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Viridis can advise you or implement viable and efficient solutions that are adapted to your needs to enable you to reduce the cost of managing your waste, to meet government objectives, and to manage your waste responsibly and based on a range of options for disposal.

Our specialists

Our teams have proven track records in several areas: waste recycling, environmental management and engineering, collection, transportation and much more. Our primary goal is to more efficiently and properly manage our clients’ waste by presenting them with innovative ideas that can be put in place by effective teams.

Viridis annually recycles more than 80,000 tons of municipal biosolids from mechanized municipal wastewater treatment plants.

Viridis offers a unique type of service: the liquid management of municipal sludge produced in vertical- walled aeration pits. Such projects require no dehydration of the sludge.

Viridis offers a turnkey service to industries and municipalities, including full characterization of the waste it manages.

Viridis’ agricultural recycling service includes managing the collection and transportation of waste to the drop-off and recycling sites.

Viridis annually manages more than 80,000 tons of residuals coming from the agri-food industry. Most of it is spread in liquid form over receiving farmland.

Recycling FRMs on farmland is the main focus for residuals managed by Viridis. FRMs are transformed into a safe and effective fertilizer that also provides invaluable organic matter.

Liquid FRM management involves temporary storage in dedicated watertight structures. Viridis has partnerships with some 30 farmers who store FRMs in such structures.

FRMs are delivered by Viridis to the receiving sites in full compliance with the applicable environmental regulations.

Depending on the specific requirements of its FRM generating clients, Viridis annually recycles between 30,000 and 75,000 tons of municipal or industrial biosolids from aerated ponds. In Quebec, more than 600 municipalities use this technology to treat their wastewater.

Close to 700 farmers regularly or occasionally use Viridis’ services to fertilize and amend their soils with quality FRMs!

Mindful of maintaining good relations between its agricultural clients and the community, Viridis spreads malodorous FRMs right after the harvest so that they can be quickly incorporated into the soil to adequately control those odours.

Viridis’ agricultural technicians and agronomists ensure the proper temporary storage and spreading of FRMs delivered to clients.

Viridis provides a full range of services in every region where there is farming activity– from Abitibi- Témiscamingue to the Lower St. Lawrence—to FRM generators and to final users.

Commercial cereal crops such as grain corn and forage corn are particularly well suited to the regular application of organic fertilizing or liming residual materials.

Viridis can supply several types of FRMs to a given agricultural site, combining their individual benefits into a balanced and winning final solution.

Most organic FRMs can be spread using the same equipment as regular manure. Viridis’ services include custom applications, as necessary.

Soya is a crop that benefits tremendously from regular applications of phosphate rich FRMs with plenty of organic matter. In most cases, FRMs are used to fertilize feed crops.

Full management of fertilizing residual materials

For those generating waste, VIRIDIS has a full range of services to manage the following FRMs: municipal biosolids, paper fibre biosolids, agri-food residues, digestates, composts, leaves and green residues, wood chips from pruned branches, ashes and other liming materials, etc. all of which, when they meet provincial environmental regulations, can serve as alternative fertilizers or structuring materials used in agriculture, among other things, or as raw materials for the rehabilitation of degraded sites.

Our Services Include:
  • Turnkey and custom-made solutions
  • Full characterization of waste (environmental and agronomic standards)
  • Collection, transportation and storage logistics
  • Full traceability of every tonne of FRM managed by Viridis agronomic and environmental monitoring
  • Client prospecting
  • Product conditioning/mixing/manufacturing
  • Compost site design, construction and operation
Our Clients
  • Municipal, industrial and agri-food wastewater treatment plants
  • Municipalities, RMCs, public utilities and eco centres
  • Food processing plants
  • Pulp and paper mills
  • Cogeneration plants
  • Agricultural industries
  • Composting centers
  • Etc.

Pond drainage

There are several ways in which wastewater treatment ponds can be drained and the recovered materials can be dewatered: liquid extraction, transportation and application, or prior dewatering in bags, by centrifuge or on dewatering beds. In every case, Viridis offers expert management services:

Expert Management Service
  • Planning
  • Guidance
  • Cost control
Phase 1 – Feasibility and Planning Study
  • Estimate of sludge volume and quality
  • Feasibility of recycling the sludge
Phase 2 – Drainage and Recycling Management
  • Technical assistance with preparing the call for tenders
  • Supervisor of the work

Full management of fertilizing residual materials

For those generating waste, VIRIDIS has a full range of services to manage the following FRMs: municipal biosolids, paper fibre biosolids, agri-food residues, digestates, composts, leaves and green residues, wood chips from pruned branches, ashes and other liming materials, etc. all of which, when they meet provincial environmental regulations, can serve as alternative fertilizers or structuring materials used in agriculture, among other things, or as raw materials for the rehabilitation of degraded sites.

Our Services Include:
  • Turnkey and custom-made solutions
  • Full characterization of waste (environmental and agronomic standards)
  • Collection, transportation and storage logistics
  • Full traceability of every tonne of FRM managed by Viridis agronomic and environmental monitoring
  • Client prospecting
  • Product conditioning/mixing/manufacturing
  • Compost site design, construction and operation
Our Clients
  • Municipal, industrial and agri-food wastewater treatment plants
  • Municipalities, RMCs, public utilities and eco centres
  • Food processing plants
  • Pulp and paper mills
  • Cogeneration plants
  • Agricultural industries
  • Composting centers
  • Etc.

Pond drainage

There are several ways in which wastewater treatment ponds can be drained and the recovered materials can be dewatered: liquid extraction, transportation and application, or prior dewatering in bags, by centrifuge or on dewatering beds. In every case, Viridis offers expert management services:

Expert Management Service
  • Planning
  • Guidance
  • Cost control
Phase 1 – Feasibility and Planning Study
  • Estimate of sludge volume and quality
  • Feasibility of recycling the sludge
Phase 2 – Drainage and Recycling Management
  • Technical assistance with preparing the call for tenders
  • Supervisor of the work

Collection, transportation and off-site storage of materials

Viridis has transportation equipment adapted to its clients’ different needs. Viridis also uses the services of several trucking companies, enabling it to serve its clients throughout Quebec and in Ontario. Viridis ensures the traceability of all materials that it transports. Its traceability tool is at all times available for consultation by its partner generators and carriers.

Environmental Consultation

Viridis offers tangible solutions to the needs of its municipal and industrial clients that are environmentally and socially acceptable, at the best possible cost. It has expertise in a variety of fields, including mining sites rehabilitation, fertilization of forest settings, adding value to fertilizing residual materials (FRMs), production of soil from FRMs and decontaminated soils, and treatment of waste through composting. As well, Viridis develops, builds and operates made-in-Quebec and innovative SHOCTM technology for extracting and valorizing the organic material content of household waste. The company relies on a team of professionals experienced in the design and monitoring of environmental projects. The Viridis team includes engineers, agronomists, biologists, technicians and other environmental specialists, and will be able to meet your needs.

Collection, transportation and off-site storage of materials

Viridis has transportation equipment adapted to its clients’ different needs. Viridis also uses the services of several trucking companies, enabling it to serve its clients throughout Quebec and in Ontario. Viridis ensures the traceability of all materials that it transports. Its traceability tool is at all times available for consultation by its partner generators and carriers.

Environmental Consultation

Viridis offers tangible solutions to the needs of its municipal and industrial clients that are environmentally and socially acceptable, at the best possible cost. It has expertise in a variety of fields, including mining sites rehabilitation, fertilization of forest settings, adding value to fertilizing residual materials (FRMs), production of soil from FRMs and decontaminated soils, and treatment of waste through composting. As well, Viridis develops, builds and operates made-in-Quebec and innovative SHOCTM technology for extracting and valorizing the organic material content of household waste. The company relies on a team of professionals experienced in the design and monitoring of environmental projects. The Viridis team includes engineers, agronomists, biologists, technicians and other environmental specialists, and will be able to meet your needs.

Applications for certificates of authorization and grants

Viridis’ teams of agronomists, engineers and environmental professionals provide the expertise needed to prepare the applications for certificates of authorization and project notices required to manage residual material.

We also have the expertise to help applicants secure grants, for instance under PTMOBC, IRAP, NRC, NSERC, CRIBIQ, etc. programs, among other things to support R&D projects, by drafting protocols that are in line with current practices and regulations.

Accredited characterization and sampling of materials

Viridis is accredited for the sampling of fertilizing residual materials (FRMs) by the Centre d’expertise en analyse environnementale du Québec (CEAEQ) in regard to continuous and intermittent productions and for organic, inorganic and microbiological parameters.

This accreditation ensures that the sampling activities adhere to a strict framework of specific requirements yielding reliable results for numerous applications. It is an annual or semi-annual requirement for most FRM valorization programs in Quebec.

Viridis’ sampling establishes Ministry categories pertaining to chemical contaminants (C), pathogens (P), and foreign bodies (E). These classifications are used to determine the best means of valorization within the regulatory standards set out in the Guide sur le recyclage des matières résiduelles fertilisantes. The sampling applies to most types of residues, namely:

Types of Residue
  • Municipal biosolids
  • Pulp and paper biosolids
  • Compost and biomethanization digestate
  • Ashes
  • Lime residues from pulp and paper production
  • Slaughterhouse biosolids and residues
  • Agri-food biosolids
  • Downgraded milk, lactoserum and derivatives

Applications for certificates of authorization and grants

Viridis’ teams of agronomists, engineers and environmental professionals provide the expertise needed to prepare the applications for certificates of authorization and project notices required to manage residual material.

We also have the expertise to help applicants secure grants, for instance under PTMOBC, IRAP, NRC, NSERC, CRIBIQ, etc. programs, among other things to support R&D projects, by drafting protocols that are in line with current practices and regulations.

Accredited characterization and sampling of materials

Viridis is accredited for the sampling of fertilizing residual materials (FRMs) by the Centre d’expertise en analyse environnementale du Québec (CEAEQ) in regard to continuous and intermittent productions and for organic, inorganic and microbiological parameters.

This accreditation ensures that the sampling activities adhere to a strict framework of specific requirements yielding reliable results for numerous applications. It is an annual or semi-annual requirement for most FRM valorization programs in Quebec.

Viridis’ sampling establishes Ministry categories pertaining to chemical contaminants (C), pathogens (P), and foreign bodies (E). These classifications are used to determine the best means of valorization within the regulatory standards set out in the Guide sur le recyclage des matières résiduelles fertilisantes. The sampling applies to most types of residues, namely:

Types of Residue
  • Municipal biosolids
  • Pulp and paper biosolids
  • Compost and biomethanization digestate
  • Ashes
  • Lime residues from pulp and paper production
  • Slaughterhouse biosolids and residues
  • Agri-food biosolids
  • Downgraded milk, lactoserum and derivatives

TESTIMONIALS

« Thanks to Viridis, the Régie d’assainissement des eaux du bassin de Laprairie has graduated to recycling! We now divert 75% of our wastewater sludge from landfill every year. »

GILBERT SAMSON, Managing Director, RAEBL

« Viridis is head and shoulders above the others in terms of managing the recycling of our waste. Our partnership has been extremely productive. Viridis finds ways to valorize our sub-products in no time at all. »

STÉPHANE ROY Buyer, Atrahan Transformation inc.