Humans are wasting 'resources' urine

The world is currently at risk of serious depletion of phosphorus reserves. While scientists are trying to find ways to remedy this situation, there is still a small amount of phosphorus leaking from the toilet every day.

This seemingly joke story is actually true. Accordingly, the small amount of urine that people daily discharged into the environment has been expertly described as 'an important resource leak'.

Any amount of phosphorus is added every day
Small leak from the toilet. (Source: Internet)

History has been recorded, from the Greek land to all the Asian countries in the past, agriculture has always played a huge role in the development of ancient cultures. In agriculture at that time, the source of urine emitted by humans and animals was considered to be an extremely effective 'fertilizer' , providing nutrients to plants, contributing to a bumper crop. collection.

Science has long demonstrated that urine is almost sterile when it comes out of the body and contains all the necessary ingredients for plant growth, including potassium, nitrogen and phosphorus.

Recently, scientists have warned that if not regenerated quickly, phosphorus reserves will be depleted in the next 2 generations.

At that risk, a team of scientists has conducted experiments to assess the feasibility of urine diversion technology (UDT) , store it for a while to kill bacteria and then re- Use of nutrients in urine as fertilizer.

UDTs were tested in Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and China and achieved encouraging signs. Currently, Australia is the next country interested in this potential in managing waste resources in a sustainable way. Accordingly, in Sydney, they built special toilets in many universities, with designs that allow separation of urine and feces.

We cannot live without phosphorus. That is essential for the survival of all species, experts reaffirmed.