Turning Wastewater Into Valuable Fertilizer
December 04, 2025
December 04, 2025
LIVERMORE, California, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:
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Turning wastewater into valuable fertilizer
Almost half of the planet's population depends on synthetic fertilizers to grow the food they eat. But that fertilizer comes at a cost -- about two percent of the world's energy budget. Improving efficiency and cutting costs of producing fertilizer would have big, global . . .
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Turning wastewater into valuable fertilizer
Almost half of the planet's population depends on synthetic fertilizers to grow the food they eat. But that fertilizer comes at a cost -- about two percent of the world's energy budget. Improving efficiency and cutting costs of producing fertilizer would have big, global . . .