In this newsletter, you will find an important update from our Advisory Committee new members, as well as the news from ANZBP, ANZBP biosolids webinar, and the latest publications on biosolids.
ANZBP Biosolids Lunch&Learn Webinar February 2022
This month, we had the first ANZBP Biosolids Lunch&Learn Webinar in 2022 with 55 participants. During the webinar, Dr Daniel Deere and Dr Maria J Gutierrez Gines presented about quantifying microbial risks from the use of Sydney Water’s biosolids and biosolids application on manuka growth and soil chemistry. In case you missed it, the recording of the webinar will be available for ANZBP members, please send an enquiry to us.
Loops Organics
A carbon-neutral business since 2021, provides specialist organic waste and biosolids beneficial use and consulting services to water and wastewater utilities, councils, farmers, mines, food manufacturers and processors and industry.
Led by a passionate team of environmental scientists, engineers, and soil agronomists, it supplies more than 20,000 tonnes of biosolids per year to help restore degraded soils and lift productivity in Hunter Valley agricultural systems. Their products include BiomixTM and BioblendTM, nutrient-rich, processed soil amendment products for mine regeneration and agriculture.
The Australian Water Association and Australian New Zealand Biosolids Partnership (ANZBP) Biosolids Webinar will be held over two days in March.
This webinar series will examine key developments across areas of the water industry and drive discussion, debates and collaboration, which will help set the future direction for these specialisms.
The webinar series will bring together experts from the Biosolids arena, emphasising problem sharing and solving.
Biosolids continue to replace chemical fertiliser, demand to surpass US$2.4 billion by 2031 The demand for biosolids is projected to surpass US$2.4bn by the end of 2031 as applications in the agriculture sector is surging. With increasing adoption of biosolids as an ideal substitute for hazardous chemical fertilisers, sales are projected to increase at 4.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2031. Read more
Biosolids communications toolkits assets This comprehensive toolkit is a resource for communicating about biosolids in ways that are factual, science-based, and easily understandable by those who might be hearing about biosolids for the first time. The toolkit includes guidance on some of the more challenging communication tasks you may encounter—responding to, or proactively pursuing media coverage, handling concerns raised about the safety of biosolids, creating presentations for use at events or meetings with the public, and developing content to post online or on social media. The toolkit features messages that serve as an overall umbrella that can be adapted for FAQs, talking points, community meetings, fact sheets, brochures, social media, and websites. Read more.
Don't forget you can take a look at our latest national and international academia round-ups on the ANZBP website.
An assessment of plastic residues in Australian biosolids Okoffo, Elvis Dartey (2021), PhD Thesis, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland. Read more
A safe haven of SARS-CoV-2 in the environment: prevalence and potential transmission risks in the effluent, sludge, and biosolids Geoscience Frontiers, Available online 22 February 2022, 101373 Read more
Investigation and analysis of microplastics in sewage sludge and biosolids: A case study from one wastewater treatment works in the UK Science of The Total Environment, Volume 823, 1 June 2022, 153735 Read more
Long-term biosolids application on land: Beneficial recycling of nutrients or eutrophication of agroecosystems? Section of Soil and Crop Sciences, School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Academic Editors: Sokrat Sinaj and Holger Heuer Read more
Black Soldier Fly-based bioconversion of biosolids creates high-value products with low heavy metal concentrations Rangeland Ecology & Management, Volume 81, March 2022, Pages 34-43 Read more
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