Around 30 percent of the world's biosolids are stockpiled or sent to landfill each year, while over 3 billion cubic meters of clay soil is dug up for the global brickmaking industry. Using biosolids ...

When sewage sludge is processed at wastewater treatment plants, the leftover "biosolid" material is generally dried and set aside. While some of it ends up being used as fertilizer, much is often just ...

Carla Clark | For The Republic Thomas Kreke, IDEM solid waste section chief and hearing officer, at left, speaks during a public hearing to allow a biosolids storage facility in Bartholomew County ...

Researchers in Australia believe globally stockpiled sewage sludge could be used to make biosolids bricks, an advance that could boost sustainability in the construction industry. Biosolids are a ...