Our services

SOLINOV can help you improve waste management for your municipality or business:

• Diagnosis, service analysis, guidelines, and management scenarios
• Inventory, characterization, and management audit
• Quantification of waste generated, recovered, and disposed of
• Optimization of waste collection and transportation
• Review of waste management plans

SOLINOV has conducted a large number of landmark studies that have contributed to Québec’s progress in organic materials management. By examining leading practices both in Québec and around the world, SOLINOV’s analyses of organic material generation by industrial, commercial and institutional (ICI) sectors, as well as studies on participation factors affecting collection programs in multi-unit residential buildings, have become recognized reference works.

SOLINOV has been supporting fertilizing waste generators (municipalities, agri-food industries, etc.) and the agricultural sector since its inception to promote the recovery and utilization of organic residues, as well as the application of fertilizing residual materials.

• Utilization of vegetable residues from market gardens
• Application (spreading) of fertilizing residual materials
• Design of treatment systems for municipal sludge (biosolids) and industrial sludge
• Agri-environmental recycling plans
• Restoration and rehabilitation of degraded soils and sites
• Sampling at treatment plants for generators of fertilizing residual materials

SOLINOV has extensive experience in providing support, particularly for the following processes:

• Applications for ministerial authorizations
• Project notifications
• Agri-environmental recycling plans
• Environmental monitoring
• Agronomic monitoring
• Compliance with standards set forth in the Fertilizing Residual Materials Management Code

SOLINOV’s projects stand out for the wide variety of fertilizing materials they handle:

• Crab and lobster residues
• Crushed eggshells
• Municipal biosolids
• Septic tank sludge
• Sludge from treatment ponds

SOLINOV’s long-standing expertise will help you ensure optimal management of your facility:

• Technical and economic feasibility studies for eco-centers, reuse centers, and composting facilities (location, design, estimated costs, etc.)
• Assistance with authorization applications and environmental impact assessments
• Engineering and monitoring of environmental projects
• Personalized support at every stage, from design to implementation

For composting centers:

• Process design for treating organics
• Comparative analysis of treatment processes
• Support for applications to the Commission de protection du territoire agricole (Agricultural Land Protection Agency)
• Sampling accredited by the Centre d’expertise en analyse environnementale du Québec (CEAEQ)
• Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory
• Training for managers and operators