GREEN SOLUTIONS

in the spotlight
sorubin gaining ground
in landfill Market
Approximately 90 Swedish
municipal landfills are
required by environ-
mental regulations to
aerate their leachate—either to treat
it before it is sent on to purification
plants or to recipient bodies of water,
or to aerate the water to resolve odors
that could otherwise spread long
distances. Historically, aeration has
been costly because it is energy-intensive.
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The Swedish cleantech company
Sorubin, however, is now making
advances with its Vortex Aerator,
which can potentially reduce power
consumption by 90 percent.
A contract was recently signed
with the Swedish municipality of
Hallsberg, and now Sorubin proudly
supplies aeration services to 25
percent of the landfill market.
“Our success comes thanks to a
great product and value for money.
Our customers have discovered that
all they basically have to do is place
the aerator in the water and then let it
do its thing without further ado.
Naturally, we’re very happy to
have succeeded in winning 25 percent
of Sweden’s landfill market. That said,
we’re also thinking about markets
beyond our local municipalities. The
need for aeration is even greater
out there,” says Sorubin CEO Stefan
Sandström.