Orbital Biocarbon (“Orbital”), a critical infrastructure company providing essential biosolids disposal services to wastewater utilities, today opened its Capacity Reservation Process at the New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) Spring Meeting.
The Capacity Reservation Process is a structured offering through which eligible wastewater utilities, biosolids management companies, and independent haulers may request and reserve multi-year disposal capacity at Orbital’s regional biosolids facilities.
Orbital is offering 28,800 dry tons per year of biosolids disposal capacity (equivalent to 144,000 wet tons per year of dewatered cake at 20% solids) across two facilities. Each facility is sized for 14,400 dry tons per year.
The first facility will serve southern Maine, New Hampshire, and northern Massachusetts. The second will serve southern and central Massachusetts as well as Rhode Island and adjacent regional markets. Eligible respondents in Vermont and Connecticut are also invited to participate.
Today’s announcement follows a sustained period of direct engagement by Orbital with wastewater utilities, regional regulators, and biosolids management companies. During this period, Orbital confirmed the regulatory pathway, assessed market demand for in-region disposal capacity, and secured interest from multiple regional counterparties.
A regional market under simultaneous pressure
The wastewater sector’s three traditional biosolids pathways (land application, landfilling, and incineration) are under simultaneous pressure from contracting capacity, aging infrastructure, and tightening regulation.
Across New England and the broader Northeast, landfills have reduced or restricted biosolids acceptance, incineration capacity remains limited, and PFAS-related regulation continues to reshape long-term disposal planning. Maine has already restricted land application of PFAS-impacted biosolids. Legislative and regulatory activity is underway across Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, including county-level restrictions and proposed statewide moratoriums.
John H. Day, President of Orbital Biocarbon, said: “Wastewater treatment is critical infrastructure. Regulations are tightening, traditional disposal pathways are running out of room, and utilities still have to move material every day. Orbital aims to solve that. We offer a community asset for the New England region, for the long term. The process opening today is how this happens.”
How the Capacity Reservation Process works
The Capacity Reservation Process is a single, sealed, time-limited window.
Eligible respondents request access to the Capacity Reservation Memorandum and submit a sealed Capacity Request Ticket during the 45-day window.
Capacity Request Tickets will be scored against a published method, with available capacity allocated and reserved. Each submission will be treated as best-and-final, with no resubmissions and no second round.
Respondents selected through the scoring process will be invited to enter into a Precedent Agreement establishing the pathway toward binding capacity commitments upon satisfaction of agreed conditions precedent.
Key dates
Window opens: May 19, 2026, at the NEWEA Spring Meeting.
Capacity Request Tickets due: July 3, 2026 (Day 45).
How to participate
Eligible respondents may request access to the full Capacity Reservation Memorandum, eligibility criteria, and Capacity Request Ticket materials beginning today at: orbitalbiocarbon.com/capacity.
About Orbital Biocarbon
Orbital Biocarbon is a critical infrastructure company providing essential, non-discretionary biosolids disposal services to wastewater utilities. The company develops regional biosolids infrastructure designed to provide cleaner, more reliable, and more affordable disposal capacity for wastewater utilities. Orbital is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
More at orbitalbiocarbon.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements regarding the development of regional biosolids disposal capacity in New England. Statements regarding facility timing, capacity, location, technology, regulatory pathway, and contracting are subject to risks and uncertainties including permitting, financing, regulatory developments, supply chain, and contract execution. Capacity Request Tickets are non-binding when submitted; binding obligations arise on the terms set out in the Capacity Reservation Memorandum, beginning with execution of the Precedent Agreement and becoming operational upon its conversion into the Binding Agreement on satisfaction of conditions precedent.
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