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Letter: Come to Houston and buy a bag full of human waste

Published 15 February 2023

From Dave Dyer, Houston, Texas, US

Your story on the potential for using human waste as fertiliser is a bit late. Houston has been bagging up our dried sewage and selling it as fertiliser under the name Hou-Actinite for decades. It is recycled, natural and all organic! If you ever come to Texas, I can show you where to buy a sack(28 January, p 17).

Issue no. 3426 published 18 February 2023

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