Researchers have shown that adding acid zeolites (H‑mordenite and H‑ZSM5) during municipal sewage sludge pyrolysis at 500 °C ...

A company is processing wood chips into biochar for use as a soil amendment. Now, it wants to do the same with sewage solids.

Scientists are helping the paper industry to convert paper sludge - the largest waste stream from paper factories - into bio-oils and raw materials suitable for re-use. They aim to build a ...

Concern is growing in North Kingstown over a proposed sludge pyrolysis facility for Quonset.

Despite the Quonset Development Corporation’s pause on a plan to build a sewer sludge plant, signs with red slashes, rallies, ...

BROCKTON — Brockton balked on a $34.8M plan to turn sewage sludge into "biochar" it could sell for $300 a ton. Mayor Robert Sullivan said Friday that he put the proposal on pause after pushback from ...

Quonset Development Corp. headquarters in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The QDC faces criticism for quietly granting lease ...

Nearly all of Rhode Island’s sludge is burned in incinerators in Cranston and Woonsocket, with the majority going to the latter facility. The Woonsocket incinerator, which also serves communities in ...