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University uses innovative machine named 'Angus' to cut down on wasted food: 'It's essentially food and dirt and heat'

For 14 years, USD's dining staff has used a composting machine named Angus to transform wasted food into nutrient-rich ...
Washington Examiner

Treated compost not same as sludge, maker stresses

Reports confusing Orgro Class A compost with sewage sludge irk compost makers. “It?s really frustrating,” said John Myers, a consultant for the Curtis Bay Orgro Composting Facility. “We?ve already had ...
Portland Press Herald

State’s ‘forever chemical’ restrictions not applied to compost

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 ...
The Washington Post

A New Fairbanks Hot Spot: The Sewage Compost

FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Environmental consultant Michael Pollen remembers standing on a pile of sewage sludge composting outside the Fairbanks treatment plant on a November day in 1997. The temperature ...
WPRI 12

Sewage sludge can find a second life on farm fields. Here’s how it’s made

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 ...
Farmers Weekly

Sewage sludge a safe bet?

MISCANTHUS straw is proving particularly good for composting with undigested sewage sludge in trials designed to find a safe and publicly acceptable way to recycle sludge onto farmland and improve the ...