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.

A team of UCLA researchers has put a new spin on the 1970s rock classic "Dust in the Wind" — only this one is grimmer and grimier than the original hit by Kansas. They found that wind picks up ...

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 ...

Anyone who has driven through New York’s abundant agricultural regions is aware of the agricultural practice of manure spreading. Done responsibly, ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A front-end loader combines sawdust, inoculants and biosolids in the ...

He was standing ankle-deep in chicken litter, a straw hat keeping the afternoon sun out of his eyes but doing nothing to block the smell. A tractor kicked dust in his face. Sweat soaked through the ...

The company has asked the state Department of Environmental Protection to modify A&M's permit to run a composting plant at 2022 Mountain Road. A&M wants to increase the average daily volume of sludge ...