Tag: Sewage
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I discovered how to earn up to $180,000 per year by pooping – New York Post
Why do they offer such a massive sum for excrement? The site explains: “It is a major problem that the vast majority of people in modern society are in poor health and have damaged gut microbiome.” To help maintain people’s fecal-librium, Human Microbes is trying to find “people who are healthy enough to be high-quality…
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Why it’s time to talk about poo – BBC
Why hasn’t every building and municipality switched to such smart tech? One barrier is money – sustainable technologies (especially new ones) require funding, and municipalities, which rely on taxpayer dollars, have limited budgets. Another challenge is the still-remaining taboo around the topic – many people just don’t love talking about sewage. And there are some…
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Everybody poops, but not everybody’s poop gets spontaneously combusted under water – Fast Company
“Stated very simply, we’re taking infrastructure and we’re turning it into an appliance,” Yee says. “So, no water coming into the toilet and no output sewage. . . . You just plug it in wherever you need a bathroom and it treats your waste.” The design is similar to an espresso machine, Yee says, and…
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Turning manure into gold: The excrement economy – USA Today
Behold the new black gold. Dark and warm, it oozes water and teems with beneficial properties. It even harbors precious metals. And boy does it stink. Call it the excrement economy. Between the rise of fecal transplants and water strained from latrine sludge, the poop market is hot. Besides removing toxic waste, the commodification of…
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Sewage sludge could contain millions of dollars worth of gold – Science
If the holy grail of medieval alchemists was turning lead into gold, how much more magical would it be to draw gold from, well, poop?…In a new study, scientists at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, quantified the different metals in sewage sludge and estimated what it all might be worth. They took sludge samples gathered…
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Gold in faeces ‘worth millions’ – BBC
US researchers are investigating ways to extract the gold and precious metals from human faeces..Details were outlined at the 249th national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in Denver…The team estimates that seven million tonnes of solid waste come out of US wastewater facilities each year. About half of that is used as fertiliser…
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How Poop Can Be Worth $9.5 Billion
According to a smart study by a United Nations think tank on water, environment and health, there may be a simple—and profitable—solution: turn human waste from a disposal problem to an energy resource. Human feces ranges from 55% to 75% water. Much of the 25% to 45% that remains consists of gaseous methane—produced by bacterial breakdown—and a…
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Stinking Rich? Human Waste Contains Gold, Research Finds – Time
Deploying an electron microscope, Dr. Kathleen Smith and her team spent eight years unearthing minuscule metal particles in treated solid waste. “The gold we found was at the level of a minimal mineral deposit,” Smith said, meaning that a similar dispersion in rock would be profitable enough for traditional mining. Other metals recovered include silver…
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Your poop could be a literal goldmine of precious metals – Washington Post
You may know that you can earn $13,000 a year selling your own feces, but now it seems that the U.S. government stands to make bank on your solid waste, as well. According to new research presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the itty-bitty particles of gold, lead, copper and other valuable metals…
