Human feces contain a lot of important nutrients for agricultural crops. 🍽
Yet, recycling wastewater sludge into fertiliser material is difficult in many ways:
✔It has to be safe
✔It has to be compatible with conventional fertiliser
✔It has to be accepted by society
Asta's PhD at Roskilde University is pretty 'shitty'
In this episode you will learn more about:
✅ 🚫 The pros and cons of sludge as fertiliser
🔹 Risk assessment of microplastics
🤝 Stakeholder engagement
🌉 Building bridges between farmers and operators of wastewater treatment plants
How do you feel about recycling human waste back to fields? Thanks for listening and have a great week :)
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!! Please mind that this episode was first published 22 of April 2024 when the podcast was called PhDtalk.
