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and roll o compactor/enclosed bin type work. A total of 5 trucks and 5 full- me drivers are u lized: 5 Interna onal Labrie Side Loader collec on vehicles with cart ppers and 1 Mack Universal Front End Load truck. Roll O services are provided by Tomlinson’s exis ng eet.
Thanks to its diversity, Tomlinson is able to use the Tomlinson infrastructure to manage all aspects of the service without any need of a third party. All of the vehicles, drivers
and hauling are provided by Tomlinson. Where the team work comes in is that the Environmental Services team is using the nearby Tomlinson Ready Mix plant in Vars to park the 3 trucks and perform maintenance, thereby decreasing opera ng me and cost. Recycling is transported to the Tomlinson Waste Recovery Centre in Carp where Rob Hall supervises the Recycling processing, thus increasing Tomlinson’s overall recycling volumes.
Over 100 Guests & Dignitaries Celebrated Grand Opening of
Lystek’s First Biosolids Processing Center in the U.S.
Excitement was high at the Grand Opening of Lystek’s new, 150,000 (U.S.) ton, state-of-the-art, Organic Material Recovery Center at the Fair eld Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) in California on Friday, October 21st. Sta and management of Lystek and its parent company, the Tomlinson Group, were joined by Greg Baatrup, GM of the FSSD and a variety of other dis nguished guests including members of the FSSD board, a number of new and prospec ve customers, many of the primary project partners and sponsors of the event.
The celebra on featured a ribbon cu ng ceremony hosted by the Fair eld-Suisun Chamber of Commerce and a formal lunch program with welcome speeches by the Mayor of Fair eld, Harry Price, presenta on of a Cer cate of Recogni on from Assembly member Jim Frazier and the California State Legislature, as well as a keynote address by state Assembly member Bill Dodd.
In his address, Mr. Dodd referred to the partnership between Lystek Interna onal and the Fair eld-Suisun Sewer District as “the u lity of the future” and said he is “just over the moon excited with what’s happening.” He also stated, “This is just (another) great example of what the power of crea ng partnerships is, partnerships between Suisun City and the City of Fair eld, the Sewer District, and Lystek. Let’s just talk about public-private partnerships. We all know how important those are because the government cannot do this stu by itself. It never will be able to.”
The event was also an opportunity to celebrate Lystek’s new, four-year biosolids management agreement with Central Marin Sanita on Agency (CMSA) in addi on to the base volume of 14,000 tons per year from the FSSD and previous commitments from other San Francisco Bay Area agencies. Everyone in
a endance agreed that the opening of this ground-breaking facility is a major step forward in the progression toward reliable and sustainable, year-round organics management for the Bay Area.
The new facility will leverage Lystek’s patented, low temperature Thermal Hydrolysis Process (Lystek THP) to divert biosolids and other organics from land lls and produce LysteGroTM, a Class A EQ (Excep onal Quality) product that is high in organic ma er and nutrients and that is recognized by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as a licensed fer lizer product. The technology will also op mize digester opera ons and contribute to increased biogas produc on for use as green energy by the FSSD.
Mayor Harry Price re ected that, “We’re fond of referring to Hollywood and all that they do, but this is not c on. This is reality. When you realize what is happening here today, it will certainly give truth to the saying that ‘As California goes, so goes the United States.”
Kurt Meyer, President of Lystek adds, “We are proud of the partnership we have developed and will con nue to foster with the FSSD and we look forward to developing the same kind of mutually bene cial, long term business ventures with others throughout California, the rest of the North America, and beyond.”
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