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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Compost is loaded into a truck at Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in Unity Township in September 2020. Photo courtesy Casella Organics ...

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, ...

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 ...

State regulators will be using an outdated rule to review a plan to close a heavily contaminated compost plant in central Maine, worrying environmentalists that the area and its surroundings will not ...

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 ...

AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has installed organic composting machines for public use in 27 places including gardens and corporation-run party plots. The machines convert kitchen and ...

Casella Waste Systems is closing its Hawk Ridge Compost Facility in Unity Township after Maine regulators discovered high levels of forever chemicals on the site and indications that the contamination ...