It would make sense to try and recycle body waste, so, why don't we?

The most obvious thing to repurpose would of course be urine or faeces, maybe as plant fertiliser or as a biomass energy source...

But what about things like toenail clippings, hair and skin? I know that people who have a lot of hair cut off can send or sell it to a wigmaker, but what about smaller sections of hair, and underarm hair, for example? And what about the thick, rough skin on your heel, and all those fingernail and toenail clippings? I mean, we produce so much of that material in the course of a lifetime. Isn't there any purpose that it can be put to? Does it have to go to waste?

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  • MonteMetcalfe

    Some people eat their scabs.

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  • RoseIsabella

    Have you ever heard of something called E-COLI?

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    • litelander8

      Lol. You don’t put fresh shit in your garden. You have to let it compost first. 😂 you do realize the best fertilizer is cow shit and it’s super common, right?

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  • trekngailis

    We already use a lot. As an artist I love doing experiments with womne tonail clippings, hairs from armpits and belly buttons! I have a cool chair - It is transparent, so I can lie on floor and see how lady is taking a dump. Assholes are like roses, like flowers.

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  • jethro

    What gives you the impression that they are not recycled? Because, for the most part they are.

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  • YE

    You can add your clear urine to your favorite beverages for a richer taste, so keeping a few bottles of it chilled in your refrigerator is recommended.

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  • NikoBellic8606

    It is actually happening. Have you heard of Bio-fuel, or bio-gas? You should look it up. Even electricity can be made by human waste.

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  • Markbiff7

    I guess its time for my feces to GO GREEN!!!

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  • olderdude-xx

    Much of this is already being done. Most sewage treatment plants in America provide fertilizer to farmers in their areas (up to several hundred miles away). The smaller communities and modest size cities often have liquid spray trucks that farmers have come in, and larger cities may process it into a bagged product.

    It used to be that most golf courses in American used Milorganite fertilizer as their preferred way to produce that luscious green grass (many still do), and a lot of other lawn care professionals in at least the Midwest use it. The "Mil" stands for Milwaukee, as in the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District has been producing and selling it since 1926. Its considered so good and reasonably priced that there is typically more demand for it than they can produce each year, so some stores run out at times.

    https://www.milorganite.com/

    Click on the Milorganite Shortage link.

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  • Tommythecaty

    I do recycle shit, much to the dismay of neighbours.

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  • a-curious-bunny

    Look up manure farms

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  • TrustMeImLying

    Something like this already exists. Biomass recycling I think it's called.

    It comes down to what city/country you live in. Some are big on recycling and are assumably already incorporating such practices.

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  • 1WeirdGuy

    Didnt they burn cow shit in african for fuel and everyone got sick? I probably butchered what happened there but it was something along those lines and the west told them not to and they did anyway and it fucked them up lol

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    • YE

      Nah, dry cow dung fuel is very safe.

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      • 1WeirdGuy

        Isnt it bad to breath cow shit fumes?

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        • YE

          Only if the cows were perennially fed bad weed.

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