Industrial Residuals Recycling
Product Information
- Environmentally safe organic by-products from food and paper production
Benefits to Agriculture and Soil
- Supplies organic matter and beneficial soil microorganisms
- Improves soil structure and porosity
- Decreases soil wind and water erosion and runoff
- Enables soil to retain nutrients longer
- Increases moisture infiltration
- Reduces need for chemical fertilizers (groundwater protection)
- Reduces fertilizer costs to farmers & timber owners
- Promotes open green space
Plant Nutrient Management
- Nitrogen is a primary nutrient that makes plants really “grow.”
- Products are applied at precise application rates based on crop nutrient needs as specified in the site specific Nutrient Management Plan
Environmentally Safe Fertilizer
- State Regulations
- Nationwide agricultural/silvicultural use
- Research shows no evidence of health risk or environmental threat
- High-quality soil amendment that is treated and tested
Synagro Land Application Safeguards
- Assess the soil and crop needs
- Report actual application event to permitting authorities
- Community sensitive operations
- Set and flag boundary areas from dwellings, wells and roads
- In field monitoring by Synagro and regulatory agencies
- Precise load and nutrient tracking system
Synagro Land Application Procedures and Safeguards
- Site and Field Characterization
- Farmland Application Process and Management Practices
- Monitoring and Reporting
Site and Field Characterization
- Map field using GPS readings
- Boundary areas clearly marked
- Obtain soil testing samples
- Establish regulatory buffers via flagging
- Develop site-specific NMP
- Determine application rate
- Develop application schedule and delivery details
Important Site Variables-Runoff Control and Buffers
Agronomic Calculations
- Prior testing determines agronomic rate for the specific field given specific nature of materials
- Composition of soil and material is tracked
Farmland Application Process
- Materials are delivered by trucks
- Product applied day of delivery (weather permitting)
- The spreader and discharge is calibrated to deliver the agronomic rate on a per acre basis
- Seeded and crop grown
Management Practices
- Water-tight and covered transportation
- Community friendly delivery times
- Management of off-site tracking
- Load tracking using Residuals Management System (RMS) to track each load delivered to a field
Monitoring and Reporting
- Check to ensure crops are grown
- Regulatory agencies and clients receive soil and load information as required
- If there is a question, follow-up can be done immediately
