Don't put these foods in the garbage disposal after your Thanksgiving meal
Hosting a big Thanksgiving dinner for your friends and family can be an enjoyable experience -- until it's time to clean up.
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Hosting a big Thanksgiving dinner for your friends and family can be an enjoyable experience -- until it's time to clean up.
As tempting as it might be, don't throw all your food waste down the garbage disposal, plumbing professionals say.
Dangerous chemicals called PFAS, known as 'forever chemicals' are now ubiquitous, contaminating waste that ends up on farm fields.
Fertilizer created as a byproduct of wastewater treatment is raising the alarm in some New England states because wastewater treatment plants were not built to handle the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
About half the wastewater sludge in the United States is turned into fertilizer. Some want to ban the practice because the sludge contains PFAS and can contaminate food crops. Others say the problem is not so simple.