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Waste & Recycling · Recorded milestone

Sewage as a resource

Recorded year2018

Treatment plants mine phosphorus, energy and water from sewage.

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Built on

Activated-sludge treatmentRecorded · 1914enables
Potable water recyclingRecorded · 2008enables

Led to

Microplastic filters on every washerForecast · ~2032enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.