I am a founding member of the community group Sludge Free Slate Belt. Our group was at all of the Synagro "meet and greet meetings" in Plainfield Township and Weona Park in Pen Argyl, handing out ...

Aurubis, a leading global provider of nonferrous metals and one of the largest copper recyclers in the world, has announced that it is building a hydrometallurgical recycling facility at its Beerse ...

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 ...

Three local farmers spoke out against a proposed sewage sludge-producing facility southeast of Columbus now being considered by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. Mike Kamman, Brian ...

ROGERS -- Robert Moore dipped his hand into a 5-foot-tall, waterproof bag and brought out a handful of what looked like rich topsoil. "The pathogens are gone," said Moore, plant manager of the Rogers ...

A long-standing environmental liability may soon become a strategic industrial asset. Researchers in Denmark ...

A 2nd Circuit judge on Tuesday voided the environmental impact statement for a proposed renewable energy conversion and sludge processing project at the county’s Kahului wastewater treatment plant to ...

An innovative technique has been proposed for treating and purifying wastewater, which could spare budget-strapped municipalities some of the expense of handling the sludge that remains after ...

Franklin leaders caught a glimpse of the city's likely solid waste treatment future Tuesday night. The vision? Greenhouse-like buildings where about 7,400 pounds per day of treated "sludge" would go ...

To the delight of Ironbound activists, close to two years after first proposing plans to build a sewage-handling facility in Newark, the developer has decided to not go forward with the project, city ...

Elected leaders held a panel discussion last week about sewage sludge application on farms, which is a frequent topic of controversy in the Slate Belt. Upper Mount Bethel Township Supervisors' ...

PEEKSKILL As Wheelabrator requests an expansion of operations at its waste disposal plant in Charles Point, some city officials have raised concerns that it may also be able to sneak through a request ...