million developing local sustainable solutions. Our efforts are currently focused on three on-going applied research projects. One of the projects, turning CO2 and air pollutants into micro-algae products, has resulted in a system that is far more efficient for CO2 capture than any yet reported. Another project involves a significant improvement in the conditioning process of white spruce seedlings. The benefits include increased seedling survival, enhanced reforestation, and more carbon capture. The third project will divert treated municipal wastewater from waterways and apply it to a hybrid poplar research grove. The results: enhanced tree growth, increased CO2 capture, and the production of industrial wood fiber. Ultimately each project contributes not just to a reduction of our region's wastes but harnesses natural processes to turn atmospheric carbon and other (p)ollutants (t)o useful (p)roducts (P2P). GPRC will also create a new student-driven, faculty-guided "P2P Information Center" and eventually create a world-first "P2P Institute". This NSERC-funded initiative will enable GPRC to expand these innovative P2P technologies toward commercial application. This Pollutants-to-Product initiative is thus a prime example of how to move towards a sustainable society through applied research, technology innovation and commercialization.