Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance blog

Re-Nuble: Rethinking the Upcycling Narrative

By Tinia Pina, Founder and CEO at Re-Nuble As circular innovations and upcycled waste business models continue to give us hope that we can produce food and other goods using

Opportunities for Phosphates Industry Sustainability

By Dr. Karl Wyant, Director of Agronomy at Nutrien Opportunity for Industry Action Phosphorus sustainability has several key challenges, both on the mining and manufacturing front and extending through to

Featured Member: Nutrien

Saskatchewan-based Nutrien produces and distributes potash, nitrogen and phosphate products for agricultural, industrial and feed customers world-wide and operates an agriculture retail network that services grower accounts. How big is

Phosphorus Sustainability Perspectives from Phosphates 2022

By Jacob L. Jones of North Carolina State University The CRU Phosphates 2022 Conference & Exhibition was held in Tampa, Florida, from March 7-9, 2022. This was the first CRU

PTraM Wins $750K to Study P Dynamics in Tile Drained Landscapes

By Matt Scholz of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance Members of the Alliance’s P transport modeling (PTraM) group recently won a $750,000 applied research grant through the USDA-NIFA-AFRI foundational funding program.

A New Technique for Studying Phosphorus Uptake in Plants

By Dr. Chad Penn USDA-ARS, National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory Studying the details of crop uptake of phosphorus (P) and other nutrients that have a strong affinity for minerals is

Alliance Helps Lead Major P Research Center

By Matt Scholz The National Science Foundation has awarded $25 million to a major new phosphorus sustainability research initiative called the Science and Technologies for Phosphorus Sustainability (STEPS) Center. Headquartered

Featured Member: GreenTechnologies

Florida-based GreenTechnologies creates environmentally sound lawn and landscape solutions for personal, commercial and public interests. They develop products from renewable resources, for advancement of nutrient recycling and improving environmental quality.

Featured Member: NACWA

Where does your organization operate and what is your business model? National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) is the nation’s recognized leader in legislative, regulatory, legal and communications advocacy

To Dose, or Not to Dose? The Orthophosphate Paradox

By Emily Remmel, Director of Regulatory Affairs, NACWA In the wake of the public health crisis that unfolded (and continues to unfold) in Flint, Michigan, EPA is critically thinking about

A Long Journey to a Book About Phosphorus

By Jim Elser, Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, and Phil Haygarth, Lancaster University, UK Does the world need a book about phosphorus? In 2010 Jim decided that the answer was “yes”, reflecting

SERA-17 Meets Virtually to Discuss P

By Matt Scholz, Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance The SERA-17 information exchange group hosted its annual meeting virtually on October 15, emceed by their Chair, Dr. John Kovar of the USDA-ARS in