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of the traditional methods of sludge disposal — ocean dumping, placement of sludge in sanitary landfills and incineration — have become environmentally or politically unacceptable, or just too expensive for many communities.
As a result, there is an upsurge of interest in land application of sludge.
Land application is not new; it’s only in the eastern U.S. that it’s a novel idea.
Europeans and Asians have followed the practice for hundreds of years. In addition to the glowing description quoted above, Victor Hugo wrote: “If our gold is so much waste, then, on the other hand, our waste is so much gold.”
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