For some eco-pioneers, solving the sludge problem means getting their hands dirty, writes Catherine Price from Grist, part of the Guardian Environment Network From Grist, part of the Guardian ...

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

One of the most remarkable agricultural practices adopted by any civilized people is the centuries-long and well nigh universal conservation and utilization of all human waste in China, Korea and ...

Dirk Wurst (not his real name), his bushy red Afro (not his real hair) bouncing in the wind, wearing his trademark pink coveralls (that'll confuse 'em), is heading out to his front yard on his ...

Part 3 of Grist’s special series on poop. Laura Allen, a 33-year-old teacher from Oakland, California, has a famous toilet. To be honest, it’s actually a box, covered in decorative ceramic tiles, ...

The gleaming white commode, a mainstay of modern civilization, is not something most folks question. But anyone who does stop to ponder why we flush our feces and urine into nearby streams and rivers ...

An Oklahoma farmer and a state lawmaker are raising concerns and asserting it's harmful to people, animals and the environment. Two different bills on the matter didn't get a committee hearing in time ...

Nance Klehm is dealing with a lot of crap. Literally. Somewhere in Chicago, her collection of over 1,500 gallons of human waste is slowly turning into compost. The excrement will complete its two-year ...

"I wake up at 5:30 in the morning to go to the fields to relieve myself." This call of (and deposit in) nature was something Anoop Jain heard about over and again while doing community health surveys ...

But there's a crucial difference between humanure and modern sludge, known in the sewage industry as "biosolids." Humanure is made from pure human excrement. It can still contain residues from ...

Poop is a sensitive issue in Durango, where scientific studies recently proved that too much human feces is flowing into the Animas River downstream to Farmington. The Durango City Council is ...