Article 60JGA Peecycling: could donating your urine to farmers help feed the world?

Peecycling: could donating your urine to farmers help feed the world?

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Thanks to the war in Ukraine, there is a shortage of agricultural chemicals. As each adult produces enough pee annually to fertilise 145kg of wheat, perhaps bodily waste is the answer

Name: Peecycling.

Age: As a term, dates to about 2006; as a practice, centuries old.

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