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 ...

PFAS contamination is reshaping the long-standing practice of recycling wastewater sludge as biosolids fertilizer, raising concerns about farmland.

While Maine has outlawed sludge as an agricultural fertilizer, preferring to landfill it to stop the spread of the harmful forever chemicals lurking within, California has taken the opposite tack.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 11—A Southwest Missouri residents group is preparing to sue the Missouri Department of Natural Resources over new rules that ...

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The company behind an application to dump sludge on multiple sites in King William County has requested a delay in the processing of its permit as citizens and environmentalists push for a public ...

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP – The company behind a proposed $20 million sludge recycling project that has drawn community scrutiny will hold three public information sessions next week. Synagro Technologies ...

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 Thermaldyne industrial recycling facility near Port Allen has opened for business despite several ongoing legal challenges. The company began advertising job openings in The Advocate over the ...

Recently released reports from the Environmental Protection Agency show that industrial sludge waste pits adjacent to West Galveston Bay pose no hazard to people or aquatic life. The McGinnis waste ...

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