This study highlights factors influencing judgment and decision-making regarding sludge and its use as fertilizer in agriculture in Sweden.
Utredaren av hållbar slamhantering uppmanar regeringen att ta ett större grepp på frågan om säker resurshantering i avlopps- och avfallskedjorna…
This policy brief responds to the recent government inquiry into phosphorus recycling and the future of agricultural use of sewage sludge in Sweden.
Pollution of the Baltic Sea continues to be a problem. The biggest terrestrial sources of nutrient emissions to the Baltic Sea are agriculture and wastewater. BONUS RETURN is currently conducting two systematic maps to collate and describe evidence on eco-technologies that are available to help recover phosphorus, nitrogen and carbon from wastewater and agriculture.
Reusing treated sewage sludge in agriculture can make sound economic and environmental sense. But as history shows, even the safest reuse technologies need to win over hearts as well as minds.
