Alimentary Systems wins US awards
Oli Lewis, Carbon News
12 November, 2026
Alimentary Systems, a New Zealand cleantech company pioneering a waste-to-value plant for wastewater sludge treatment has won a prestigious international award. Alimentary Systems won the 2026 Resilience Solution of the Year in the QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge, which was awarded at the Smart City Expo World Congress held in Barcelona last week. The award, run by Boston non-profit Leading Cities, comes with US$100,000 and the opportunity for the winner to pilot their technology with a community involved in the Leading Cities network. The Christchurch-based company, which has developed a six-stage bioenergy recovery plant modelled on bovine digestion, also took out the 2026 People’s Choice Award, which comes with US$25,000.