A new study from United Nations University explores the economic value of human poop, and the wealth potential of making use of it in the developing world.
Tag: poop
There’s Gold In That Poop! Mining Precious Metals From Human Waste
A paper at this week’s American Chemical Society meeting will discuss extracting microscopic precious metals from human waste.
Poop to Profit: Turning Animal & Plant Waste into Useful Materials
Two social enterprises in India are putting the very poor to work by reclaiming fallen palm leaves and animal poop, and using them as raw materials.
Five for Friday: Great Green Blog Posts for the Week (6/25/10)
Been on the road this week, so a bit less attuned to what’s going on in the green blogosphere… but this morning’s quicker-than-usual scan still shows an awful lot of [ … ]
The Twelve Days of sustainablog: Poop, Green Teeth, and Pimpin’ Your Ride
June’s most often associated with weddings, summer vacations, and Father’s Day… as you can see by the headline, we went in some other directions that month, too. Summer was here, [ … ]
The Twelve Days of sustainablog: Bees, Stimulus Checks, and Biodynamic Wine
2008 was a banner year for sustainablog, and we want to end it as strongly as we started. So, for the next twelve days, I’ll take a look back at [ … ]
City to Pipe Biogas from Farms to Power Recycling Plant
After years of debate and planning, the St. Paul, MN city council has voted unanimously to move forward with a unique plan to produce biogas from manure and ethanol waste [ … ]
South African Farmer Pulls Power from Poop
Chicken poop ain’t pretty, but it’s potential as an energy source has a number of large-scale poultry operations taking a second look at the smelly stuff. The price tags on [ … ]
Sioux City, IA, Breaks Ground on “Poop to Profits” Plant
So, those of you who’ve been around for a while know that I couldn’t pass this one up: yesterday, Minneapolis-based Bison Renewable Energy broke ground on what will be the [ … ]
Poop Beneath Your Feet: A Good Thing?
Generally not, but that could change if research being conducted by the University of Michigan and the US Department of Agriculture is successful. The task: developing flooring (and other products) [ … ]