Lisa takes place on the Government’s panel of experts on sewage sludge

Lisa Wigh has been working at Ragn-Sells for six years. 

– Before I took up the post of business developer, I worked as departmental manager for Agro. I am a qualified agronomist and I started at Ragn-Sells after four years within the agricultural sector. The attraction for me at Ragn-Sells was resource recovery for arable land and the opportunity to work for a company with future innovations within the sector. 

– We are a major driving force within this field and are not just keeping up with others – we are leaders. Ragn-Sells is currently the actor in Sweden that is restoring most resources from sewage sludge to arable land, Lisa Wigh says. 

Resource recovery from sewage sludge, which includes finding a circular flow for phosphorus, has been a priority area for Ragn-Sells for many years. When the Government recently presented its new panel of experts in relation to the terms of reference on non-toxic and circular recovery of phosphorus from sewage sludge, Lisa Wigh was one of the experts, representing The Swedish Recycling Industries' Association.

– No-one is more delighted than me to be part of this panel and to have the opportunity to work on a bill that I actually agree with. It often feels like you can’t have an influence, but now I really do have such an opportunity. It is very exciting.

According to Lisa, the ultimate flow for resource recovery from sewage sludge is within the agricultural sector. 

– What is absolutely clear today is that the resources from sewage sludge should be restored to arable land; which is then cultivated to become a crop we eat and which eventually becomes sewage sludge again. We thus have a circular flow. Having the opportunity to sit on this expert panel feels highly worthwhile as we have the opportunity there to produce effective system solutions for society, Lisa Wigh says.