Comparative study of the methods used for treatment and final disposal of sewage sludge in European countries.

By Alexandros Kelessidis, A. Stasinakis. Waste Management, 2012

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Soil Degradation and Soil Quality in Western Europe: Current situation and future perspectives (2014, background): “However, since publication of the Directive, more stringent legislation has been adopted by several European countries for sludge disposal on soil, with lower limits established for heavy metals and limits also established for pathogens and organic pollutants [22].”
Potential Sources of Anthropogenic Copper Inputs to European Agricultural Soils (2018, background): “) need to be adopted to remove toxic compounds [43,45].”
Transfer of heavy metals through terrestrial food webs: a review (2015, background): “As a byproduct of sewage treatment, sewage sludge is produced in vast amounts in Japan (70 million tons), China (30 million tons), and the USA (6 million tons) (Matsubara and Itoh 2006; McClellan and Halden 2010; Kelessidis and Stasinakis 2012; Bourioug et al. 2015).”