The global challenge of waste management is multifaceted. Solid waste, from municipal refuse to industrial by-products, requires volume reduction, stabilization, and often recovery of resources.

Each year, between 160 and 220 ha of turfgrass sod are laid in Norway. Increased use has raised questions about whether sod ...

When Stephanie Burris drives by graveyards near her home in Boulder County, Colorado, she sees thousands of tiny landfills: Concrete boxes filled with non-biodegradable caskets, which are lined with ...

The loyal reader knows that compost is my go-to for almost everything. I use it for mulch and to put the soil food web back into soils. I am a compost nerd. The question: What to do in the winter when ...

ATLANTA — Georgia Tech will debut its first industrial-scale composting machine Thursday as the university works toward its waste-reduction goals. The composter, funded through a 2024 grant from the ...

Tests that confirmed Maine’s largest composting plant had contaminated wetlands more than 2 miles away with “forever chemicals” shined a light on the broad extent of its pollution and likely hastened ...

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For almost four decades, Hawk Ridge, the state’s largest composting facility, turned sewage sludge into compost used in Maine and beyond. Compost is loaded into a truck at Hawk Ridge Compost Facility ...

Massachusetts lawmakers and advocates who visited Maine on Tuesday are aiming to replicate that state’s playbook in tackling contamination caused by PFAS forever chemicals, particularly sewage sludge ...