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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.

Ottawa, ON – Once again, Lystek International, a division of Tomlinson Group, has been recognized for its visionary leadership in technology, innovation and business success. On March 14th in Banff, Alberta, Lystek was presented with the International Business Award from the Canadian Construction Association. The CCA awards recognize the important contributions of individuals, organizations and projects that promote and enhance the Canadian construction industry, whether through innovation, projects, or dedication to the industry.

Ottawa, ON – Reflecting back, 2017 was a rewarding year for the Ottawa-based, Tomlinson Group of Companies (Tomlinson) and its Environmental Services Division with several, prestigious Canadian and American awards going to one of its group companies, Lystek International, (Lystek), a market-leading, biosolids and organics recovery and recycling firm.

On June 22, the 6th Annual Water’s Next Award ceremonies were held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, in Toronto. As part of the proceedings, Cambridge-based Lystek was presented with two, national Water’s Next Awards – the first in the Project/Technology – Wastewater category and the second for overall Company of the Year. The awards were presented to the company in recognition of their market-leading technical solutions, customer satisfaction and numerous achievements in the sustainable management of biosolids and organics.

The Water’s Next Award program is the only…

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January 17, 2018 – Fairfield-Suisun, CA – For Immediate Release | Today, the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) will be presenting Lystek International Ltd. (Lystek) with a Governor’s Environmental and Economic Leadership Award (GEELA) at a special award ceremony held at EPA’s headquarters in Sacramento, California. The award will be presented to the company in recognition of their market-leading technical solutions, customer satisfaction and numerous achievements in the sustainable management of biosolids and organics. Located at the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) in California, the Lystek Fairfield Organic Material Recovery Center facility (Lystek OMRC-FSSD) was selected as a leading example in the GEELA category of Sustainable Practices, Communities or Facilities.

NSERC Grant Fosters Collaborative Partnership with Dr. Gordon Price of Dalhousie University

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December 7, 2017 – Cambridge, ON – For Immediate Release | Leading biosolids and organics solutions provider, Lystek International Inc. (Lystek), is pleased to announce that through the award of a NSERC Engage Grant, the company will collaborate with Dr. Gordon Price, an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University and a leader in academic research in new technologies for waste bio-conversion and stabilization.

Partnership Between the Goleta Sanitary District, the University of California and Lystek will see the deployment of an innovative and sustainable Organics-to-Energy System

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November 15, 2017 – Cambridge, ON/Fairfield, CA – For Immediate Release | Leading biosolids and organics solutions provider, Lystek International Ltd. (Lystek), is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a US $1.5 million (+) grant through the California Energy Commission’s Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program. The mandate of the EPIC program focuses on funding for the creation of new energy solutions, fostering regional innovation, and bringing clean energy ideas to the marketplace.

Agreement Further Solidifies Market Leadership in the San Francisco Bay Area

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August 17, 2017 – Cambridge, ON/Fairfield, CA – For Immediate Release | Leading biosolids and organics solutions provider, Lystek International Ltd. (Lystek), is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a multi-year contract by the City of Petaluma (Petaluma) for Diversified Reuse of Biosolids. Under the terms of the agreement, Lystek will accept Class B biosolids generated in Petaluma and convert them into LysteGro®, a US EPA, Class A EQ (Exceptional Quality) biofertilizer product at its 150,000 ton, state-of-the-art, Organic Material Recovery Center, located at the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) in California (OMRC-FSSD).