Por: Los Angeles Times Science January 19, 2024
A team of UCLA researchers has put a new spin on the 1970s rock classic Dust in the Wind — only this one is grimmer and grimier than the original hit by Kansas. They found that wind picks up microplastics from human-sewage-based fertilizers at higher concentrations than previously known, and may be an underappreciated source of airborne plastic bits, flakes and threads. If you blow wind on soil with microplastics, you'd expect a similar... + full article
Newsweek USA World September 28, 2023
Plastic waste contributes to microplastics found in Earth's oceans, and new evidence suggests that the microscopic debris is found in clouds, as well.More than 10 million tons of plastic enter the Earth's oceans annually, and the impacts of the waste are wide-ranging.... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation August 22, 2023
Dewatered sludge from screw presses falls from a conveyor belt into a trailer in May at the Greater Augusta Utilities District’s wastewater treatment plant in Augusta. Waste Management Disposal Services is planning a $35 million biosolids processing facility at the Crossroads... + más
No immediate solution to Maine’s sludge problem | Portland Press Herald
Landfill operator tells lawmakers it has temporary fix to Maine’s sludge disposal crisis | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation August 08, 2023
Dewatered sludge from screw presses falls from a conveyor belt into a trailer at the Greater Augusta Utilities District’s wastewater treatment plant in Augusta in April. A compromise reached by lawmakers means that sludge will not have to be trucked to Canada for at least the... + más
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 09, 2023
The operator of the state-owned landfill told lawmakers Wednesday that Maine’s sludge disposal crisis is over now that it has found a temporary home for sludge in New Brunswick, buying Maine the time that it needs to come up with a safe, affordable long-term sludge management... + más
Lawmakers to hear about Maine sludge disposal crisis | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 05, 2023
David Hughes, the superintendent of Scarborough Sanitary District at the plant on Wednesday. Hughes said that the truck that takes away their sewage sludge was supposed to come last Friday, but finally came on Wednesday which caused a major back-up. “If the truck didn’t show... + más
Landfill instability has Maine sewer plants in a bind | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 02, 2023
David Hughes, superintendent of the Scarborough Sanitary District, expressed relief Wednesday after a tractor-trailer carted away 30 tons of sludge, but asked: “What about next time?” Scarborough is one of roughly three dozen Maine sewer plants that send sludge to Juniper... + más
Environmental group alleges Casella Waste Systems manufactured sludge crisis | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 01, 2023
Maine sewer plants have been plunged into chaos over the last week because the state has run out of room to dispose of their sludge and some are only days away from overflowing. “If a truck doesn’t come for my sludge tomorrow, I’ll have no choice but to dump it on the... + más
The big stink: How a proposed landfill is roiling a tiny New Hampshire town | The Boston Globe
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