A pilot study of a new method for treating sewage sludge from a wastewater treatment plant efficiently created renewable natural gas while reducing the cost of the treatment. The work, reported in the ...

Still, engineers at the University of South Australia (UniSA) thought they could do even better, so they turned to sludge, which is basically the material that settles out of water when it goes ...

Could one man's trash truly be another's treasure? Well, scientists have unveiled a technique that dramatically increases ...

Some say the bill has morphed from its original form into something completely different — harmful rather than protective.

A state study found PFAS in sewage sludge, soil and water across North Carolina. Despite widespread use on farmland, there ...

What is Refinery Oil Sludge, Why is it Toxic, and How is it Disposed Of? Vast amounts of refinery oil sludge are produced from the process of crude oil refining. Refinery oil sludge contains toxic ...

Using sewage sludge – one of two end products from any wastewater treatment plant (the other is effluent) – as fertilizer on food crops is a hotly debated food safety issue, but only among a very ...

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