A state representative says he plans to introduce a bill to limit the use of sewer sludge from farm fields to prevent forever chemicals from polluting the landscape ...

The growing textile industry is one of the world’s largest producers of solid waste, which requires significant levels of treatment before it can be disposed of. Establishing the final destination of ...

Sewage sludge at the Wakarusa Wastewater Treatment Plant before it is thickened for land use is pictured on Friday, February 14, 2025. In these bubbling basins, you’ll find some of the hardest workers ...

Woonsocket residents are fed up with the sludge incinerator, leading the city to plan its closure. Shutting it down could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few people get as excited about wastewater as Thomas Fudge. He has good reason: He and his colleagues believe they have figured ...

People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as ...

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Authorities say wastewater sludge from a wastewater treatment plant was intentionally dumped into Shoe Heel Creek in Scotland County, and criminal charges may result. "What we have found is an illegal ...

Graduate research presented at an international sustainability conference is shedding new light on a persistent operational challenge for wastewater utilities: sludge ...