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Processing human urine to recycle nutrients into fertilizer - Science Nation
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:03:48
Publish Date: 2018-11-09 00:00:07
Description: This sustainable agriculture research relies on a unique contribution from humans – urine. And, once you get beyond the "giggle" factor, it's an idea that is proving itself worthy of investigation. Fertilizer is made of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus that require energy to produce. Human urine is full of those same nutrients, but we literally flush them down the toilet.
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