June 9Jun 9 Steuben County placed a six-month moratorium on new permits for biosolids production and use last month.In 2023, Thurston became the first town in the state to ban the use of sewage sludge, also called biosolids, as fertilizer. Since then, town officials and residents have urgedcounty leadership to do the same on a much larger scale.The Steuben County moratorium passed on May 18 and is in place until November.Sewage sludge is a byproduct from wastewater treatment plants and is a combination of human and industrial waste.Read the rest here
June 11Jun 11 On 6/9/2026 at 3:27 PM, KarenK said:Didn't even know that was a thing. Yuck.guy Chris and I worked with (Soos) he would get stuff from somewhere in AThens/Waverly for gardening...he called it "Yit" it was the solids after the sewage plant processed and dried the leavings, he swore by it
June 11Jun 11 2 minutes ago, ADAM said:guy Chris and I worked with (Soos) he would get stuff from somewhere in AThens/Waverly for gardening...he called it "Yit" it was the solids after the sewage plant processed and dried the leavings, he swore by itWhich is funny because he had a notoriously weak stomach 🤣Someone else that worked there knew a guy who worked at the sewage treatment plant in Elmira. I don’t know how true they were, but he told me stories he’d heard about the monster sized tomatoes and other volunteer vegetables that they’d find growing there.I’ll not specify where the seeds came from, but you can do the math. LOL
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