RALEIGH, N.C. -- The world's largest pork company said it's going whole-hog on converting powerful pig poop gases into power. Smithfield Foods said it is expanding to farms across North Carolina, Utah ...

STANISLAUS COUNTY, Calif. — Central California is home to nearly 1.6 million dairy cows and their manure — up to 192 million pounds per day. It’s a mountain of waste and a potential environmental ...

It has already proven its worth as a fertilizer and building material, and even as a secret ingredient in Ancient Egyptian ceramics. As it turns out, cow dung—yes, that stinky excrement that also ...

What if you could power your home with what you flush down the toilet? The technology does exist. A new $11 million waste-water treatment plant in Salem is producing both power and heat from poop.

A company is proposing a project in Plainfield to address Connecticut’s growing trash problem. Developed by SMART Technology Systems, LLC, the SMART Technology Solution uses sorting as well as waste ...

Modern agriculture can create a lot of waste, but that doesn't mean it needs to go to waste. At Crave Brothers Farmstead in Waterloo, Wisconsin, they're turning that waste into profit by reusing the ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing ways to convert waste into fuels and other products, using processes that are energy efficient and powered by renewable sources. More ...

SMART Technology Systems, LLC, is proposing a new waste processing plant in Plainfield, Connecticut to address the state's growing trash problem. The plant would use sorting and gasification ...