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 ...

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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.

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 ...

As society advances, there is an increasing demand to solve the worsening issues surrounding energy depletion and environmental pollution. Researchers are always striving for new ways to produce clean ...

Plans to bring more industrial sludge to South Carolina have Pee Dee residents curious, upset and full of questions.

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health measured levels of an antibacterial hand soap ingredient, triclocarban, as it passed through a wastewater treatment facility. They ...

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 ...