JP7625834B2 - Support system, support device, support method, and support program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a support system, a support device, a support method, and a support program.

Most waste generated at factories and other facilities is outsourced to waste disposal contractors for disposal. Potential contractors are often limited to certain companies based on past transaction history, etc., but there are cases where multiple contractors are compared and considered from the perspective of disposal costs, etc.

For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a matching service between waste generators and recycling executors, in which waste generators register the physical properties, amount generated, selling price, and generation amount trend plan of the waste they generate in an operation server, and recycling executors register the required physical properties, required amount, current purchase price, and purchase amount trend plan in the operation server. This registered information is then used to propose a matching service between waste generators and recycling executors. With this type of service, waste generators can sell or process waste at a price close to the wishes of both parties.

JP 2006-201846 A

In recent years, there has been a growing expectation that waste materials will be recycled to reduce the burden on the environment. For example, sludge discharged from factories and other facilities is recycled and used as fuel for thermal power generation and biomass power generation. In this example, the power generation efficiency differs between thermal power generation and biomass power generation, and even in thermal power generation, the power generation efficiency differs depending on the composition of the sludge and the equipment used to generate power. However, those who generate waste materials are unable to know the extent of the environmental burden that will be placed on them when they process the waste materials.

In particular, in recent years, businesses are being asked to ensure that their operations are sustainable. Therefore, when discharging waste, there is a certain demand to select a waste disposal contractor that takes sustainability into consideration, such as the power generation efficiency mentioned above, rather than simply selecting a contractor with low disposal costs.

In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a support system, support device, support method, and support program that enable the selection of a waste disposal contractor for waste discharged from a factory or the like, with consideration given to sustainability.

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a support system for matching waste discharge users who discharge waste and waste treatment users who treat the waste. The support system includes a waste information acquisition unit and an information management unit. The waste information acquisition unit is configured to acquire waste information including waste parameters that the waste has and that affect one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, in the treatment of waste discharged by the waste discharge user. The information management unit is configured to manage the waste information.

Specifically, it may be provided in the following forms:
An apparatus for supporting matching waste discharge users with waste treatment users, the apparatus comprising: a waste information acquisition unit; and an information management unit, the waste information acquisition unit configured to acquire waste information including waste parameters that the waste has and that affect one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance and sustainable development goals, in the treatment of waste discharged by the waste discharge user, and the information management unit configured to manage the waste information.
In the support device, the waste parameters include one or more selected from the group consisting of composition, physical properties, amount, delivery time, and delivery location of the waste.
The support device further comprises a processing-related information acquisition unit, the processing-related information acquisition unit being configured to acquire processing-related information including evaluation parameters relating to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance and sustainable development goals that are affected by the processing of the waste performed by the processing user, and/or processing parameters that affect the evaluations.
The support device further comprises a prediction unit, the prediction unit predicting a result when the waste is treated by the treatment user based on the waste information and the treatment-related information.
The support device further includes an evaluation unit, which, when there are multiple processing users and/or multiple processing means, ranks the multiple processing users and/or the multiple processing means based on the results when the processing users process the waste.
In the support device, the waste treatment performed by the processing user is recycling the waste into resources.
In the support device, the waste treatment performed by the processing user is to convert the waste into fuel.
A method for supporting matching between waste discharge users who discharge waste and processing users who process the waste, comprising a waste information acquisition step and an information management step, wherein the waste information acquisition step acquires waste information including waste parameters that are possessed by the waste discharged by the waste discharge user and that affect one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance and sustainable development goals, in the processing of the waste discharged by the waste discharge user, and the information management step manages the waste information.
A support program for matching waste discharge users with waste treatment users who treat the waste, the support program causing a computer to function as a waste information acquisition unit, a treatment-related information acquisition unit, and an information management unit, the waste information acquisition unit being configured to acquire waste information including waste parameters that the waste has and that affect one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, in the treatment of waste discharged by the waste discharge user, and the information management unit being configured to manage the waste information.
Of course, this is not the case.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a support system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the functional configuration of the support device according to the present embodiment. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a hardware configuration of an assistance device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a support method according to the present embodiment.

The following describes an embodiment of the present invention with reference to the drawings. The components shown in the following embodiments can be combined with each other.

The program for realizing the software of this embodiment may be provided as a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, or may be provided so that it can be downloaded from an external server, or may be provided so that the program is started on an external computer and its functions are realized on a client terminal (so-called cloud computing).

In this embodiment, a "unit" may also include, for example, a combination of hardware resources implemented by a circuit in the broad sense and software information processing that can be specifically realized by these hardware resources. In addition, this embodiment handles various types of information, which may be represented, for example, by physical values of signal values representing voltage and current, high and low signal values as a binary bit collection consisting of 0 or 1, or quantum superposition (so-called quantum bits), and communication and calculations may be performed on a circuit in the broad sense.

In the broad sense, a circuit is a circuit realized by at least appropriately combining a circuit, circuitry, a processor, and memory. In other words, it includes application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), programmable logic devices (e.g., simple programmable logic devices (SPLDs), complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)), etc.

<Support system>
The support system according to this embodiment is a support system for matching waste discharge users who discharge waste with waste treatment users who treat the waste. This support system includes a waste information acquisition unit and an information management unit. Here, the waste information acquisition unit is configured to acquire waste information including waste parameters that are possessed by the waste discharged by the waste discharge user and that affect one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, in the treatment of the waste. Furthermore, the information management unit is configured to manage the waste information and treatment-related information.

Although not a required configuration, the evaluation system according to this embodiment may include one or more of an output unit, a waste information measurement unit, and a processing-related information measurement unit. Note that FIG. 1 described below mainly describes an evaluation system that includes all of these.

Here, "waste" refers to something discharged by a discharge user _UE and treated by a treatment user _UT . Waste is not limited to solid waste, and may be in any form, such as liquid, powder, gel, etc. Specifically, waste is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include wastewater from wet painting booths in paper factories and automobile factories, waste oil, grease traps, methane fermentation residues, used paper diapers, food waste, waste food plastic scraps, wood scraps, agricultural crop residues, cleaning wastewater, sludge, scum, sludge, leftover food, and human waste, and inorganic waste such as wastewater from plating liquid, metal scraps, soot and dust (fly ash), and bottom ash.

Here, "treatment" refers to any operation carried out on waste. Examples of treatment include making waste useful by converting it into fuel or other raw materials, or rendering it harmless by removing toxic substances or converting it into non-toxic substances.

[Functional configuration of the evaluation system]
1 is a schematic diagram of an evaluation system according to the present embodiment. The evaluation system 1 includes an evaluation device 2, an output device 3, a waste information measuring device 4, and a treatment-related information measuring device 5.

Of these, the evaluation device 2 controls information processing for evaluation in the evaluation system 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the functional configuration of the evaluation device according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the support device 2 according to this embodiment includes a waste information acquisition unit 21, an information management unit 22, a processing-related information acquisition unit 23, a search instruction acquisition unit 24, a search execution unit 25, a prediction unit 26, and an evaluation unit 27. The output device 3 is an example of an output unit. The waste information measurement device 4 is an example of a waste information measurement unit, and the processing-related information measurement device 5 is an example of a processing-related information measurement unit, but in the following description, no distinction will be made between them.

[Support system functions]
The functions of each part of the support system 1 will be specifically described below.

[Waste information acquisition section]
The waste information acquisition unit 21 is configured to acquire waste information including waste parameters relating to waste discharged by the waste discharging user _UE .

The discharge user _UE is a user who discharges waste among users who use the support system. In addition, when a certain waste is discharged by entrusting it to another company, while another waste is received and processed, the discharge user _UE and the processing user _UT may be the same person. In addition, both the discharge user _UE and the processing user _UT may be natural persons or corporations. In addition, when at least one of the discharge user _UE and the processing user _UT is a corporation, their industry is not limited to manufacturing, and may be forestry, agriculture, construction, wholesale, retail, etc. Furthermore, when at least one of the discharge user _UE and the processing user _UT is a corporation, the waste discharged from them may be not only directly generated from business activities (for example, scraps in forestry, etc.), but also indirectly generated (for example, cleaning wastewater and leftovers (other than restaurants, directly generated in the case of restaurants), human waste, etc.). In addition, one support system 1 may be used by a single discharge user U _E and a multiple processing user U _T , but if multiple users of both are used, the network becomes more economical in that the more users there are, the easier it becomes for both users to find a business partner that meets their needs.

In this specification, "entrustment, etc." includes entrustment, contracting, buying and selling of waste, etc., and is not limited to a specific contract form or form of transfer of ownership, but refers to a general contract in which a waste discharge user _UE delivers waste to a treatment user _UT , and the treatment user _UT makes it useful or renders it harmless.

The waste parameters related to the waste discharged by the discharge user _UE include not only characteristic parameters of the waste itself, such as the composition, physical properties, and calorie content (calories), but also condition parameters related to the transaction of the waste, such as the amount (number, mass, etc.), delivery time, and delivery location. Although one of these may be used alone, it is preferable that the waste parameters include one or more selected from the group consisting of the composition, physical properties, amount, delivery time, and delivery location of the waste, and it is more preferable that the waste parameters include all of these. In one embodiment, it is preferable to use at least the amount (number, mass, etc.) and composition, and further use other waste parameters.

Note that the waste parameters do not include the transaction amount (including the desired amount), but the information management unit 22, which will be described later, may manage transaction amount information.

In addition, when a certain product is manufactured and waste of a certain composition and amount is obtained, etc., and the composition and amount can be predicted or can be predicted using AI, etc., the predicted amount may be used as the waste parameter instead of the actual amount.

Waste parameters may be quantitative or qualitative, and may be graded according to stages.

The waste generating user _UE may measure and input the waste information himself, or may measure and input the waste information using a waste information measuring device 4 described below, or the waste information may be acquired by the waste information acquiring unit 21 through communication between the waste information measuring device 4 and the waste information acquiring unit 21, etc.

[Information Management Department]
The information management section 22 is configured to manage waste information.

Specifically, the information management unit 22 manages the waste information (and, if necessary, transaction amount information) in association with at least the discharge user U _E (or its ID). Furthermore, in the case where a processing-related information acquisition unit 23 described later is provided, the information management unit 22 manages the processing-related information (and, if necessary, transaction amount information) in association with at least the processing user U _T (or its ID). There are no particular limitations on the method of managing this information, but specifically, in terms of the hardware configuration, it is preferable to configure it so that it is stored in a storage unit described later.

[Processing related information acquisition unit]
Although not a required configuration, the support system 1 and the support device 2 further include a processing-related information acquisition unit 23. The processing-related information acquisition unit 23 is configured to acquire processing-related information including evaluation _parameters related to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of the environment, society, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals that are affected by the waste processing performed by the processing user UT, and/or processing parameters that have an influence on the evaluations.

The processing user _UT is a user who processes waste discharged from the discharge user _UE among users who use the support system 1. The waste processing performed by the processing user _UT may be recycling the waste or turning the waste into fuel. Here, "recycling the waste" refers to making the waste useful for similar or different purposes. Specific examples of recycling the waste include turning organic wastewater or its residue, waste plastic, wood chips, food residues, etc. into fuel, recycling waste plastic into plastic, recycling waste paper into paper, or recycling metals.

The processing parameters relate to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of the environment, society, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, which are affected by the waste processing performed by the processing user _UT . Among these evaluation parameters, the evaluation from the environmental perspective, the evaluation from the social perspective, and the evaluation from the corporate governance perspective can be evaluated, for example, using an ESG score. Note that, although there are FTSE, MSCI, Sustainalytics, and the like, the ESG score is not particularly limited, and any score from any of the institutions can be used. Furthermore, the evaluation from the perspective of sustainable development goals may be evaluated, for example, using an SDGs score, or may be qualitatively evaluated.

Specifically, the treatment parameters are not particularly limited, and may be, for example, one or more of the amount, quality, and amount of energy (electricity, heat, etc.) generated of a product obtained from waste as a raw material, the environmental load of by-products, disposal costs of by-products, the amount of other raw materials used in waste treatment, the amount of treatment agent used in waste treatment, the amount of additives used in waste treatment, the amount of water used in waste treatment, the operating equipment required for waste treatment, the equipment operating time required for waste treatment, the amount of energy (electricity, heat, etc.) used in waste treatment, the amount of _CO2 emissions generated by waste treatment, the NOx and SOx emissions generated by waste treatment, the logistics volume generated by waste treatment, the production efficiency that changes due to waste treatment, the number of workers required for waste treatment, and the hazards of operation by workers caused by waste treatment.
In this case, the processing user _UT looks at the search results of the search execution unit 25, which will be described later, and if there is waste that the processing user UT wishes to process, the processing parameters for the waste to be processed by the processing user _UT are calculated and acquired by the processing-related information acquisition unit 23. The results are output from the output unit 3, which will be described later.

On the other hand, the treatment parameters may be one or more of the following per unit amount of waste: the amount, quality, and amount of energy (electricity, heat, etc.) generated from the waste as a raw material of the product, the environmental load of the by-product, the disposal cost of the by-product, the amount of other raw materials required for waste treatment, the amount of treatment agent required for waste treatment, the amount of additives required for waste treatment, the amount of water required for waste treatment, the operating equipment required for waste treatment, the operating time of the equipment required for waste treatment, the amount of energy (electricity, heat, etc.) required for waste treatment, the amount of _CO2 emissions generated by waste treatment, the amount of NOx and SOx emissions generated by waste treatment, the logistics volume generated by waste treatment, the production efficiency that changes due to waste treatment, the number of workers required for waste treatment, the risk of operation by workers caused by waste treatment, etc. In this case, for example, a calculation unit (not shown) may be provided to calculate and use the treatment parameters per total amount of waste (or a part of the amount of waste desired to be treated, if only a part of the amount is desired). The processing parameters per unit amount of waste may be registered by the processing user _UT in advance (for example, when the evaluation system 1 is registered, before the search for waste is performed by the search execution unit 25 described later), or may be input by the evaluation system 1 when the search for waste is performed by the search execution unit 25 described later. In the above example, the processing parameters are described as per unit amount of _waste , but the processing parameters are not limited to those per unit amount of waste, and any processing parameters can be used in the same manner as described above as long as they can be calculated per total amount of waste (or per part of the amount of waste desired to be processed, if only a part of the amount) by, for example, combining with the waste information of the discharge user UE.

Although the processing parameters do not include monetary information such as transaction amounts and logistics costs incurred by waste processing, these monetary information can be used together with the processing parameters and processing-related information. Also, evaluation parameters such as the amount that can be processed, the time when the waste can be collected, and the place where the waste can be collected and/or information other than the processing parameters may be used together with the processing-related information. As for monetary information such as transaction amounts, both the discharge user _UE and the processing user _UT may receive and pay money.

The processing parameters may be quantitative or qualitative, may be functions (particularly functions of any of the waste information), and may be ranked in stages.

In addition, if the relationship between any of the waste information and the processing parameters is expressed as a function based on past performance, or if the processing parameters can be predicted using AI, etc., predicted values may be used as the processing parameters.

[Search instruction acquisition unit]
Although not a required component, the support system 1 and the support device 2 further include a search instruction acquisition unit 24. This search instruction acquisition unit 24 acquires an instruction from a discharge user _UE to search for a processing user _UT who will process the waste of the discharge user UE (processing user search) and/or an instruction from a processing user _UT to search for a discharge user _{UE who} will discharge the waste to be processed by the processing user UT (discharge user search).

Incidentally, instructions from the discharge user _UE and the processing user _UT may be received by a receiving unit (not shown) such as a mouse or a keyboard, although this is not particularly limited.

Items for receiving search instructions are not particularly limited, but for example, in the case of a processing user search, may include the quantity and quality of products obtained from waste as raw materials, amount of energy (electricity, heat, etc.) generated, environmental impact of by-products, disposal costs of by-products, amount of other raw materials used, amount of processing agents used, amount of additives used, amount of water used, operating equipment, equipment operating time, energy (electricity, heat, etc.) used, _CO2 emissions, NOx/SOx emissions, logistics volume, logistics costs, production volume, production efficiency, number of workers required, risk of worker operation, transaction amount, amount that can be processed, time when processing is possible, time when waste can be picked up, and place where it can be picked up.

The items for which search instructions are accepted are not particularly limited, but for example, in the case of a waste generator search, the waste may include the composition, physical properties, transaction amount, desired delivery amount, desired delivery time, and possible delivery location of the waste.

If the item of the search instruction is a numerical value, a threshold value (upper limit value, lower limit value) may be accepted. In this case, the search execution unit 25 described later extracts the discharge users _UE and the processing users _UT that match this range.

If the accepted item of the search instruction is not a numerical value, a keyword may be accepted. In this case, the search execution unit 25 described later extracts the discharge user _UE or the processing user _UT having an explanation that matches the keyword.

[Search execution section]
Although not a required component, the support system 1 and the support device 2 further include a search execution unit 25. This search execution unit 25 executes a search based on an instruction to search for a processing user from a discharge user _UE or an instruction to search for a discarding user from a processing user _UT . The specific search method is as described above.

[Prediction section]
Although not a required configuration, the support system 1 and the support device 2 further include a prediction unit 26. This evaluation unit 26 predicts the results when the waste is treated by the treatment user _UT based on the waste information and the treatment information.

Specifically, the results (target of prediction) when the waste is treated by the treatment user _UT may be one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of the environment, society, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, various parameters that affect these evaluations, transaction amounts, etc. These may be used alone or in combination.

The result predicted by the prediction unit is different from the above-mentioned processing-related information, and is further predicted using the processing-related information. For example, in the case where waste is used for power generation, if the amount of power generated by the use of waste is obtained from the processing user U _T as processing-related information, the predicted result may be a different index, for example, the E score of the ESG score. However, the processing-related information obtained may differ for each user or processing means, and for example, the E score of the ESG score may be directly obtained from another processing user U _T ' as processing-related information.

Similarly, in the case where waste is used to generate electricity, if a function of the composition of the resulting waste and the amount of electricity generated is obtained from the processing user _UT as processing-related information, the predicted result may be a function of the amount of electricity generated.

[Evaluation Department]
Although not a required configuration, the support system 1 and the support device 2 further include an evaluation unit 27. When there are multiple processing users _UT and/or multiple processing means, the evaluation unit 27 may rank the multiple processing users _UT and/or multiple processing means based on the results predicted by the prediction unit 26 when the processing users _UT process the waste.

There are no particular limitations on the means of ranking, but if the results of waste disposal by a waste disposal user are quantitative values, the ranking may be based on the magnitude of the values. Furthermore, when ranking is based on multiple quantitative results, there are no particular limitations on the ranking method, and ranking may be based on one parameter, or multiple parameters may be weighted and ranked.

The evaluation unit 27 may rank the multiple processing users UT and/or multiple processing means based on the results (prediction results) predicted by the processing user _UT when the processing user _UT processes the waste, instead of the results predicted by the prediction unit 26 when the processing user _UT processes the waste. In this case, the prediction results may be acquired by the processing-related information acquisition unit ₂₃ as processing-related information, or may be acquired by a separate prediction result acquisition unit (not shown). The prediction results may be the same as the results predicted by the prediction unit 26 described above.

[Output section]
The output unit 3 is configured to output one or more results from the results calculated by the calculation unit, the results searched by the search execution unit 25, the results predicted by the prediction unit 26, and the results ranked by the evaluation unit 27.

The output display by the output unit 3 is not particularly limited, but the results may be displayed as necessary items, including the names (or IDs) of the output user _UE and the processing user _UT , to improve the visibility. The output user _UE or the processing user _UT who searched for display/non-display may select these display items. The output user _UE or the processing user _UT who searched may sort the results by the size of the various items.

The output unit 3 is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, a display. In this embodiment, the output unit 3 is described as a device separate from the evaluation device 2, but it may be part of the evaluation device 2.

It should be noted that, to reiterate, the output unit 3 is not a required component, and when the discharge user _UE or the processing user _UT uses the support system 1 or the support device, it may be replaced by outputting on a display or the like (owned by the discharge user _UE or the processing user _UT ) connected to a device connected via a network such as the Internet.

[Waste information measurement section]
Although not an essential component, the support system 1 further includes a waste information measurement unit 4. This waste information measurement unit 4 is configured to acquire waste information including waste parameters related to the waste discharged by the discharging user.

Specific measuring devices and sensors can be selected appropriately depending on the waste parameters to be measured. For example, for wastewater as waste, a pH meter can be used to measure pH, a SS concentration meter can be used to measure SS concentration, a BOD concentration meter can be used to measure BOD concentration, and an ORP meter can be used to measure ORP. For example, to measure the amount of waste, a weight scale can be used.

[Processing-related information measurement unit]
Although not an essential component, the support system 1 further includes a processing-related information measurement unit 5. This processing-related information measurement unit 5 is configured to acquire processing-related information including evaluation parameters related to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of the environment, society, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, which are affected by the waste processing performed by the processing user, and/or processing parameters that affect the evaluations.

Specific measuring devices and sensors can be selected appropriately depending on the waste parameters to be measured. For example, if the amount of electricity generated is to be measured, an electricity generation meter can be used.

A matching method using such a support system 1 and support device 2 will be explained.

In one embodiment, a waste disposal user _UE provides waste information to the support system 1 and the support device 2 in advance, and a processing user _UT who has viewed the waste information or the processed information obtained by processing the waste information by the support system 1 and the support device 2 provides processing-related information to the support system 1 and the support device 2. The support system 1 and the support device 2 provide all such processing-related information or the processed information obtained by processing the processing-related information by the support system 1 and the support device 2 to the waste disposal user _UE . At this time, a means for contacting the processing user _UT (which may be something like a platform provided by the support system 1 and the support device 2) and contact information may be provided.

In one embodiment, the waste disposal user _UE provides waste information in advance to the support system 1 and the support device 2. At this point, the support system 1 and the support device 2 may compare the processing-related information of the processing user _UT registered in advance or the processed information processed by the support system 1 and the support device 2 with the processing-related information, identify the processing user _UT who meets the conditions of the waste disposal user _UE or who meets the conditions of the waste disposal user _UE to a similar degree, and provide a means (which may be something like a platform provided by the support system 1 and the support device 2) for contacting the processing user _UT and a contact address.

[Application example: A company discharging organic wastewater]
The following is a detailed explanation of matching between discharge users _UE and treatment users _UT of organic wastewater treatment using the support system 1 and the support device 2. In addition to providing the support system 1 and the support device 2, the provider of the support system 1 and the support device 2 also lends and manages various analytical devices for the organic wastewater to be discharged by the discharge users _UE .

The organic wastewater discharged by the discharge user _UE is measured as it is (concentrated wastewater) for pH using a pH meter, SS concentration using a SS concentration meter, BOD concentration using a BOD concentration meter, and ORP using an ORP meter. This concentrated wastewater may be used as it is, or used as fuel by adding used paper to improve drainage.

For the wastewater obtained by subjecting concentrated wastewater to biological treatment, the pH is measured using a pH meter, the SS concentration using an SS concentration meter, the BOD concentration using a BOD concentration meter, and the ORP using an ORP meter. Next, for the wastewater obtained by subjecting it to coagulation and precipitation treatment, the state of coagulation in the wastewater is measured before discharge. For the precipitate (sludge), the absorbance and light scattering intensity are measured using an absorbance/light scattering intensity meter, and waste paper is added to improve drainage, and the cake is dehydrated in a dehydrator to obtain a dehydrated cake. For the dehydrated cake, the moisture content is measured using a moisture meter and the calories are measured using a calorie meter.

The information measured by each meter described above is transmitted to the waste information acquisition unit 21 of the support system 1 and the support device 2, and is managed by the information management unit 22. Here, the thick wastewater can be used as fuel by, for example, a power generation company. Also, the dehydrated cake can be used as a raw material for solid fuel by a solid fuel conversion company. In other words, the power generation company and the solid fuel conversion company are the treatment users _UT in such waste transactions.

The support system 1 and the support device 2 disclose information on organic wastewater discharged by the discharge user _UE , that is, waste information measured by each of the above-mentioned meters, to a power generation company or a solid fuel conversion company as a treatment user _UT .

Based on this information, the power generation company or solid fuel conversion company as the treatment user _UT determines whether or not it is possible for the company to treat the waste, and obtains the amount of green electricity generated as treatment-related information by calculating the treatment capacity of the company or predicting the results of treatment. Next, this amount of green electricity generated is transmitted to the treatment-related information acquisition unit 23 of the support system 1 and the support device 2. In addition to the amount of green electricity generated, the purchase price (or treatment cost) of the organic wastewater associated with the treatment is also transmitted to the treatment-related information acquisition unit 23. This information on the amount of green electricity generated and the purchase price is managed by the information management unit 22 and is notified to the discharge user _UE . In addition, when notifying the discharge user _UE , the E-score of the ESG score is calculated from the information on the amount of green electricity generated, and this E-score is also notified to the discharge user _UE .

The waste discharge user _UE that has received the notification in this manner selects a waste disposal company based on the purchase price, the amount of green electricity generated, and the E-score.

[Hardware configuration of the evaluation system]
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a hardware configuration of the evaluation device 2 according to this embodiment. As shown in Fig. 3, the evaluation device 2 has a communication unit 61, a storage unit 62, and a control unit 63, and these components are electrically connected via a communication bus 64 inside the evaluation device 2. These components will be further described below.

The communication unit 61 is preferably a wired communication means such as USB, IEEE 1394, Thunderbolt, wired LAN network communication, etc., but can also include wireless LAN network communication, mobile communication such as 3G/LTE/5G, Bluetooth (registered trademark) communication, etc. as necessary. In other words, it is more preferable to implement it as a collection of multiple communication means. This allows the exchange of information and commands between the evaluation device 2 and other devices with which it can communicate.

The memory unit 62 stores various information defined by the above description. This can be implemented, for example, as a storage device such as a solid state drive (SSD), or as a memory such as a random access memory (RAM) that stores temporarily required information (arguments, arrays, etc.) related to program calculations. The memory unit 62 may also be a combination of these. The memory unit 62 also stores various programs that can be read by the control unit 63 described below.

The control unit 63 processes and controls the overall operation related to the evaluation device 2. The control unit 26 is, for example, a central processing unit (CPU, not shown). The control unit 63 realizes various functions related to the evaluation device 2 by reading out a predetermined program stored in the memory unit 62. That is, information processing by software (stored in the memory unit 62) is specifically realized by hardware (control unit 63), and can be executed as each functional unit in the control unit 63 as shown in FIG. 3. Note that, although FIG. 3 shows a single control unit 63, in reality, this is not limited to this, and a configuration having multiple control units 63 for each function may be used, or a single control unit and multiple control units may be combined.

According to the evaluation system 1 and the evaluation device 2 described above, the discharge user _UE and the processing user _UT can have a wide range of options for trading partners without being limited to a certain one. This allows each party to select a trading partner that offers more appropriate conditions.

In particular, when waste is used as fuel for power generation, high power generation efficiency cannot be obtained by using the fuel alone, so multiple types of waste and non-waste fuel are blended. If the properties of the waste change, the blend ratio may also change, but by using such an evaluation system 1 and evaluation device 2, the power generation company as the treatment user _UT can procure waste from the discharge user _UE in an amount that can achieve an appropriate blend ratio. In addition, stable waste transfer and flexible waste transfer are also possible, such as procuring waste from other discharge users _UE for blending. Such flexible waste transfer is particularly effective in areas where manufacturing is carried out as a community, such as industrial parks, and it is thought that a reduction in the environmental burden of local production and consumption can be achieved.

In addition, since the evaluation system 1 and the evaluation device 2 hold evaluation parameters related to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of the environment, society, corporate governance and sustainable development goals and/or processing parameters that affect the evaluations, the discharge user _UE can decide on a business partner based on this information, thereby increasing the contribution of the discharge user _UE , and ultimately the processing user _UT, who is also its business partner, to social sustainability.

Furthermore, if the evaluation system 1 and evaluation device 2 are operated by a manufacturer of sensors, etc., waste information and processing-related information can be continuously collected by the sensors, and this information can be used to reduce the environmental burden and contribute to society. For the sensor company, too, the relationship with the customer can go beyond just selling sensors, and an ongoing relationship can be developed with the customer.

<Evaluation method>
The support method according to this embodiment is a method for supporting matching between a discharge user who discharges waste and a treatment user who treats the waste. The support method includes a waste information acquisition step, a treatment-related information acquisition step, and an information management step. Among these, the waste information acquisition step is a step of acquiring waste information including waste parameters related to the waste discharged by the discharge user. The treatment-related information acquisition step is a step of acquiring treatment-related information including evaluation parameters related to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of the environment, society, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, which are affected by the treatment of waste performed by the treatment user, and/or treatment parameters that influence the evaluation. The information management step is a step of managing the waste information and the treatment-related information.

Figure 4 is a flowchart of the support method according to this embodiment. As shown in Figure 4, in the support method according to this embodiment, waste information is acquired (waste information acquisition step S1), and processing-related information is acquired (processing-related information acquisition step S2), and these are used as input information to manage the waste information and processing-related information (information management step S3).

The evaluation method according to this embodiment may include a waste information measurement process and a processing-related information measurement process. These are similar to the operations of the waste information measurement unit and the processing-related information measurement unit, respectively, and therefore will not be described here.

<Support Program>
The support program according to this embodiment is a support program for matching waste discharge users who discharge waste with waste treatment users who treat the waste. Specifically, this support program causes a computer to function as a waste information acquisition unit, a treatment-related information acquisition unit, and an information management unit. The waste information acquisition unit, the treatment-related information acquisition unit, and the information management unit have been described above, so a description thereof will be omitted here.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments and can be implemented with appropriate modifications.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Evaluation system 2 Evaluation device 21 Waste information acquisition section 22 Information management section 23 Processing-related information acquisition section 24 Search instruction acquisition section 25 Search execution section 26 Prediction section 27 Evaluation section 3 Output device or output section 4 Waste information measurement section or waste information measurement device 5 Processing-related information measurement section or processing-related information measurement device 61 Communication section 62 Storage section 63 Control section 64 Communication bus U _E discharge user U _T processing user

Claims (9)

A support device for matching a waste discharge user who discharges waste with a waste treatment user who treats the waste, comprising:
The system includes a waste information acquisition unit, a processing-related information acquisition unit, an information management unit , and a prediction unit,
The waste information acquisition unit is configured to acquire waste information including waste parameters that the waste has and that affect one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, in the treatment of waste discharged by the waste discharge user;
Here, the waste parameters include one or more selected from the group consisting of composition, physical properties, amount, delivery time, and delivery location of the waste;
The waste information is output to a display owned by the processing user;
The processing-related information acquisition unit is configured to acquire processing-related information including evaluation parameters related to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals that are affected by the processing of the waste performed by the processing user, and/or processing parameters that affect the evaluations;
The information management unit is configured to store the waste information in a storage unit in association with the waste generating user, and to store the processing-related information in a storage unit in association with the processing user ,
The prediction unit predicts a result when the waste is treated by the treatment user based on the waste information and the treatment-related information,
The above results are
evaluation parameters related to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, which are affected by the waste treatment performed by the treatment user, and/or treatment parameters that affect the evaluations, which are different from the parameters acquired by the treatment-related information acquisition unit;
It is different from financial information, and
The output is output to a display device owned by the user.
Support equipment. 2. The support device according to claim 1 ,
Further comprising an evaluation unit,
The support device, wherein when there are multiple processing users and/or multiple processing means, the evaluation unit ranks the multiple processing users and/or the multiple processing means based on the results when the processing users process the waste. 3. The support device according to claim 1 ,
The waste treatment performed by the waste treatment user is recycling of the waste. 3. The support device according to claim 1 ,
The waste treatment performed by the waste treatment user is to convert the waste into fuel. In the support device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The prediction unit predicts the ESG score and/or the SDGs score.
Support equipment. In the support device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The waste information acquisition unit acquires the waste information through communication with a waste information measurement device.
Support equipment. A support system for matching a waste discharge user who discharges waste with a waste treatment user who treats the waste, comprising:
The support device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is provided.
Support system. A method for supporting matching between a waste discharge user who discharges waste and a waste treatment user who treats the waste, comprising the steps of:
The method includes a waste information acquisition step, a processing-related information acquisition step, an information management step , and a prediction step,
The waste information acquisition step acquires waste information including waste parameters that the waste has and that affect one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, in the treatment of the waste discharged by the waste discharge user;
Here, the waste parameters include one or more selected from the group consisting of composition, physical properties, amount, delivery time, and delivery location of the waste;
The waste information is output to a display owned by the processing user;
The process-related information acquisition step acquires process-related information including evaluation parameters related to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, which are affected by the waste treatment performed by the process user, and/or process parameters that affect the evaluations;
The information management step includes storing the waste information in a storage unit in association with the waste generating user, and storing the processing-related information in the storage unit in association with the processing user,
The prediction step predicts a result when the waste is treated by the treatment user based on the waste information and the treatment-related information,
The above results are
evaluation parameters relating to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, which are affected by the waste treatment performed by the treatment user, and/or treatment parameters that affect the evaluations, which are different from the parameters acquired in the treatment-related information acquisition step;
It is different from financial information, and
The output is output to a display device owned by the user.
How to help. A program for supporting matching between a waste discharge user who discharges waste and a waste treatment user who treats the waste, comprising:
A computer is caused to function as a waste information acquisition unit, a processing-related information acquisition unit , an information management unit, and a prediction unit ;
The waste information acquisition unit is configured to acquire waste information including waste parameters that the waste has and that affect one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, in the treatment of waste discharged by the waste discharge user;
Here, the waste parameters include one or more selected from the group consisting of composition, physical properties, amount, delivery time, and delivery location of the waste;
The waste information is output to a display owned by the processing user;
The processing-related information acquisition unit is configured to acquire processing-related information including evaluation parameters related to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals that are affected by the processing of the waste performed by the processing user, and/or processing parameters that affect the evaluations;
The information management unit is configured to store the waste information in a storage unit in association with the waste generating user, and to store the processing-related information in a storage unit in association with the processing user ,
The prediction unit predicts a result when the waste is treated by the treatment user based on the waste information and the treatment-related information,
The above results are
evaluation parameters related to one or more evaluations selected from the group consisting of environmental, social, corporate governance, and sustainable development goals, which are affected by the waste treatment performed by the treatment user, and/or treatment parameters that affect the evaluations, which are different from the parameters acquired by the treatment-related information acquisition unit;
It is different from financial information, and
The output is output to a display device owned by the user.
Support programs.