By: Matt Scholz I’ve noted in the past that it’s ironic that the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance is located in Arizona, when Arizona really doesn’t have much of a phosphorus problem. However, I had to eat crow (the bird, not the president) this summer when I noticed what appeared to be an algal bloom on Tempe… Continue reading Don’t P in AZ
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Research Needed in Food Waste Co-digestion
Swette Center Postdoctoral Researcher Michelle Young’s blog Research Needed in Food Waste Co-digestion is featured on the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance site. Here, she explains that 30-40% of the U.S. food supply ends up as food waste, 76% of which is sent to landfills and accounts for one-third of landfill greenhouse gas emissions. Dr. Young suggests… Continue reading Research Needed in Food Waste Co-digestion
The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance has announced that Kathleen Merrigan and Bruce Rittmann will be the keynote speakers at Phosphorus Forum 2019, scheduled for April 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
On November 21, 2018, the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability announced that Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology Director and Stockholm Water Prize co-Recipient Bruce Rittmann will be one of the keynote speakers at Phosphorus Forum 2019. The Phosphorus Forum is an annual conference organized by the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance, a nonprofit membership organization addressing… Continue reading The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance has announced that Kathleen Merrigan and Bruce Rittmann will be the keynote speakers at Phosphorus Forum 2019, scheduled for April 5, 2019, in Washington, D.C.
Diffuse Phosphorus Video Abstract Posted by Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance
Dr. Brooke Mayer of Marquette University discusses her Environmental Science & Technology paper, entitled “Managing Diffuse Phosphorus at the Source versus at the Sink”, with Dr. Matt Scholz of the Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance on YouTube. Listen here. Co-authors include Dr. Katrina Macintosh of Queen’s University of Belfast, Prof. Rich McDowell of AgResearch and Lincoln University,… Continue reading Diffuse Phosphorus Video Abstract Posted by Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance
Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance Featured in ASU Now
11/9/2017 BSCEB members Matt Scholz and Bruce Rittmann are featured in an article by student reporter Rachel Bunning titled, “As NSF grant end, ASU-led Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance continues to grow.” The Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance is North America’s central forum and advocate for the sustainable use, recovery, and recycling of phosphorus in the food system. Its director is James Elser from… Continue reading Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance Featured in ASU Now
You Can’t Spell Sustainability without P
4/27/2017 by Matt Scholz With summer warmth will invariably come media coverage of massive algal blooms wreaking havoc on our waterways and much talk of phosphorus pollution. Outside of this seasonal notoriety, element 15 gets short shrift in popular culture in comparison to carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen, but it is every bit as essential to… Continue reading You Can’t Spell Sustainability without P