biosolids Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:26:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Human Waste Used to Combat Climate Change https://www.greenoptimistic.com/human-waste-key-combating-climate-change-20130918/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/human-waste-key-combating-climate-change-20130918/#comments Thu, 19 Sep 2013 02:15:11 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41717 Professor Nanthi Bolan of CRC for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment and University of South Australia told CleanUp 2013 in Melbourne today that the solid waste left over after sewage treatment could be used to curb carbon emissions and create more fertile soils. Annually, Australia stockpiles about 70,000 tonnes of biosolids from urban […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/human-waste-key-combating-climate-change-20130918/feed/ 1 41717 Researchers Develop Method of Turning Sewage Sludge into Ethanol https://www.greenoptimistic.com/researchers-develop-method-of-turning-sewage-sludge-into-ethanol-20091010/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/researchers-develop-method-of-turning-sewage-sludge-into-ethanol-20091010/#respond Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:18:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=4720 According to the researchers this new method can reduce the amount of sludge processed by traditional treatment facilities and turn municipal solid waste into a green fuel.

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