The star’s fiancee says there is a slow, long recovery ahead after a catastrophic crash while he was riding his motorbike. Paul “Sludge” Andrews of Channel 7’s Outback Truckers fame was ...

Before the sludge crisis, Scarborough was paying Casella Waste Systems, the contractor that operates Juniper Ridge for Maine, about $400,000 a year to dispose of its sludge at the state landfill.

The U.S. generates millions of tons of sludge every year, and it all needs to go somewhere. Sewage treatment plants sell nutrient-rich sludge to farmers as low-cost fertilizer. Nearly half of all our ...

But when PFAS turns up in sludge used as fertilizer, it can become a problem. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, have been linked to developmental delays in children, reproductive ...

The sludge is also applied to landscaping, golf courses and forest land. It’s so plentiful that it has even been used to fill up old mines. Some farmers allege that it killed their animals.

Paul “Sludge” Andrews of Channel 7’s Outback Truckers fame was involved in a serious motorcycle accident 11 days ago that he was “extremely lucky” to escape from.