You probably flush a nutrient-rich, renewable fertilizer down the toilet every day: your pee. Human urine can be used as a safe and effective crop fertilizer, researchers said. And studies show using ...

Many of us want a lush, green, thriving lawn, but along with the right choice of grass and good mowing habits, it's important to decide which fertilizer is best to use. There's one option that's ...

Fertilizer shortages caused by the Ukrainian war are driving up global food prices. A researcher in France said urine is a nutrient-rich alternative and less polluting than synthetic fertilizers. A ...

Should we be flushing perfectly good fertilizer down the toilet? Some eco-minded folks are proposing a circular water economy that puts urine to work. Urine is packed with nitrogen and phosphorus, ...

The production of mineral based fertilizers requires a significant amount of energy and relies in part on non-renewable resources such as phosphate rock. Furthermore, the price of mineral fertilizer ...

MIDDLETOWN — A Vermont-based agency is bringing its efforts to Connecticut to educate people about how easy it is to help divert urine from sanitation systems to conserve water and replace synthetic ...

Rich Earth Institute sends a pump truck out to donors’ homes to collect urine to treat and turn into fertilizer. Photo courtesy Rich Earth Institute Kate Kampner is a reporter with Community News ...

A study has claimed to show that modern ‘green’ products recycled from human excreta are excellent – and importantly, safe – fertilizers to use on food crops. The idea of using human urine and faeces ...

BRATTLEBORO, Vermont — In Lissa Schneckenburger's garden in Brattleboro, Vermont, the tomatoes seem happy; so do the bees. And the reason may be because of how she enriches the garden – with her own ...

On a mission to transform human urine into an environmentally friendly fertilizer, researchers at the University of Michigan discovered the secret is a little age. Urine is responsible for the ...

A French start-up has unveiled a urine-based fertilizer to limit the use of chemical ones and make use of valuable nutrients lost when we flush. Toopi Organics claims the solution has many ...

Removing urine from wastewater and using it as fertilizer has the potential to decrease nutrient loading in water bodies and boost sustainability by making use of a common waste material. In excess, ...