ComPro

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ComPro is a product sold as fertilizer but made from sewage sludge. Hundreds of communities across the U.S. sell toxic sludge products that are typically renamed biosolids and sold or given away as "fertilizer" or "compost" (and often even labeled or marketed as "natural" or "organic").

According to one website:

"The Washington Suburban Sanitary commission operates several wastewater treatment plants in and around the Washington, D.C. area. Biosolids recovered from one of the plants, the Blue Plains Regional Plant in Washington, D.C., is transported to the Montgomery County Regional Composting Facility where it is processed into a valuable, marketable product, called ComPro. ComPro is sold to retail outlets in bags or in bulk to professional landscapers, contractors, grounds managers, nurserymen, and homeowners. ComPro has been used on the lawns at the White House, Mount Vernon, The Maryland Governors Mansion and the National Arboretum. The demand for ComPro greatly exceeds its supply."

Articles and resources

Related SourceWatch articles

• Biosolids
• Sewage sludge
• Food Rights Network
• Sewage sludge giveaways, producers, and brands
• The EPA's plan to bypass opposition to sewage sludge disposal
• Water Environment Federation
• You say biosolids, I say sewage sludge

External resources

• Marie Kulick, Smart Guide on Sludge Use and Food Production, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, 2008.
• Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey: EPA-822-R-08-016 and EPA-822-R-08-018, EPA, January 2009.
• Environmental Working Group, Dumping Sewage Sludge On Organic Farms? Why USDA Should Just Say No, April, 1998.
• Environmental Working Group, Routes of Exposure sewage sludge: EWG Research on Chemicals in sewage sludge, April 30, 1998.

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