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Biosolids and residuals Fact sheet on biosolids Production and marketing N-Viro™ Soil specifications and use Quality control Environmental management system Meeting standards

In 2001, 53,680 tons of biosolids were processed into N-Viro™ soil for beneficial reuse as a lime fertilizer. When biosolids are made into N-Viro™ Soil the volume is increased by half.

Since the first efforts by EarthBlends to market N-Viro™ Soil, over 700 farms have successfully used his biosolids product to enhance their soil to grow crops such as alfalfa, corn, hay, oats and winter wheat.

During 2001, EarthBlends sold 72,000 tons of N-Viro™ Soil. Other uses for the product have been for top dressing of golf courses and recreational fields, blends with other materials for horticultural uses, and land reclamation. See the distribution of biosolids from 1995 through 2001:
 

Distribution of biosolids (wet tons)
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001 est.	Total
N-Viro™	50,668	48,354	56,349	51,349	51,113	53,921	53,680	365,434
Landfill	18,671	15,575	5,114	4,449	2,441	4,414	* 3,466	54,130
Total	69,339	63,929	61,463	55,798	53,554	58,335	57,146	419,564
* 3,466 tons were landfilled from cleaning the Metro digesters and are not included in the recycle percentages.