You probably flush a nutrient-rich, renewable fertilizer down the toilet every day: your pee. Human urine can be used as a safe and effective crop fertilizer, researchers said. And studies show using ...

Gardens can thrive on all sorts of odd things, and a few gardeners are embracing this aspect of their favorite venture. From old newspapers and cardboard boxes to crushed egg shells and coffee grounds ...

A more efficient way to extract fertiliser from human urine could help make better use of wastewater in cities and farms, without exacerbating global warming. Human urine is rich in compounds useful ...

Researchers have found a new way to use human urine to make fertilizer for agricultural crops. Their discovery is significant because it can better utilize wastewater in cities and on farms without ...

Scientists may have found a new tool for growing crops - and it’s something we flush away every day. The Cool Down reports that scientists have completed a study that shows that human urine, once it ...

A shortage of chemical fertilizer, worsened by the war in Ukraine, has growers desperate. It just so happens that human urine has the very nutrients that crops need. A funnel for collecting urine in ...

Human urine that has been matured in the sun for at least one month appears to be both a fertiliser and an effective pesticide. The findings could be particularly helpful for combatting insect ...