For Cities, Utilities & Public Works

A Long-Term Answer to the Biosolids Question.

Landfill costs rise, regulations tighten, and the public is paying attention. WINR Centers give municipalities a permitted, local, long-term outlet for biosolids and organics, one that turns a budget line into a community sustainability story.

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20+ Years
in Nutrient Management
USDA FPEP
Grant Recipient
2026
First Facility Opening
Iowa Entrepreneur
of the Year 2025
Sound Familiar?

Every Year, the Biosolids Math Gets Harder

Landfill costs keep rising

Tipping fees climb annually while your budget doesn't. The current path gets more expensive every single year.

Land application is getting harder

Fewer willing fields, tighter windows, more scrutiny. The outlets you've relied on for decades are narrowing.

Regulations only move one way

What's compliant today may not be in five years. Long-term planning needs an outlet built for where the rules are going.

The public is watching

Water quality and waste management are front-page topics in Iowa. Residents want to know their city has a real plan.

Budgets are fixed, problems aren't

You're asked to solve a growing problem with flat dollars. Predictable costs matter as much as low ones.

None of this is your fault. Until now, there hasn’t been a better system. We built one.

The WINR Difference

A Permitted Outlet Your 20-Year Plan Can Count On

WINR Centers are built on 20 years of nutrient management infrastructure, designed to be the outlet that’s still here decades from now.

Long-term biosolids outlet

A permanent, permitted destination, not a year-to-year arrangement that disappears when a farmer retires or a rule changes.

Reduced landfill dependency

Divert organics from landfill, extend landfill life, and step off the tipping-fee escalator.

Potential cost savings

Often cost-competitive with current disposal, with pricing your budget office can forecast.

Local nutrient recycling

Your community's organics become fertilizer for the farms surrounding your community. That's a story for the council meeting.

Regulatory confidence

Fully permitted, documented, audit-ready. When the rules tighten, you're already where they're headed.

A public relations win

"Our city recycles its nutrients locally" beats "our city trucks its waste to a landfill" in the paper, and at the ballot box.

The Process

From Your Dock to a Farmer’s Field

01

We Assess Your Stream

Volume, composition, frequency, current disposal costs. No two waste streams are identical, so we design around yours.

02

We Handle Logistics

Pickup on a schedule that fits your operation. Transported to the nearest WINR Center. Documented end to end.

03

We Recover the Nutrients

Aerated Static Pile composting: controlled oxygen, temperature, and moisture. Consistent, high-quality output with lower emissions than traditional methods.

04

Farmers Put It to Work

Finished natural fertilizer goes to farms in our network. The nutrient cycle completes. Your waste built someone’s soil, and we can document it.

Who’s Behind This

“A waste stream is just a nutrient out of place. Mother Nature made all of it. We just need to put it back where it belongs.”

Abe Sandquist, Founder, Natural Fertilizer Services

This isn’t an experiment.

Abe Sandquist spent 20 years turning livestock manure from a liability nobody wanted into one of the most sought-after biological fertilizers in the Midwest. WINR Centers apply that same proven playbook to your waste stream, backed by a USDA Fighting for Producers and Entrepreneurs (FPEP) grant, two facilities underway in Western Iowa, and a third site already purchased.

  • USDA FPEP grant recipient
  • 20+ years in nutrient management and logistics
  • Iowa Entrepreneur of the Year 2025
  • Former USDA-NRCS
  • Fully permitted, documented, and audit-ready

Questions We Hear

Can you accept municipal biosolids?
Biosolids are exactly the kind of stream WINR Centers were designed around. Acceptance depends on classification and composition. Bring us your analysis and we'll give you a clear answer.
How does this fit a long-term municipal plan?
WINR is infrastructure, not a contract of convenience: two facilities underway, a third site purchased, and a model built to expand. We're planning in decades, the same way you are.
What does it cost?
Depends on your stream: volume, composition, frequency, distance. In many cases WINR is cost-competitive with landfill hauling, and your costs become predictable. We'll give you a straight answer on a call.
Where are you located?
First two facilities in Western Iowa, serving generators within roughly 250 miles. Outside that radius? Reach out anyway. The model is built to replicate, and we're seeking partners in other regions.
How is this different from landfill disposal?
Landfills are a dead end: nutrients lost, methane generated. WINR Centers recover nutrients aerobically and return them to farmland. Your waste builds soil instead of filling a hole, and you get the documentation to prove it.
Let’s Talk

Give Your Community a Long-Term Win

Book a free introductory call. We'll assess your stream, walk you through the WINR model, and tell you straight whether it's a fit. No obligation, no pitch.

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