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-Great Cultural Revolution
Australia is trialling using HUMAN URINE as fertiliser for plants and lawns in city parks
2022-02-03
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Indecent exposure meets public service.
  • Australian experts are working with authorities to roll out special toilets in 2022

  • The toilets would separate valuable chemicals in urine to use as plant fertiliser

  • Urine contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium - all essential plant nutrients

  • One researcher has called human urine 'a treasure trove of liquid gold nutrients'
Posted by:Skidmark

#18  The is sure to piss the greenies off.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-02-03 21:06  

#17  When you destroy history, you get to learn all over again. The hard way.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-02-03 20:15  

#16  So urine isn't sterile? Dodgeball lied!
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-02-03 19:27  

#15  Some animals use it to mark their territories.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-03 17:27  

#14  Australia, advance in neat lines
On a landscape of bland, leveled plains,
Of tedious scenery
And unrelieved greenery
Manured by chickenshit mines!
Posted by: Clomoling Sproing4934   2022-02-03 17:21  

#13  It's green

On St. Patrick's Day after some green beers, or anytime after a bowl of cream of asparagus soup.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-03 15:22  

#12  It's green, so it's got to be healthy.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-02-03 15:08  

#11  "New Urine: I's a waste product AND a dessert topping!"
Posted by: Frank G   2022-02-03 14:53  

#10  Don't Scat Francisco Australia.
Posted by: Ulelet Snusotch7182   2022-02-03 14:43  

#9  They're catching up with what my dogs have known for years.
Posted by: ed in texas   2022-02-03 14:26  

#8  you are right, stand corrected

as an aside from WIKI:Urine plays an important role in the earth's nitrogen cycle. In balanced ecosystems, urine fertilizes the soil and thus helps plants to grow. Therefore, urine can be used as a fertilizer. Some animals use it to mark their territories. Historically, aged or fermented urine (known as lant) was also used for gunpowder production, household cleaning, tanning of leather and dyeing of textiles.
Posted by: 746   2022-02-03 13:27  

#7  will work for cases of fosters oil cans!
Posted by: Greng Black3494   2022-02-03 12:07  

#6  REF: 746 10:34am comment.

You might want to Google "Is urine is sterile by nature." or "Urinary Tract Infections"



Posted by: NN2N1   2022-02-03 10:51  

#5  I've always thought people who love to walk barefoot in the park are dense.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-02-03 10:36  

#4   "residual bacteria" urine is sterile by nature
Posted by: 746   2022-02-03 10:34  

#3  Do they still need "Keep Off The Grass" signs. ☺

While "One researcher has called human urine 'a treasure trove of liquid gold nutrients'"

I am sure others are wondering about the residual bacteria and related issues...

eg. A county in GA. had a waste processing plant that was offering processed human solid waste to farmers. Which used it to grow grass/hay as feed for numbers.

That GA. county now is/was paying the farmers for infecting their fields with contaminated solid waste. Many farmers quickly saw the annual payments were pennies on the Dollar and have sold the infected land to developers that are placing houses and Apartments on them.

Also See:
NIH Article: The case against land application of sewage sludge pathogens
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-02-03 08:30  

#2  Urea has the nitrogen
Posted by: Frank G   2022-02-03 06:33  

#1  A study paid for by Fosters? Inquiring minds want to know
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-02-03 00:39  

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