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 ...

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 ...

KINGSTON – Tiny pellets about the size of BBs will collect at the bottom of an oil-fired dryer at the rate of probably a ton a day when the city begins converting sewage sludge to fertilizer next year ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A front-end loader combines sawdust, inoculants and biosolids in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Any gardener will tell you that compost is "black gold," essential to cultivating vigorous, flavorful crops. But it always feels like there's never enough, and its weight and bulk make it tough stuff ...