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==EDF Partners with [[Carlyle Group]]/[[Synagro]], Dumping Sewage Sludge on Farms and Gardens==
EDF creates formal corporate partnerships between itself and major corporations, such as the [[Carlyle Group]] with which it partnered in March, 2010. <ref>[http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2010/03/18/carlyle-group-teams-up-with-edf/ Carlyle Group Teams Up With EDF], The Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2010. </ref> The Carlyle Group, a private investment corporation, owns [[Synagro]], the world's largest company producing [[sewage sludge]] "compost" and "fertilizer," often called "[[biosolids]]," that is dumped on farms and gardens.
Such partnerships are extremely lucrative for EDF. Although EDF claims it does not accept direct funding from its corporate partners, this is less than true since it aggressively fundraises among the individuals on the Boards of Directors, in management, and who are investors in its partners. Meanwhile, the corporate partner such as [[Carlyle Group]] can [[greenwash]] itself by pointing to its partnership with one of the world's best funded [[Big Green]] environmental groups.
[[NRDC]], on the other hand, became a critic of sludge dumping in 2002 and 2003, based on the [[dioxin]] contaminants in sewage sludge.
==History==
