Sludge Watch ==> BC Canada SkyRocket sewage sludge 'fertilizer supplement' illegal

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludgewatch Admin:

Hmmmm.... if you are in Canada - check and see if you have sewage sludge 
'fertilizer' for salein your neighbourhood.
.
Ask to see the label.  If there is no label...it is illegal fertilizer.

These guys are shameless while they break the law.

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SkyRocket fertilizer enhances plant growth



A SPECIAL SOIL enhancer produced by the regional district has had excellent 
results, as shown by communications manager Marci Crossan.PHOTO BY KEVIN 
McKINNON
By Colleen Dane
Record Staff

Aug 17 2007


SkyRocket is shooting for the stars — or at least, it’s making the plants it 
fertilizes reach that far.

Test results were released by the Comox Strathcona Regional District (CSRD) 
showing the difference in three crops fertilized by their own SkyRocket soil 
enhancer, compared to top soil and fish fertilizer.

All three plots were planted with the same plants and watered the same 
amount.

“What we saw was really strong initial growth from SkyRocket,” said Marci 
Crossan, communications manager for operations at the CSRD.

Growth that continued and continued — leaving the others literally, in the 
dirt.

“We’re thrilled to find that it’s a viable garden product that can deliver 
excellent results,” said Crossan.

It’s exciting because the product is doing more than help plants grow — it’s 
also helping with the CSRD waste systems in an organic and productive way.

SkyRocket is actually made at a facility beside the Comox Valley Waste 
Management Centre, where chipped wood waste diverted from the dump is mixed 
with biosolids — sewer sludge.

It’s baked for two weeks in enclosed bays at the facility, until it’s 
pasteurized. After 60 more days of curing outdoors the product is for sale — 
no smell, no health danger, just a successful soil supplement.

Last year, any supply was bought within a few weeks of its release to the 
public.

“This year we prepared for the rush,” said Crossan.

It’s an innovative step by the CSRD — something that’s been in the works for 
many years and is drawing attention from around the country.

Beginning this week, SkyRocket will be featured at the Compost Council of 
Canada’s display at the PNE in Vancouver.

There’s around five products that were selected from across the country to 
show the potential of composting.

While the product is receiving that kind of recognition, and has to meet 
Class A provincially-outlined safety requirements, there are still questions 
from people about a product made from sewage sludge.

“We want to provide more information to the public — people ask, well, 
what’s in it? Can I eat these beans?” said Crossan about the products grown 
in the soil.

To provide hard numbers that will back up their case, Crossan said they’re 
sending the produce and the soil to an independent lab for assessment.

“Basically we’re going to find out how the plants compare in their makeup,” 
she said.

In the meantime, the test planters are a sales pitch themselves.

For more information on SkyRocket, and where it’s available, visit 
www.comoxstrathcona.ca, and click on Operational Services.

reporter at comoxvalleyrecord.com

http://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=8&cat=23&id=1046492&more=0