Food scraps emit greenhouse gases like methane, which can instead be captured by wastewater plants that are designed to process organic matter.

The wastewater draining from massive pools of sewage sludge has the potential to play a role in more sustainable agriculture, according to environmental engineering researchers at Drexel University. A ...

A new method to treat sewage can efficiently convert leftover sludge to biogas, an advance that could help communities lower their waste treatment costs while helping the environment. A new method to ...

A nearly two month long study is underway at the Hanford cleanup site, in southeast Washington state. It’s looking at a new stack on the Waste Treatment Plant — and how to keep too many chemical ...

Vitrification plant at US Energy Dept. Hanford site in Washington state, which has begun the process to transform long-stored nuclear and hazardous wastes into inert glass for storage, will operate on ...

After decades of delays, workers at the Hanford nuclear site this October finally began treatment of the 56 million gallons of radioactive waste leftover from the manufacturing of the U.S. nuclear ...

Unveil top practices for biological waste disposal as recommended by safety experts. Implement these strategies for safer ...

Wastes from hospitals, laboratories, human and animal clinics are considered hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Non-hazardous includes beddings, linens, bandages, and even waste from the kitchen. In ...

Crews with the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management cleanup contractor UCOR have taken the first step toward preparing a former waste treatment facility for ...

Neighbors have united in protest against a Texas-based company seeking Orange County’s permission to process liquid waste including septic tank sludge, and company officials have now delayed the ...