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Zeldovich, Lina, author.
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Sewage disposal.
Sewage -- Recycling.
Sewage sludge -- Recycling.
Sewage disposal -- History.
Sewage sludge as fertilizer.
Sewage sludge fuel.
Biogas.
Feces -- Therapeutic use.
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The other dark matte...
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The other dark matter : the science and business of turning waste into wealth and health / Lina Zeldovich.
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Zeldovich, Lina, author.
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Subjects
Sewage disposal.
Sewage -- Recycling.
Sewage sludge -- Recycling.
Sewage disposal -- History.
Sewage sludge as fertilizer.
Sewage sludge fuel.
Biogas.
Feces -- Therapeutic use.
ISBN:
9780226615578 (cloth) :
022661557X (cloth) :
Description:
259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
The history of human waste. How I learned to love the excrement -- The early history of human excreta -- Treasure night soil as if it were gold! -- The water closet dilemma and the sewage farm paradigm -- Germs, fertilizer, and the poop police -- The present: a sludge revolution in progress. The great sewage time bomb and the redistribution of nutrients on the planet -- Loowatt, a loo that turns waste into watts -- The crap that cooks your dinner and container-based sanitation -- HomeBiogas : your personal digester in a box -- Made in New York -- Lystek, the home of sewage smoothies -- How DC water makes biosolids BLOOM -- From biosolids to biofuels -- The future of medicine and other things. Poop : the best (and cheapest) medicine -- Looking where the sun doesn't shine -- From the kindness of one's gut : an insider look into stool banks -- Afterword : breathing poetry into poop.
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"In the world today, we face considerable challenges, and while new ones pile on, the old standbys of fossil fuel overuse, greenhouse gas emissions, resource scarcity, food security, and weather and water extremes like droughts and floods remain. Fortunately, scientists are studying myriad ways human waste can help. Science journalist Lina Zeldovich argues in The Other Dark Matter that human excrement is a resource, cheap and widely available, that can be converted into a sustainable energy source, act as an organic fertilizer, provide effective medicinal therapy for resistant bacterial infection, and much more. Zeldovich profiles the pioneers of this repurposing, including startups in remote African villages and those in American cities that convert sewage into crude oil and collect specimens from volunteers to treat patients battling superbugs. The Other Dark Matter begins with a broad overview of our history of excrement disposal. The author's vignettes touch on ancient Roman sewage systems, Medieval latrines, and other methods used around the world to distance people from their excrement. Today's immense, computerized treatment plants are only the latest in a long line of engineering marvels that have distanced us from disease, she shows, but, importantly, they have also caused considerable damage to our earth's ecology. Zeldovich explains the massive redistribution of nutrients and sanitation inequities across the globe, drawing on her research and many interviews"--
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Hawaii State Library
Business, Science & Technology
628.38 Ze
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Kailua-Kona Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
628.38 Ze
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Adult Nonfiction
628.38 Ze
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