A select number of toilets in Europe are doing double duty: collecting human waste and then turning the urine component into ...

Researchers have found a new way to use human urine to make fertilizer for agricultural crops. Their discovery is significant because it can better utilize wastewater in cities and on farms without ...

A new research review led by Griffith University suggests using human urine as a fertilizer could significantly boost ...

It seems scientists are looking to recycle anything these days. A group of them in the UK are currently experimenting with making fertilizer, not from using number two, but from number one. They call ...

Human urine—often flushed away without thought—could be key to making agriculture and wastewater treatment more sustainable and energy efficient, according to new research from the University of ...

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The Iran war is driving up the cost of synthetic crop nutrients, pushing growers to embrace alternatives from microbes to manure.

If you find yourself in the middle of nowhere with a gaping wound and no antiseptic solution, then human pee is the next best thing. The sterile disinfectant also doubles as a superb plant fertilizer, ...

Human urine is emerging as an unlikely climate solution, and a Swiss startup is betting that what we flush away could help feed crops and cut pollution at the same time. By turning this nutrient-rich ...