Decision support tool

A checked version of this page, approved on 5 January 2023, was based on this revision.

On this page you will have access to the decision support tool (DST) soon. We are currently working on various design options of the DST which you will find below.

Option 1

**Decision support tool (DST)**
	Feedstocks						Products
	Food waste			Garden and park waste			Chemicals			Energy and fuels			Food ingredients			Materials
Technology	Food waste 1	Food waste 2	Food waste 3	Garden & Park waste 1	Garden & Park waste 2	Garden & Park waste 3	Chemical 1	Chemical 2	Chemical 3	Energy & Fuel 1	Energy & Fuel 2	Energy & Fuel 3	Food ingredient 1	Food ingredient 2	Food ingredient 3	Material 1	Material 2	Materia 3

Anaerobic digestion			●						●								●
Composting		●		●		●					●
Enzymatic processes	●				●				●	●			●					●
Gas fermentation				●							●	●			●	●
Industrial fermentation
Insect farming
Solid state fermentation
Heterogeneous catalysis
Polymerisation
Biocomposite processing
Gasification
Hydrothermal processing
Pyrolysis
Torrefaction
Pulping and fractionation

Option 2

**Decision support tool (DST)**
	Feedstocks						Technologies
	Food waste			Garden and park waste			Technologies
Product	Food waste 1	Food waste 2	Food waste 3	Garden & Park waste 1	Garden & Park waste 2	Garden & Park waste 3	Anaerobic digestion	Biocomposite processing	Composting	Enzymatic processes	Gas fermentation	Gasification	Heterogeneous catalysis	Hydrothermal processing	Industrial fermentation	Insect farming	Polymerisation	Pulping and fractionation	Pyrolysis	Solid state fermentation	Torrefaction

Chemical 1			●						●								●
Chemical 2		●		●		●					●
Chemical 3	●				●				●	●			●					●
Energy & Fuel 1				●							●	●			●	●
Energy & Fuel 2
Energy & Fuel 3
Food ingredient 1
Food ingredient 2
Food ingredient 3
Material 1
Material 2
Material 3

Option 3

**Decision support tool (DST)**
	Feedstocks
	Food waste			Garden and park waste
Product	Food waste 1	Food waste 2	Food waste 3	Garden & Park waste 1	Garden & Park waste 2	Garden & Park waste 3

Chemical 1			●
Chemical 2		●		●		●
Chemical 3	●				●
Energy & Fuel 1				●
Energy & Fuel 2
Energy & Fuel 3			●	●
Food ingredient 1				●
Food ingredient 2					●
Food ingredient 3		●
Material 1			●
Material 2						●
Material 3		●

Option 4

**Decision support tool (DST)**
	Feedstocks
	Food waste			Garden and park waste
Product	Food waste 1	Food waste 2	Food waste 3	Garden & Park waste 1	Garden & Park waste 2	Garden & Park waste 3

Chemical 1			Anaerobic digestion
Chemical 2		Composting		Enzymatic processes		Gas fermentation
Chemical 3	Industrial fermentation				Insect farming
Energy & Fuel 1				Solid state fermentation
Energy & Fuel 2
Energy & Fuel 3			Heterogeneous catalysis	Polymerisation
Food ingredient 1				Biocomposite processing
Food ingredient 2					Gasification
Food ingredient 3		Hydrothermal processing
Material 1			Pyrolysis
Material 2						Torrefaction
Material 3		Pulping and fractionation

Experimental section

**Decision support tool (DST)**
	Legend
	● Biochemical processes and technologies ● ● Chemical processes and technologies ● ● Material processes and technologies ● ● Thermochemical processes and technologies ● ● Other processes and technologies ●
	Feedstocks
	Food waste							Garden and park waste				Gases					Other
Product	2G sugar	Food related wastestreams	Industrial side streams - Glycerol	Industrial side streams - Paper & cardboard	Industrial side streams - Plastic waste	Industrial side streams - Process waters	Industrial side streams - Oils & derivates	Bark	Cellulose	Lignin	Woody sidestreams	CO	CO₂	H₂	Syngas	Waste gases	Formic acid	HMF	MSW	Small organic molecules

Chemicals - Agriculture	●	●●●●●	●	●●		●	●	●●●●●	●	●●	●●●●●								●●●●●
Chemicals - Bulk chemicals	●●●●	●●●●●●	●●●	●●●	●●●●●●	●●	●●●	●●●●●	●●●	●●●	●●●●●●	●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●●●●●●	●●
Chemicals - Enzymes	●●	●●●	●	●●	●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●●						●	●	●●	●
Chemicals - Personal & home care	●●●	●●●	●●	●●	●	●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●							●	●●
Chemicals - Polymer monomers & building blocks	●●●	●●●	●●	●●●	●●●●●	●●	●●●	●●●	●●●	●●●	●●●	●	●	●	●	●	●●	●	●●●	●●
Chemicals - Specialty chemicals	●●●	●●●●	●●●	●●●●	●●●●	●●	●●	●●●●●●	●●●	●●●●	●●●●●●						●	●●	●●●●	●
Energy & Fuels - Biogas	●●	●●	●	●●	●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●●			●●
Energy & fuels - Fuel additives	●●	●●●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●●	●●●	●●	●●	●●●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●●●
Energy & fuels - Heat & electricity		●●●		●	●●	●		●●●●		●●	●●●●								●●●
Energy & fuels - Liquid fuels	●●●	●●●●●	●	●●●●	●●●	●●	●●●	●●●●●●	●●●	●●●●●	●●●●●	●●	●●●	●●●	●●●	●●●	●●	●	●●●●●	●
Food ingredients	●●	●●●●	●●●	●●	●	●●	●●	●●	●●●	●●	●●●●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●●●●	●
Materials	●●●●	●●●●	●	●●●	●●●	●●	●●	●●●	●●●	●●●●	●●●●●						●	●	●●	●●