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, ...

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.

KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif. — Here at the western edge of the Tulare Lake Basin dwells a smelly industrial site the size of 150 football fields. Roughly eight times a day, its operations are replenished ...

By returning nutrients recovered from wastewater to agricultural soils, sewage sludge helps close nutrient cycles and reduces ...

Join our growing army of changemakers and get unlimited access to our premium content The TEG Silo-Cage consists of a bank of 4-20 large silos, with walls made out of stainless-steel mesh. To maximise ...

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A: You know that kids’ book Everyone Poops? Well, that premise has yet to be refuted, but where it all ends up really does vary town by town. Poop raises suspicions wherever it’s dumped. Victoria, for ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Environmental consultant Michael Pollen remembers standing on a pile of sewage sludge composting outside the Fairbanks treatment plant on a November day in 1997. The temperature ...

A study of the practicality of composting “biosolids” sludge from Fresno’s sewage-treatment plant has been put on hold after a City Council member raised concerns over potential odor and environmental ...

Mixing green waste compost with biosolids could help cut artificial fertiliser inputs, improve soil structure and use two waste products, Velcourt says. “Compost has a lot of advantages for improving ...

The Greater Noida authority is set to launch a solar-based sludge processing initiative using Solar Dry Sludge Management (SDSM) technology in a bid to make urban sewage management more sustainable, ...