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.

What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be ...

The draft proposal to identify per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances earned measured praise from Casella Waste Systems and ...

DeSoto County commissioners approved a controversial compost facility on Tuesday, reversing an earlier decision after the ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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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