People could be unknowingly spreading "forever chemicals" on their lawns and gardens in the form of fertilizers sold across the country, including Milwaukee's famed Milorganite. A study by the Sierra ...

>> THIS IS THE BUILDING HERE, THIS LARGE BUILDING ACROSS THE RIVER THAT IS THE SEWERAGE DISTRICT’S MILORGANITE PLANT WHERE SEWAGE IS TURNED INTO FERTILIZER. THE EXHAUST, AND SOME OF THE ODOR FROM THAT ...

MILWAUKEE – Mounting concern about chemical contaminants in sewage sludge, a waste product widely seen as recyclable and economically valuable, could turn into a costly liability and upend the ...

On a tour of the Jones Island plant, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District agency services director Jeff Spence and public information manager Bill Graffin wanted to dispel that myth at the start.

You know your product has an image problem if the second question in the FAQs on your website is: "Is it poop in a bag?" Milorganite is more like poop-adjacent. It's made of the microbes that eat what ...

Since 1913, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (and its predecessor) have manufactured Milorganite, an agricultural fertilizer, with a natural process that involves city waste. Although many ...

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District has asked that the fertilizer it produces be registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a garden deer repellent. Mike Archer, market ...

Fielding Questions columnist Don Kinzler explains what can be done about nightcrawlers, when best to fertilize lawns with Milorganite and methods for growing carrots. Nightcrawlers have caused ...

In polite company, deer are often referred to as marauding hooved garden thieves or garden buggers. Arlene Johnson has an entirely different vocabulary of words she uses to describe them in the ...