MinuteEarth
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Go to our partner https://www.trymintmobile.com/minuteearth to get premium wireless for as low as $15 a month. Special offer through February 29th: new customers can get any plan for $15/month. New activation and upfront payment for 3 mo. service required. Taxes & fees extra. Unlimited plans using +40GB/mo. will experience lower speeds with videostreams at ~480p. Restrictions apply. See trymintmobile.com for more details. Because of the way digestion works, human poop not only contains dangerous microbes, it also contains a wide variety of other things, many of which we could potentially put to use. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Pathogens: Organisms that can cause disease. - Reuse of Human Excreta: The safe and beneficial use of treated human poop. - Biogas: A renewable energy source that’s a combination of methane and carbon dioxide. - Black soldier fly larvae: Among the most efficient animals at converting biomass into feed. - Biosolids: Solid organic matter retrieved from the sewage treatment process that can be used as fertilizer among other uses. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* David Goldenberg | Script Writer, Narrator and Director Lizah van der Aart | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Alex Reich • Henry Reich • Peter Reich Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Rose C, Parker A, Jefferson B, Cartmell E. (2015) The Characterization of Feces and Urine: A Review of the Literature to Inform Advanced Treatment Technology. Crit Rev Environ Sci Technol. 2015 Sep 2;45(17):1827-1879. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4500995/ Trimmer, C. (2016). SANITATION, WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY FROM WASTE DISPOSAL TO RESOURCE RECOVERY. UNEP. https://www.susana.org/_resources/documents/default/3-2636-7-1487004303.pdf Cornwall, W. (2015). Sewage sludge could contain millions of dollars worth of gold. Science. https://www.science.org/content/article/sewage-sludge-could-contain-millions-dollars-worth-gold Paul Westerhoff, Sungyun Lee, Yu Yang, Gwyneth W. Gordon, Kiril Hristovski, Rolf U. Halden, and Pierre Herckes. (2015). Characterization, Recovery Opportunities, and Valuation of Metals in Municipal Sludges from U.S. Wastewater Treatment Plants Nationwide. Environmental Science & Technology 2015 49 (16), 9479-9488. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es505329q Debasree Purkayastha, Sudipta Sarkar. (2023) Performance evaluation of black soldier fly larvae fed on human faeces, food waste and their mixture. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 326, Part A. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0301479722023003