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The WEF, with the support of the [[Environment Protection Agency]], turned to the disposal of sewage sludge on land after the imposition of bans on ocean disposal and incineration. | The WEF, with the support of the [[Environment Protection Agency]], turned to the disposal of sewage sludge on land after the imposition of bans on ocean disposal and incineration. | ||
| − | However faced with increasing volumes and problems with landfills, WEF sought to persuade the EPA that instead of treating it as industrial waste | + | However faced with increasing volumes and problems with landfills, WEF sought to persuade the EPA that instead of treating it as industrial waste it should be used as fertisilizer on farms. However, central to a makeover from toxic waste to beneficial fertilizer, was a name change from sewage sludge to biosolids. |
==Case studies== | ==Case studies== | ||
Revision as of 01:49, 16 September 2004
Biosolids is the name preferred by the lobby association for U.S. sewage treatment plants, the Water Environment Federation (WEF), for sewage sludge.
The WEF, with the support of the Environment Protection Agency, turned to the disposal of sewage sludge on land after the imposition of bans on ocean disposal and incineration.
However faced with increasing volumes and problems with landfills, WEF sought to persuade the EPA that instead of treating it as industrial waste it should be used as fertisilizer on farms. However, central to a makeover from toxic waste to beneficial fertilizer, was a name change from sewage sludge to biosolids.
