Dirk Wurst (not his real name), his bushy red Afro (not his real hair) bouncing in the wind, wearing his trademark pink coveralls (that'll confuse 'em), is heading out to his front yard on his ...

For some eco-pioneers, solving the sludge problem means getting their hands dirty, writes Catherine Price from Grist, part of the Guardian Environment Network From Grist, part of the Guardian ...

One of the most remarkable agricultural practices adopted by any civilized people is the centuries-long and well nigh universal conservation and utilization of all human waste in China, Korea and ...

An Oklahoma farmer and a state lawmaker are raising concerns and asserting it's harmful to people, animals and the environment. Two different bills on the matter didn't get a committee hearing in time ...

The gleaming white commode, a mainstay of modern civilization, is not something most folks question. But anyone who does stop to ponder why we flush our feces and urine into nearby streams and rivers ...

Nance Klehm is dealing with a lot of crap. Literally. Somewhere in Chicago, her collection of over 1,500 gallons of human waste is slowly turning into compost. The excrement will complete its two-year ...

If there’s a line of acceptable taste to be crossed in aggro-left-wing-grindcore, the fine San Diegans in Cattle Decapitation are more than willing to oblige in crossing it. From the beautifully ...

But there's a crucial difference between humanure and modern sludge, known in the sewage industry as "biosolids." Humanure is made from pure human excrement. It can still contain residues from ...

Poop is a sensitive issue in Durango, where scientific studies recently proved that too much human feces is flowing into the Animas River downstream to Farmington. The Durango City Council is ...