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Sewage -Based Products

The following is a non-exhaustive list of sludge-based fertilizer products available to consumers in one or more parts of the . IATP does not recommend home use of sludge-based fertilizer products. For more information see IATP’s Smart Guide on Sludge Use and Food at http://www.healthobservatory.org.

Product Generator Description Availability Website AllGro® Synagro Technologies sludge compos- Information not available www.synagro.com/ser- Inc. (sludge used for ted with wood trimmings vices/allgro.html these products could come from any Synagro- managed facility in the U.S.) Bay State Fertilizer Massachusetts Water Heat-dried sewage New England www.nebiosolids.org/ Resources Authority sludge pellets farmers.html CompostT University Area Joint compos- Pennsylvania www.uaja.com/compost/ Authority ted with sawdust compost.htm Dillo Dirt™ City of Austin Sewage sludge compos- Austin area www.ci.austin.tx.us/wa- ted with yard ter/dillo.htm Granulite® Synagro Technologies Heat-dried sludge pellets Information not available www.synagro.com/ser- Inc. (sludge used for vices/granulite.html these products could come from any Synagro- managed facility in U.S.) GroCo King County, Washington One part sewage sludge King County dnr.metrokc.gov/WTD/ composted with three /compost.htm parts sawdust METROGRO™ Metro Wastewater Recla- Anerobically digested Information not available www.metrowastewater. Compost mation District (Denver, sewage sludge mixed com/biosolids_compost. Colorado) with wood fiber or yard asp waste Milorganite® Metropolitan Kiln-dried sewage sludge Nationwide www.milorganite.com District Nutri-Green® Hampton Roads Sanita- Composted sewage Virginia www.hrsd.state.va.us/ tion District (Virginia) sludge nutrigreen.htm Oceangro® Ocean County Utilities Granular sewage sludge New Jersey www.ocua.com/Ocean- Authority (Bayville, New gro.htm Jersey) SoundGro Chambers Creek Region- Sewage sludge Pierce County, Wash- www.co.pierce.wa.us/pc/ al ington and surrounding abtus/ourorg/pwu/sewer/ Plant areas soundgro/index.htm

TAGRO products City of Tacoma Pasteurized sewage Mainly in Tacoma, Wash- www.cityoftacoma.org/ sludge, sawdust, sand or ington Page.aspx?nid=306 bark; ratio of sludge to non-sludge components varies depending on the product Tuscarora Land- Town of Leesburg Water Heat-dried and pelletized Leesburg, Virginia www.leesburgva.gov/ scaper’s Choice Control Facility sewage sludge services/water/tlc/

This guide was written by Marie Kulick, Senior Associate, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

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