What do Universities Think of Compost with Biosolids?

Viragrow supplies one compost that contain 15% or less composted biosolids and a more expensive compost without any composted biosolids. Biosolids are being used more and more in municipal composts as a way of recycling waste rather than burying it in landfills.

Currently all of our residential waste including nutrient rich biosolids is dumped into our southern Nevada landfills.

Burying biosolids in landfills is a "source pollutant" to our environment and contributes to global warming through release of methane gas to our atmosphere. Using biosolids in an environmentally friendly way eliminates point source pollution in our landfills and reduces our human contribution to global warming.

Viragrow compost containing 15% biosolids.

At Viragrow we encourage our customers to consider using compost containing biosolids. Selecting composts containing biosolids makes you a proactive member of our recycling community. Compost containing biosolids is less expensive than biosolid-free compost and still carries all of the benefits of manure-based composts. All composts supplied by Viragrow meet EPA's Class A requirements and stringent EPA standards for E. coli levels and heavy metal content.

See what just a few of the Universities say about the use of Class A biosolids in agriculture.

Michigan State University

The use of high quality biosolids, coupled with proper management, should safeguard the consumer from contaminated crops and minimize any potential adverse effect on the environment.

Utilizing Biosolids on Agricultural Land, December, 2001.

https://www.msu.edu/~warncke/E2781%20Utilizing%20Biosolids%20on%20Agricultural%20Land.pdf

University of Florida

The use of manure and municipal biosolids as crop fertilizer is both safe and effective when properly administered.

Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices—Manure and Municipal Biosolids, Reviewed Feb 2013.

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fs150

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Based on more than 25 years of research on land application of biosolids and an even longer record of beneficial use in the United States, the preponderance of scientific evidence indicates that land applying biosolids of the quality currently generated according to the regulations established by the U.S. EPA and the Commonwealth of Virginia will not result in significant detrimental health or environmental impact.

Agricultural Land Application of Biosolids in Virginia: Risks and Concerns. 2009.

http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/452/452-304/452-304_pdf.pdf

Colorado State University

Land application of biosolids for beneficial use poses no health or environmental threat if CDPHE and EPA guidelines for trace elements and pathogens are followed and proper soil management is practiced.

Biosolids Recycling. Updated January 2014.

http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/crops/00547.html

University of Arizona

Biosolids are not a significant health threat as long as they are treated, stored, handled, and applied to land following accepted guidelines and regulations.

University of Arizona. Biosolids Land Use in Arizona. Revised April, 2011.

http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/consumer/az1426.pdf

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