Sludge Watch ==> Quebec/ON- Kruger biomass energy getting their papersludge from EnGlobe/GSI

[Maureen Reilly]

Sludgewatch Admin:

Southern Ontario is home to many recycling papermills.  While it seems 
laudable to recycle paper - the fact is that paper recycling creates 
enormous volumes of papermill sludge (pretty spin name : paper fibre 
biosolids). This material contains the inks and dyes, chemical strippers and 
cleaning agents, high kaolin clay content (limestone), and is often 
digestered in digesters that were initiated with sewage sludge - and 
therefore can contain pathogenic bacteria ( tested at 500,000 Ecoli per 
gram).

These materials generally make poor soil ammendments due to the imbalanced 
nutrients (they can cause stunted crop growth as nitrogen is bound up as the 
sludge decomposes in the soil), and they can contain elevated levels of 
toxic metals like cadmium. The sludge is generally treated with 
polyacrilamide polymers that have relatively high residual levels of the 
neurotoxin acrylamide monomer.  Mold and fungus can also cause health 
impacts on sensitive nearby populations.The use of the sludge for 
cogeneration results in eliminating 83,000 tons of greenhouse gases from the 
sludge. Greenhouse gas elimination= good thing.


Three years ago the Ontario government brought in an Expert Panel to make 
recommendations on paper mill sludge (Sound-Sorb) and they recommended that 
paper sludge be composted before being allowed into the environment - and 
that even then the sludge compost should be managed under waste permit. The 
Ontario Gov't has failed to implement these excellent recommendations.

The Ontario Association of Local Public Health Associations has made 
recommendations to the same effect:

http://www.alphaweb.org/land_use1.asp

So it is interesting to hear that some paper sludge will be headed to Quebec 
to generate energy in a biomass plant. The public wants an end to putting 
sludge on farmland and trucking it into leaching mountains of contamination 
in the countryside.

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Thursday, Dec. 20 2007
EnGlobe Corp. Wins Two Long-Term Contracts


BURLINGTON, ON, Dec. 20, 2007 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) -- EnGlobe Corp. 
(TSX: EG), Canada's leading integrated environmental services company, today 
announced it has been awarded two contracts that will provide long-term 
revenue streams in both its organic waste management and site assessment and 
remediation businesses.

The Company's organic waste management business, GSI Environment Inc., has 
been awarded a five-year exclusive contract by Kruger Inc. to be the sole 
provider of pulp and paper sludge that will be transformed into energy at 
Kruger's new 23-megawatt biomass cogeneration plant at its Brompton mill 
near Sherbrooke, Quebec.

The pulp and paper sludge that will supply the plant is produced by both 
Kruger and other members of the pulp and paper industry. The Kruger 
cogeneration plant represents a beneficial reuse outlet for approximately 
470,000 metric tons of organic waste per year.

"This contract has many benefits for EnGlobe and for all Canadians," said 
Tony Busseri, President and Chief Executive Officer of EnGlobe Corp. "It 
provides our Company with a dependable stream of revenues for five years, 
which has long been one of our strategic objectives. It also enables GSI to 
position itself as a Canadian leader in the management and beneficial reuse 
of pulp and paper waste streams. And the environmental benefits are 
significant, since the Kruger biomass cogeneration plant will eliminate 
approximately 83,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases annually, which is the 
equivalent of taking 18,000 vehicles off the road."

In addition, Biogénie S.R.D.C Inc, EnGlobe's site assessment and 
remediation subsidiary, has been awarded a three-year extension to its 
management contract for Petro-Canada's contaminated soil treatment facility 
in East Montreal. The contract is expected to generate approximately $4.5 
million to $6 million over the next three years and will continue to be 
directed by the Biogénie team that has been managing these installations 
since 1993.

"We are proud of Petro-Canada's continued confidence in our ability and 
expertise, not only because of the long-term revenues this contract 
represents, but because this work exemplifies our capabilities for other 
prospective clients in a growing sector of our industry," Mr. Busseri said. 
"Together, these two contracts give us a solid foundation for future growth 
for our shareholders."

About EnGlobe Corp.

EnGlobe Corp., formerly Environmental Management Solutions Inc., is Canada's 
leading integrated environmental services company specializing in the 
management of organic-based waste streams and contaminated soils, with an 
emphasis on beneficial reuse. EnGlobe offers cost-effective solutions to 
municipal, commercial and industrial clients in Canada, the northern United 
States, England and France through its subsidiaries: Biogénie S.R.D.C. Inc. 
for site assessment and remediation, GSI Environment Inc. for organic waste 
management, and; Tanknology Canada Inc. for tank testing and calibration.


http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/industries/energy/article/englobe-corp-wins-longterm-contracts_416261_11.html