The Qubec Technology Showcase on Waste Management: located at the Heart of the Rehabilitation of the

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The Québec Technology Showcase on Waste
Management located at the Heart of the
Rehabilitation of the Saint-Michel Environmental
Complex

• By André P. Hébert, CEMR General Manager

Go Green Go Dutch Innovative Environmental
Solutions Le Cantlie Suites Hotel, Montréal,
Québec. April 19th 2007
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Brief History
1995 BAPE (environmental public hearing office)
recommendation to create a province wide
integrative centre on waste management Mai
2000 Letters patent as well as search for
funding and partners
Thank you!
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The number 3!

• In May 2000, creation of
• A project initiated by three majors promoters and
  actors in Quebec in the environmental field
• ICI Environnement
• RÉSEAU environnement
• City of Montréal

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14 universities and research centres active in
the environmental field
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• A strategic merging of the environmental industry
  in Quebec
• 2000 members

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M. Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montréal
M. Alan DeSousa member of the executive committee
Source Denis Labine
Montréal, a capital for sustainable development
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Three development poles
Waste Management Expertise Centre (CEMR)
R D Crossroad advisory committee
Technology Showcase 5200 visitors and booths
abroad
I / D Section Information and diffusion
Integration
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MÉNAGE à trois OF UNIVERSITIES, MUNICIPALITIES
AND OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR
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Inauguration of the Technology Showcase June 4th
2001 at the heart of the island of Montreal
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The CEMRs three missions

• Publicize information on waste issues
• Promote Quebecs technological innovations
• Exchange Quebecs expertise with international
  peers

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Centre d'expertise sur les matières résiduelles

• The CEMRS team

• Dynamic
• Recognized
• Creative

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(Three times three!)
Jean-Louis Chamard, President Pierre H. Gravel,
Vice-President Serge Carignan, Secretary-treasurer

Directors
Stella Anastasakis Denis Bernier Chantal I.
Gagnon Michel P. Lamontagne (Roger
Lachance) Daniel Normandin Michel Provost
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Staff
City of Montréal involvement three borrowed staff
Claudine Langevin, Administrative
Assistant Françoise Labarre, Project
Coordinator André P. Hébert, General Manager
Many collaborators and interns also participate
directly in the activities of the Technological
Showcase
Hélène Tellier
Monica Gaudet, intern
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• The CEMRs activities
• R D Crossroad
• I/D Section (Information / Diffusion)
• Technology Showcase

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Research and Development Crossroad
Supported by an advisory committee of 18 people,
wise people of the waste management field
Jean-Marc Jalbert
Jean-Noël Sergerie
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I / D Section (Information and Diffusion) Interpre
tation and education
Post-secondary and graduate students
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• LA VITRINE TECHNOLOGIQUE

Technology Showcase
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Technology Showcase

From waste production to reclamation
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Technology Showcase

5200 visitors 44 countries 50 from Québec 46
elected officials and decision makers 2100
visitors/month on our website Data from 2007
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Technology Showcase

Our clients Elected officials and deciders all
levels of government international delegations,
etc.
The Technology Showcase is a knowledge AMBASSADOR
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Technology Showcase
Our partners enterprises with innovative
technologies
An important pan-Quebec economic pillar
Pierre Lemoine TIRU
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ODOTECH INC.

• Odowatch, an electronic nose network
• Odile, an multifunctional dynamic dilution
  olfactometer
• Tropos, simulation software used to model
  atmospheric dispersion of odours

An electronic nose
Thierry Pagé, President
Tropos software
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GAZMONT
An important contributor in the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions
Capacity of 25 megawatts, enough to provide
electricity to 15 000 households !

• Gazmonts biogas power plant

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GROUPE TIRU

• Groupe TIRU is involved in the collection,
  sorting and treatment of recyclable materials for
  many communities, in accordance with very strict
  environmental standards.

The sorting center for recyclables processes 125
000 tons of recycled materials per year
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CASCADES INC.

• Processing, transformation and commercialization
  of packaging products, of tissue paper and of
  fine papers, mainly composed of recycled fibres

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CONPOREC INC.
Integrated waste management of domestic waste and
valorization by composting
Biofilter
Bioreactor
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Technology Showcase

Exhibit booths

• SWANA
• POLLUTEC
• WASTE EXPO
• GLOBE
• AMERICANA

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The CEMR
located at the heart of the rehabilitation of
what use to be one of the most degraded
landfills!
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1877
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1895
Town of Saint-Michel 3 limestone quarries " 3
L" Limoges-Lapierre-Labelle
1915
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1925 The Miron brothers bought the three
quarries
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1955
The construction of households on the east side
of the Miron quarry St-Michel neighbourhood
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Construction of the Metropolitan highway and
annexation of the town of Saint-Michel to
Montréal
1960
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1968 Dumping of waste begins 1 000 000
tons/year
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1980 The construction of households on the west
side of the Miron quarry St-Sulpice neighbourhood
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1984 The City of Montreal expropriates the
sites 192 hectares, at the cost of 40 000 000
1987 The City takes possession of the Miron site
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1988 The falls
Source Ville de Montreal
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Source Géomatique VdM
The St-Michel Environmental Complex
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Source Marie Claude Massicotte
A wide span project in a site of 40 000 000 tons
of waste coming from the suburbs! 2 km long by
1km wide, and with a depth of 70 meters!
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Gradual transformation into a big regional park
Landscape Architect Marie-Claude Massicotte, V
de Mtl
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The park has started the final recovery and
revegetalization is taking place at a rate of 4
hectares a year 20 ha to this day 75 ha total
to be done!
Source Ville de Montréal
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Un grand parc

• To arrive to the creation of a large regional
  park for 2020

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Multi-purpose path for pedestrians, cyclists and
for cross-country skiing
5 km accomplished in 10 years

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and now 6 km, with a new overpass last fall
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Amphitheatre for outdoors public entertainment
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The future Escarpment Lake
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Two soccer fields and a playground for kids 0 to
6 years old
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Geological interpretation and rock climbing
150 and 450 millions year old
minerals and fossils!!!
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The goal give back a structuring project to the
area
A multidisciplinary pole, a complex with 3
areas More than a souvenir, a source of pride!
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social and economic section

Since 1988 creation of 2400 jobs within the
limits of the old quarry
Compensation for the neighbourhood Giving back
to the community
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Structuring investments

Between 1987 and 1995 155 000 000
Since 1995
30 000 000 City of Montreal 170 000 000
Private Investments
200 000 000 Subtotal
Total 355 000 000
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Cirque du Soleil 1600 jobs and more here at the
headquarters
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National Circus School 100 students and 45
professors superior circus training!

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Maxi 200 jobs
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Canadian Tire 120 jobs
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SAQ Sélection the equivalent of 10 jobs
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Canadian Union of Public Employees and Caisse
déconomie Desjardins 20 jobs
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Public Works Technical Studies of the Villeray /
Saint-Michel / Parc-Extension borough in a
recycled building 20 jobs

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Operations division of the St-Michel
Environmental Complex 90 jobs
Jocelyn Trépanier
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Gazmont 10 jobs

Guy Girard
Gilles Charron
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Richard Lanthier
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Montreal Sorting Centre - TIRU. Creation of 100
jobs, including 30 social reinsertion jobs
Daniel Gagnon, Foreman
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TIRU " GPM" Glass - Plastic - Metal
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Fibers Cardboard, mix papers, et newspaper (no 8)
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Valorization of biomass by Secure-Boralex-Cascades
Creation of 10 jobs
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Chipping of 30 000 tons/year of wood

Including the citys urban forestry operations
(17 000 tons/year)
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Saint-Michels Eco-Centre reuse of household
objects, year round collection of Household
Hazardous Waste creation of 4 jobs
M. Francisco Ramirez Dionne, manager
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TOHU, la Cité des Arts du Cirque
 
Green Building, LEED GOLD certified
With the CEMR, 30 jobs
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TOHU Where environment and culture meet

Activities for school groups and for the public
at large
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Environmental aspect
185 000 000 investment by the City of Montreal
since 1984 to render the site safe, to protect
the health of citizens and workers and to improve
the quality of life of frontage residents
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Nuisance Management

Light flying waste fence and staff
Odours negative pressure (biogas and leachate)
Birds no food, distancing of birds
Leachate and groundwater sinked at a rate of 80
m3/hour
Migration and collection of biogas 20 000 m3 and
decreasing
Heavy traffic et dust Collection of water runoff
and road spraying, in accordance with weather
conditions
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Landfilling of dry materials

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Composting of dead leaves 16 800 tons per year
Returned to citizens twice a year

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Eric Painchaud
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Masters and Ph. D. research supervised by Martin
Héroux, eng.
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Collection and treatment of biogas
Network of 21 km of pipes
400 vertical collection wells
A large horizontal well has also been constructed
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Collection and treatment of leachate
before
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Collection and treatment of leachate
Stabilization of sulphurs by the injection of
compressed air
after
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• Network of 21 surveillance wells to monitor
  biogases and leachate
• real-time transmission of information every three
  minutes!

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While you are in Montreal, come-by for a
visit and sign our guestbook!
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www.cemr.ca
How to reach us

• 2345, rue Jarry Est,
• Montréal (Québec)
• CANADA H1Z 4P3
• Telephone [phone]
• Fax [phone]

Corner of Jarry and Iberville, Montréal
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Thank you!
for you attention and see you soon!
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