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Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors

Nov 1, 2018 – Cambridge ON – For Immediate Release | is excited to announce the commercialization of its first, low temperature, low pressure mobile Thermal Hydrolysis Processing unit (Lystek Mobile THP^®) – a first in the biosolids and organics management sector in North America. This new innovation was conceived in response to growing market demand from smaller scale treatment plant operators for sustainable biosolids management solutions in support of the movement toward resource recovery.

“The new, Lystek Mobile THP unit is part of our plan to continue innovating and providing the market with a range of practical solutions for biosolids and organics management,” says Rick Mosher, Chief Technology Officer for Lystek. “It extends the opportunity to a wider range of wastewater…

By Kevin Litwiller and Sarah Mason-Renton

Located between Lake Erie and Lake Huron, the city of St. Thomas, Ontario is a growing community with a current population of nearly 40,000. Like many smaller cities, St. Thomas had historically used anaerobic digesters as part of its wastewater treatment process. Biosolids from them were transported to the local landfill, which meant there was no opportunity for resource recovery. Despite maintenance and repair efforts, the city’s aging wastewater treatment plant’s digesters had begun to fail, which meant a new plan was necessary.

These factors, combined with pending regulatory changes, as well as the city’s desire to have a sustainable, long-term solution, were reasons to find a better way to manage its biosolids.

In partnership with XCG Consultants Ltd., the city’s project evaluation team considered two alternatives. The first was an anaerobic digestion process,…

Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors

October 5, 2018  – Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | Leading biosolids and organics solutions provider, (Lystek), is excited to announce that it has successfully commissioned another installment of its low temperature Thermal Hydrolysis Process (Lystek THP^®) at the City of St. Cloud, Minnesota, (St. Cloud) as part of the city’s Nutrient Recovery and Reuse (NR2) Project.  The model project was partially funded through a Point Source Implementation Grant made possible by the Minnesota Clean Water Legacy Act. The Lystek system is a key component of the project as it facilitates the recovery of valuable organic matter and nutrients from the city’s wastewater biosolids to create LysteGro^® a high value, Class A quality biofertilizer product that will be utilized in the…

2018 – On August 9, 2018 at the 63^rd Annual CASA Conference in Monterey, California, Lystek and the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) were honored by the California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) with the award for Excellence in Innovation and Sustainability. The award was given in recognition of the successful, ongoing operation of the 150,000 ton, Lystek OMRC (Organic Material Recover Center), a Public-Private partnership originally commissioned in August of 2016 at the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District in Fairfield, California.

Click to read more about why CASA selected Lystek for this award.

Awards Further the Company’s Market Expansion & Leadership in California

Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors

June 27, 2018 – Fairfield, CA/Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | Leading biosolids and organics solutions provider, (OMRC-FSSD), located at the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) in California.

The result of a unique, P3 style partnership, the OMRC-FSSD opened…

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June 5, 2018 | Cambridge ON | For Immediate Release | Did you know that a plastic bag was recently found in one of the world’s most remote locations, at the bottom of the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean in ? If that doesn’t sound the alarm about the threat of plastic pollution, what will?

In April 2018, ,” with the…

Cambridge, ON – Earth Day 2018: Putting an End to Plastic Pollution

Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors

As we gear up to celebrate Earth Day on April 22, let’s take this opportunity to celebrate this big, beautiful, green and blue orb we call home. Let us also take some time to remember that everything we have comes from our planet and everything we do has a direct impact on it. We’d all like to think our world can support us forever but the reality is that if we don’t treat her right, Mother Earth will not be able to do so. is about changing human attitudes and behaviors around plastic waste.

Cambridge, ON – World Water Day 2018 arrives in the middle of droughts and floods around the world. There’s no better time to think about our collective water solutions and how we intend to meet the new and increasing water challenges of the 21st century.

Nature for water is the theme of this year’s World Water Day. With so many of the world’s current water problems rooted in a misuse or destruction of natural systems through climate change, a restoration and replication of ecosystem functions is key to bringing resiliency back to the world’s water supplies.