Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance blog
Alliance Launches Biosolids and Manure Project
By Matt Scholz of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance While the recycling of many products has only taken hold in the past few decades, people have been recycling phosphorus for thousands
Understanding Composition: One Key to Recycling Manure
By Rebecca Muenich of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance Precision agriculture, the practice of employing monitoring systems, software, and equipment to modify farming inputs in a productive and efficient manner, is
Unconventionally Mining Phosphorus from Wastewater
By Michael Schmid of Renewable Nutrients Conventional wastewater treatment facilities have evolved to become extremely proficient in the practice of sequestering nutrients, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen, present within their incoming
Phosphorus Extraction from Wastes: The Key to Phosphorus Problems?
By Nick Reckinger of FEECO International, Inc. As one of the key nutrients in growth, phosphorus is critical to maintaining food security and life on Earth. This has scientists worried
Reclaiming the Value of Urine for Agriculture
By Tatiana Schreiber of the Rich Earth Institute What is the potential for reclaiming the phosphorus present in human urine for agricultural use? World-wide there are a number of projects
Inaugural Post
Greetings, After a summer of media filled with stories of algal blooms wreaking havoc on our waterways, the challenge of phosphorus pollution can seem overwhelming. But there is good news.