The urine revolution: how recycling pee could help to save the world

Separating urine from the rest of sewage could mitigate some difficult environmental problems, but there are big obstacles to radically re-engineering one of the most basic aspects of life. Separating urine from the rest of sewage could mitigate some difficult environmental problems, but there are b...

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Published inNature (London) Vol. 602; no. 7896; pp. 202 - 206
Main Author Wald, Chelsea
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 10.02.2022
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Body Fluids
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
News Feature
Recycling
Science
Chemistry
Developing world
Water resources
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Summary:Separating urine from the rest of sewage could mitigate some difficult environmental problems, but there are big obstacles to radically re-engineering one of the most basic aspects of life. Separating urine from the rest of sewage could mitigate some difficult environmental problems, but there are big obstacles to radically re-engineering one of the most basic aspects of life.
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-022-00338-6