The Polk County Board of Supervisors released the Central Iowa Source Water Resource Assessment (CISWRA) at its meeting ...

Nigerian farmers are increasingly converting agricultural waste into useful resources such as compost, biogas, and organic fertilizer—cutting costs, improving ...

While usually considered a safe and free way to compost and fertilize your garden, health threats from H5N1 and Histoplasmosis mean you should take extreme care handling animal manure right now.

Recycling human, animal excreta reduces need for fertilizers Date: December 11, 2024 Source: Cornell University Summary: Recycling all the human and livestock feces and urine on the planet would ...

Animal waste has been responsible for more than one-fifth of all fish kill events in the state since 1981. It’s so prevalent that only one year, 2018, ... Fertilizer, agrochemical and ...

The EPA estimates that as much as 3.5 million dry metric tons of treated sewage waste is spread as fertilizer across the country yearly — enough to cover the entire state of Missouri.

The Town of Chestertown, in partnership with Washington College, will soon add composting — the natural process of recycling organic matter into fertilizer — to its services for ...

South Korea recycles 98% of its food waste. What can it teach the world? Almost all leftovers from homes and restaurants are turned into compost, animal feed and even energy.

In the past most of the groundwater contamination came from farm animal waste, fertilizer, and pesticides. Today as urban sprawl has established housing developments throughout the state, septic ...

According to the waste management rules, animal waste should either be converted into fertilizer or animal feed. The groundwater in these locations is severely affected and our reports have shown ...

Harvesting animal waste for fertilizer has generally been considered a safe practice—most manure is composted before being ...