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, ...

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 Board of Health on Monday unanimously recommended the annual town meeting approve articles that would amend the town's ...

GOOD SPRING – The operator of a biosolids composting facility is finishing installation of a system designed to reduce odors that neighbors have long complained about, according to Colleen Connolly, ...

A handful of West Rifle residents once again told city officials and city consultants they do not want any type of compost facility in their vicinity during a Tuesday, May 21, meeting. Residents of ...

The debate over using biosolids — treated human sewage sometimes called “humanure” — as fertilizer on Oklahoma farmland is ...

A target of complaints for years about smells coming from processing biosolids, a business operating in Frailey Twp. has been fined $50,000 by the state Department of Environmental Protection and ...

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 ...

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