Farmers across Washington already spread thousands of tons of fertilizer from human waste on their crops each year, but there's a major blind spot when it comes to potential contaminants. Fertilizers ...

It's cheap, recycled, and has centuries of tradition: "shimogoe" or "fertilizer from a person's bottom" is finding new favor in Japan as Ukraine's war hikes the price of chemical alternatives. As in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 3—Sporting gloves, masks, goggles and baggy cleanroom bunny suits, Juan Delgado and Luis Martinez get to work on the southern ...

Sewage pollution in the Thames has been a problem for centuries. A new art installation at Science Gallery London explores the history, engineering, geography and science of human waste in the river.

HOMER, Mich. – The owner of a Michigan farm accused of using raw, untreated human waste on fields of produce, which triggered a widespread consumer alert, says the incident was an “oversight.” The ...

A modern sanitary landfill and faecal sludge treatment plant established by the Nilphamari Municipality with the aim of ...

India's sanitation issues persist with millions in manual scavenging and inadequate sewage treatment. Modern infrastructure ...