Sludge is a blend of liquid and solid wet mud-like components generated during the treatment of wastewater. It is viscous in nature. It contains water, natural materials, chemicals, and microorganisms including pathogens. The sludge produced by different industries include pollutants (heavy metals, pathogens, and organic pollutants) and compounds of agricultural value (organic waste, phosphorus, potassium, nitrogen, calcium, magnesium, and sulfur). The treatment of sludge depends on the pollution load of the treated water, and the characteristics of the sludge depend on the wastewater treatments undertaken.

PART 01: Executive summary

Highlights

PART 02: Scope of the report

Market overview

PART 03: Market research methodology

Research methodology

Economic indicators

PART 04: Introduction

Key market highlights

Overview

Types of sludge

Exports and imports

Product definition

Biosolids value chain

Biosolids management cost

Quality of biosolids

Greenhouse gas implications of biosolids

PART 05: Market landscape

Global biosolids market

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by application

Outlook

Biosolids in agricultural land applications

Biosolids in non-agricultural land applications

Biosolids in energy-related applications

PART 07: Geographical segmentation

Outlook

Biosolids market in North America

Biosolids market in Europe

Biosolids market in APAC

Biosolids market in ROW

PART 08: Market drivers

Environmental and economic value

Reduced carbon emissions and dependency on nonrenewable

resources

Awareness of low risk

New and sustainable recycling option

PART 09: Impact of drivers

PART 10: Market challenges

Health and environment risks

Appearance and smell nuisance of biosolids

Perception of people

Location of markets

Regulatory and policy framework

Composition of metals

PART 11: Impact of drivers and challenges

PART 12: Market trends

Growth in agricultural activities

Rise in federal intervention in water management

Growth of water trade and its new prospects

PART 13: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

Competitive advantage

Global production base concentration

Key market vendors

Other prominent vendors

Alka-Tech

BIODISK

Casella Waste Systems

GeoEnvironment Technologies

Symbiont

Wm. H. Reilly & Co.

PART 14: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 15: Explore Technavio