Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Solid or semisolid material obtained from treated wastewater, often used as fertilizer.
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- noun Plural form of
biosolid .
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Examples
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For now, The PUC is not giving away what it calls biosolids compost, and said it will study the issue further.
CBS 5 - San Francisco Bay Area's source for news, weather, traffic and sports 2010
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More solid nutrients from sewage can also be reused by composting "biosolids" - something Metro has been doing already for several years at Annacis.
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The Worsted Witch » Lawn of the Dead: A recent study found dozens of medicinal, industrial, and household compounds—also known as biosolids—in the treated sewage sludge that government agencies try to palm off to the unsuspecting as “lawn-and-garden enhancements.”
Archive 2006-09-01 GreenFertility 2006
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The Worsted Witch » Lawn of the Dead: A recent study found dozens of medicinal, industrial, and household compounds—also known as biosolids—in the treated sewage sludge that government agencies try to palm off to the unsuspecting as “lawn-and-garden enhancements.”
It's the %#)($#*$&! not the spinach! GreenFertility 2006
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"We understand there are additional concerns about biosolids, which is why we are willing to openly work" with the EPA and environmental groups.
SFGate: Top News Stories Peter Fimrite 2010
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It's done by using the residue that comes after treating wastewater, which is otherwise known as biosolids, and leftover wood chips from local loggers.
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Tim Grove, biosolids manager with Houff's, called biosolids a "cost-effective" alternative to other fertilizers.
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Monroe is already composting some of the material, called biosolids, but it doesn't have enough room to compost it all, he said.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2009
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The infractions included failure to ensure that the sludge did not contaminate underground water supplies and failure to test the sludge - also called biosolids - for contaminates.
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Note that our federal government has prosily and misleadingly renamed sludge "biosolids"; don't be fooled.
Andrew Kimbrell: Give Thanks, But Not For Toxic Sewage Sludge 2009
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Trim reached out to Linda Lee, a Purdue University agronomist who’d studied PFAS in biosolids, the nutrient-rich organic matter created by wastewater treatment plants when they treat domestic sewage.
The bowls at Chipotle and Sweetgreen are supposed to be compostable. They contain cancer-linked "forever chemicals." Joe fassler 2020
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