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.

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, ...

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The biggest advantage of this technology, however, is its low cost. Through it, sludge generated by around a million people can be converted into compost at a cost of Rs 5.6 crore - also covering the ...

Austin has a sludge problem. Several years after a buildup of compost led to persistent fires, costing at least $3 million and taking more than a month to extinguish, city officials are keen to hire a ...

Throughout County Wicklow at the moment, there are six or seven towns and villages with treatment plants producing several thousands tonnes of sewage sludge per annum. Up until quite recently, all ...

Recently our mayor and councilors put a hold on the proposed site for a composting facility of agricultural waste in Warkworth to do a study. Who’s going to pay for this study? They approximated its ...

The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India’s premier nuclear research institute, has moved a step away from its core function and found a low-cost solution to deal with the country’s ever-increasing ...