Lystek-Fairfield Organic Material Recovery Center Adds Another Bay Area Customer for Advanced Biosolids Management
September 19, 2019
Agreement Allows the Vallejo Flood & Wastewater District to Diversify Its Annual Planning
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
September 19, 2019 – Fairfield, CA/Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | As further validation of the market leading biosolids and organics management services being provided to municipal agencies in the San Francisco Bay area, Lystek International Ltd. (Lystek) is excited to announce that it has reached a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District (VFWD) to manage a portion of its annual production of biosolids. Under the terms of the agreement, Lystek will accept undigested biosolids from the VFWD at its 150,000 ton, state-of-the-art, Organic Material Recovery Center (OMRC-FSSD), and convert them into LysteGro®, a US EPA, Class A biofertilizer product.
The VFWD (District) has been an active…
Increasing Demand Helps Offset Biosolids Management Costs
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, & municipal business reporters/editors
May 30, 2019 – Cambridge ON – For Immediate Release | Award-winning biosolids and organics solutions firm, Lystek International (Lystek), leverages its low temperature Thermal Hydrolysis Process (Lystek THP®) and value-added service offerings to manage the requirements of a growing number of generators of biosolids and organic residuals across North America. Solutions are provided via Lystek’s numerous in-plant deployments and two, large regional processing centers in Ontario, Canada and California, U.S.A. Each regional facility has an annual processing capacity of 150,000 tons per year and the collective of all Lystek-enabled treatment plants now totals over 395,000 tons annually. As part of its unique approach, Lystek has been expanding its offerings and providing end-to end resource recovery and product…
Earth Day 2019 – Protecting Our Species
April 22, 2019
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
April 22, 2019 – Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | It is almost impossible not to be aware of the alarming rate at which some of our most precious plant and wildlife populations are declining – or, worse yet, completely disappearing. It is also no secret that it is human activity that has been repeatedly identified as the root cause of these challenges. Ultimately, we are responsible for the clear cutting of vital forests and jungle lands, the loss of wildlife habitats, the invention and use of pesticides, abuse of our oceans and fresh waterways, poaching and pollution. Simply put, we are the culprits.
SFPUC Receives First Payment for Sale of Biofertilizer
April 3, 2019
NEWS RELEASE
SFPUC Receives First Payment for Sale of Biofertilizer
In Partnership with Lystek, the SFPUC is now selling a renewable biosolids-based
fertilizer to California farms and ranches
San Francisco, CA – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 3, 2019 – Today, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission received its first payment for sale of its biosolids-based fertilizer. Lystek International (Lystek), a North American leader in biosolids and organics management, has partnered with the SFPUC to convert biosolids, the nutrient-rich soil-like product from wastewater treatment, into a marketable, renewable fertilizer, which is now being sold to local farms.
“We are excited to be working with Lystek to produce a valuable and renewable fertilizer for our Bay Area agricultural communities,” said SFPUC General Manager Harlan L. Kelly, Jr. “This project is an…
Water for All – What Can We Do to Help Heed the Call?
March 21, 2019
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
March 22, 2019 – Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | According to the United Nations, our current world population is 7.2 billion and is projected to increase by one billion over the next 12 years, reaching 9.6 billion by 2050. As humankind continues to grow in population, it is critically important to stop and think about this year’s theme for World Water Day: “Leaving no one behind”. This is part of the core promise of the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, focusing on the idea that we will all benefit as a result of the progression of sustainable development.
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Lystek’s Commercial Scale, Containerized Mobile THP Units Ready to Serve the Needs of Biosolids Processing Sector
February 27, 2019
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
February 28, 2019 – Cambridge ON – For Immediate Release | Lystek International is excited to announce that its low temperature, commercial scale containerized Thermal Hydrolysis Processing units (Lystek Mobile THP®) – a first in the North American biosolids and organics management industry – are ready to serve the needs of the rapidly expanding wastewater treatment optimization and Class A biosolids processing sector. Lystek developed this exciting, new innovation in response to increasing demand for practical resource recovery solutions, particularly from smaller scale wastewater treatment plant operators.
“Lystek Mobile THP extends the opportunity for a wider range of wastewater treatment facilities to participate in the many benefits of Thermal Hydrolysis with a compact package based on our proven, award-winning technology,” shares Chief Technology Officer, Rick…
Lystek Renews its Multi-Year Biosolids Management Contract with City of North Battleford, SK
January 29, 2019
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
January 29, 2019 | Cambridge ON | For Immediate Release | Lystek International, the Cambridge, Ontario based provider of advanced biosolids management solutions has executed an agreement to continue managing the City of North Battleford, Saskatchewan’s (City) biosolids for another five years.
The mutually beneficial agreement is especially meaningful because the forward-looking City was the first community in western Canada to recognize the many advantages of diverting its biosolids from landfill in favor of converting the valuable resource into LysteGro®, a Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) registered biofertilizer product via its market leading, low temperature, low cost Thermal Hydrolysis Process (Lystek THP®).
The contract renewal is a testament of the City’s satisfaction with having Lystek provide year-round management of their annual biosolids program, including marketing and distribution…
Lystek Wins Multi-Year Tender Contract with Long-Term Customer, City of Guelph, to Manage Biosolids Requirements
November 29, 2018
Agreement will allow the City to increase its annual production of LysteGro product
Attention: Environmental, agricultural, municipal, recycling & waste management reporters/editors
November 29, 2018 | Cambridge ON | For Immediate Release | Lystek International is pleased to announce that, on October 24, 2018, a multi-year (up to ten) contract was formally executed between the Cambridge, Ontario based provider of advanced biosolids management solutions and its long-term customer, the City of Guelph, Ontario (City). This is an especially rewarding agreement due to the fact that the first installation of the now market-leading, low temperature Lystek Thermal Hydrolysis Process (Lystek THP®) was demonstrated and commercialized in partnership with the forward-thinking City a little over ten years ago.
The City’s goal with this tender was to procure a qualified company capable of providing reliable, year-round management of their annual…