Compost piles are prepped for screening at the Tulare Lake Compost plant. Researchers say that natural fertilizers created from sewage sludge are an increasing source of wind-blown microplastics.

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The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously in favor of a proposed sewage sludge composting plant that would be built eight miles outside the high desert town of ...

In the quest to "clean up our act" in modern society, urban sewage and the way we manage its disposal, has become an important issue. John Jardine, who knows a lot about traditional aerobic aeration, ...

A national environmental group is focusing attention on a San Francisco program that transforms human waste into backyard compost, calling the program little more than a scheme to sling toxic toilet ...

It seemed like such a good idea at the time: Compost the sludge from the Hoosac Water Quality District by mixing in woodchips, then use it as a fertilizer for local projects or sell to others to do so ...

Compost is loaded into a truck at Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in Unity Township in September 2020. Photo courtesy Casella Organics. Casella Waste Systems is closing its Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in ...

In the past 30 years, Davenport has turned 3 million cubic yards of treated sewage sludge and yard waste into useable compost ...

Reader question: When I researched biosolids, I found that most of them contain “forever chemicals." Is that true of the biosolids compost available at the Appleton yard waste sites? Answer: This ...

A team of UCLA researchers has put a new spin on the 1970s rock classic "Dust in the Wind" — only this one is grimmer and grimier than the original hit by Kansas. They found that wind picks up ...

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