The North East Biosolids & Residuals Association’s latest newsletter reports that options for managing biosolids in that region are shrinking, and not necessarily because of concerns about PFAS contamination.
The July newsletter article cites challenges in Gardner, Massachusetts, as indicative of the situation across the northeastern states. Maine has banned land application out of concerns over PFAS.At the same time, aging incinerators in Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts are seeing downtime, and landfill capacity for biosolids is limited. “NEBRA’s June Lunch & Learn webinar painted a bleak picture for the future of the landfill option for biosolids management in the region,” according
