Recycling human, animal excreta could help meet nutrient supply for global crops
December 10, 2024
December 10, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Dec. 10 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
It might not be a pleasant image, but recycling all the human and livestock feces and urine on the planet would contribute substantially to meeting the nutrient supply for all crops worldwide, thereby reducing the need to mine fertilizers such as phosphorus and dramatically reducing the dependency on fossil fuels, according to a global analysis of nutrient recycling published Nov. 26 in Nature Sustainability. . . .
It might not be a pleasant image, but recycling all the human and livestock feces and urine on the planet would contribute substantially to meeting the nutrient supply for all crops worldwide, thereby reducing the need to mine fertilizers such as phosphorus and dramatically reducing the dependency on fossil fuels, according to a global analysis of nutrient recycling published Nov. 26 in Nature Sustainability. . . .