Stories tagged "humanwaste"

At least 2.6 billion people around the planet have no access to a toilet — and it is a critical, underserved need.

Our frank interview about human waste may horrify you about how the world cleans itself down there.

The U.S. city of San Antonio unveiled a deal on Tuesday that will make it the first U.S. city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel.

And it's a good thing, the report says despite the health risks associated with the use of raw sewage to irrigate and fertilize nearly 49 million acres of cropland.

The future may not smell too rosy. It may lie in sewage. As cities and industries suck up ever more of the world's scarce water resources, agriculture is destined to rely increasingly on recycling the contents of urban sewers, according to a new intern