What goes down your toilet can end up on farm fields across the United States. Biosolids, or sewage sludge, are the solid byproducts of the wastewater treatment process. Rich in nutrients, they can be ...

A thermochemical process can convert lipids from sewage sludge into biodiesel, according to a new study (Environ. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1021/es3019435). The low cost and high yield of the sludge ...

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 ...

The urban sewage sludge has been used to improve the fertility of agricultural lands. The properties of urban sewage sludge should be improved through the different processes before being used in ...

Sewage sludge biochars were obtained at different pyrolysis temperatures from 300°C to 900°C and their macro- and microscale properties were analyzed. The biochar's plant-available nutrients and humus ...

A lot of products contain toxic PFAS. Some of these "forever chemicals" are ending up in sewage that is turned into fertilizer. The water from our sinks, showers and toilets contain the chemicals ...

Has sewage sludge caused any farm damage? Once the sludge leaves the wastewater treatment plant, it is not tracked; there’s no national system for reporting sludge-related health or environmental ...

QSS Biosolids is attempting to build a pyrolysis plant in North Kingstown, but is facing mounting legal challenges from ...

State lawmakers approved a one-year moratorium on a sludge processing plant in North Kingstown while a commission studies the ...

North Kingstown argues that a sewage plant processing plant proposed in the Quonset Business Park should have been subject to stricter review.

“Yep, it smells about as bad as I expected.” It’s a weird thing to say about somewhere that’s been on your visit-wishlist for a while, but those were my exact words when I walked into a building ...

On September 29, 2025, the US District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the plaintiffs’ claims in Farmer v. EPA, ...