Mastodawn

Perthshire should not be sewage sludge free for all.
🚜💩 1/5th of Scotland’s sludge is spread on local fields. Mark Ruskell is warning of microplastics & "forever chemicals" in our food chain.
We need urgent regulation! 🌍💚
Read: https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5451221/msp-mark-ruskell-fears-sewage-sludge-perthshire/
#perthshire #VoteGreen #SewageSludge

michael Jul 7, 2025

Millions of tonnes of #toxic #sewageSludge spread on UK farmland every year
Exclusive: Experts call for stricter regulation as current rules set in 1989 require testing for only a few heavy metals

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/07/millions-of-tonnes-of-toxic-sewage-sludge-spread-on-uk-farmland-every-year #science #environment #pollution #farming #PublicHealth

Millions of tonnes of toxic sewage sludge spread on UK farmland every year

Exclusive: Experts call for stricter regulation as current rules set in 1989 require testing for only a few heavy metals

The Guardian

EPFL School of Engineering Jun 17, 2025

🚨 Another paper from the group of Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering at @EPFL in collaboration with CIRAIG-HES-SO Valais-Wallis. The team has published a novel decision-support methodology to evaluate waste treatment options for #sewagesludge -- an issue that poses significant challenges due to storage difficulties and the presence of pollutants and pathogens. Read the full paper, now published in the journal Energy Conversion and Management 👉 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890425005394

ResearchBuzz: Firehose Jun 8, 2025

ACR+: A new database brings change to EU agriculture with alternative fertilizers. “In its next step towards sustainable agriculture, the FER-PLAY project has introduced its database, a comprehensive resource on alternative fertilizers. This innovative platform consolidates extensive information on fertilizers derived from various secondary raw materials like wastewater, sewage sludge, and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/08/acr-a-new-database-brings-change-to-eu-agriculture-with-alternative-fertilizers/

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Jules 🍺Mar 19, 2025

A solar-powered process developed at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore is transforming sewage sludge into green hydrogen and single-cell protein for animal feed.
https://www.theengineer.co.uk/content/news/solar-powered-process-produces-hydrogen-from-sewage-sludge
#sewageSludge #environment #ClimateSolutions #ClimateChange

Solar-powered process produces hydrogen from sewage sludge - The Engineer

A solar-powered process is transforming sewage sludge into green hydrogen and single-cell protein for animal feed.

The Engineer

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Bohemian Peasant HAS MOVED!May 4, 2024

@DoomsdaysCW

Most people would be shocked by how common it is for cities to spread #sewagesludge and #biosolids on farmland in surrounding rural areas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosolids?wprov=sfti1#

Biosolids - Wikipedia

Socratease Mar 2, 2024

Do we really know what's in our #food when it's common practice to use #SewageSludge as fertilizer? This practice it's just one more example of the insanity of our civilization.

When animal feed is grown this way #bioaccumulation makes the effects thousands of times more dangerous. It is no wonder that serious diseases are rampant.

It is one of the primary reasons why our household eats a #plant-based diet, from #organic sources as much as possible.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/01/texas-farmers-pfas-killed-livestock

Texas farmers claim company sold them PFAS-contaminated sludge that killed livestock

Two ranches also allege biosolids with ‘forever chemicals’ ruined crops, polluted drinking water and left their properties worthless

The Guardian

Hans Peter Arp Apr 21, 2023

How to get rid of the #PFAS in #sewagesludge? A carbon negative technology we're exploring at the pilot scale is #drypyrolysis. Sludge is dried & converted to char to without oxygen, fueled by the produced sludge gases. Does this get rid of #PFAS?

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389423007306
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