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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 ...

Today marks 46 years of Earth Day. Cities across the U.S. are making efforts to limit how much waste is put in landfills. Right here in Fort Wayne, a facility does just that – turning waste into ...

Oct. 30—Flathead County has taken the first step in working toward a long-term solution for handling the county's burgeoning septic waste by seeking firms or individuals interested in developing a ...

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 ...

Composting has long been viewed as an important tool for sustainability with benefits for the environment as it has reduced the amount of waste incinerated or sent to landfills. Since the 1920s, ...

The New York Farm Bureau drastically updated its policy position on the practice of landspreading biosolids, which is used as ...

Kalispell is moving away from composting its biosolids owing to public concerns surrounding forever chemicals and the potential closure of its vendor's composting facility. At its Dec. 9 meeting, ...

New York state officials eye new approaches to control "forever chemicals" contaminants known as PFAS in water, soils ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 11, 2010) Independent tests of sewage sludge-derived compost from the Synagro CVC plant -distributed free to gardeners since 2007 by the San Francisco Public Utilities ...