Poo power for China

3 Feb 2015

China are apparently busy turning their faeces into “black gold”. In Beijing 6,800 tonnes of human excrement — enough to fill three olympic swimming pools– is being turned into fertilizer or biogas every day. That’s A LOT of poo, and we presume a lot of flies. But as Bloomberg reports, the world may have much to learn from China. “With the lack of taboo around reusing fecal matter, it’s all about the science for safe reuse, and with more and more people moving into cities there’s an unprecedented opportunity,” said a lead engineer on the project.

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