- Greenhouse gas management
- Industry 4.0
- Internet of Things
- Optimization
- Reverse Logistics
Description
The coffee-making process generates large quantities of coffee grounds. CGS is often disposed of as general garbage and transported to landfill sites, producing methane, a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Consequently, an efficient waste management system based on the circular economy and the recovery of its waste avoids high operating costs and emissions by reducing unnecessary collection trips and long haul journeys. This proposal sets out a vision for an intelligent waste management framework that uses real-time data and makes decisions accordingly. The decision, via decision support tools, includes a flexible design and configuration of a reverse logistics network and an intelligent vehicle routing system to decide when to send the truck for collection and which route to take. This new system will prevent bin overflow and waste contamination, and reduce operating costs.
Affiliated research axes
Axis 2: Planning Optimization
2.4 – Plan and optimize the production of products and delivery of services in the context of the circular economyAxis 3: Resource and Product Maximization
3.1 – Map the knowledge and potential of product circularization3.3 – Identify models for product circularization strategies
Collaborators
Ali Sabaghpourfard
Department of IT Operation Air Canada VacationSamih Said
Afmerica Technology inc.Hanieh Zohourfazeli
ÉTSMohamed Amine Drissi Oudghiri
ÉTSDeliverables and spin-offs
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Summary of project results
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Digital intelligence for a circular economy
Symposium with CIRROD, GERAD and RRECQ -
In search of the optimal facility location and vehicle routing for spent coffee grounds waste management
Conference paper - International Conference on Connected Innovation and Technology X.O, ICCITX.O 2024 -
The role of I4.0 technologies in restaurant food waste management
Conference paper - International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, CIE 2023 -
Coffee waste smart transformation: innovating sustainable business models
Conference paper - Optimization Days 2024 -
Circular coffee shops' smart approach in Montreal
Conference paper - 10th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, CoDIT 2024