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The start-ups betting on ‘peecycling’

Collecting and processing human urine would address fertiliser shortages and water pollution
Scientists and entrepreneurs are researching the best ways to recycle urine

The urine passed by one adult in a day is enough to produce a loaf of bread, according to researchers at US non-profit the Rich Earth Institute. Happily, they are referring to the amount of wheat that could be grown using urine-based fertilisers — not any more direct way of enriching the dough.

And this Vermont-based organisation, currently developing urine processing and handling technology, is not alone in noting the potential of “peecycling”. From the US and France to Kenya and South Africa, scientists and entrepreneurs are working on how to use this “liquid gold” to address problems including wastewater pollution and fertiliser shortages.

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