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Human urine made into fertiliser to help grow new forest (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Scientists behind a project to turn human wee into plant fertiliser hope to grow their first forest.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Urine has been a fertilizer for over 2000 years. The only trick is to dilute it. Romans learned that.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Tbf I've usually heard of it being combined with ash.

Mostly I don't feel like collecting pee though lol

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 hours ago

You're always collecting wee. It's timely distribution that is the trick.