Human urine-based fertilizers: A review

TMP Martin, F Esculier, F Levavasseur… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Urine contains most of the nutrients excreted by humans. They are mainly released into the
environment and contribute to the strong disruption of planetary biogeochemical cycles …

[HTML][HTML] A global biological conservation horizon scan of issues for 2023

WJ Sutherland, C Bennett, PNM Brotherton… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2023 - cell.com
We present the results of our 14th horizon scan of issues we expect to influence biological
conservation in the future. From an initial set of 102 topics, our global panel of 30 scientists …

Nutrients in a circular economy: role of urine separation and treatment

W Sohn, J Jiang, S Phuntsho, Y Choden, HK Shon - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing global population, over the last few decades, brought about the rise in
synthetic fertiliser market prices along with explosive agricultural demand. Source …

Concentrating stabilized urine with reverse osmosis: how does stabilization method and pre-treatment affect nutrient recovery, flux, and scaling?

C Courtney, DG Randall - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Human urine can be used as a fertilizer, however, due to the high water content (97%),
concentration is required to make transportation economically feasible. Reverse osmosis …

China should focus beyond access to toilets to tap into the full potential of its Rural Toilet Revolution

X Zhou, P Simha, LF Perez-Mercado, MA Barton… - Resources …, 2022 - Elsevier
In China, over 47 million toilets in rural areas have been upgraded since the nationwide
sanitation program, popularly referred to as the “toilet revolution”, was launched in 2015 …

Comparative study of environmental impacts related to wheat production with human-urine based fertilizers versus mineral fertilizers

TMP Martin, J Aubin, E Gilles, J Auberger… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most of the fertilizers used in conventional agriculture are derived from nonrenewable
resources: natural gas for nitrogen fertilizers and fossil mines for phosphorus and potassium …

Sanitation sustainability index: a pilot approach to develop a community-based indicator for evaluating sustainability of sanitation systems

S Hashemi - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Evaluating the sustainability of sanitation systems is essential in achieving the sixth
sustainable development goal. However, there are only limited number of available …

Biological nitrification-based nutrient recovery techniques for source-separated urine treatment: A critical review

F Wang, Y Yang, J Gao, X Li, S Tian, Z Lu, Z Zhou… - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, source-separated urine has garnered widespread recognition as a valuable
nutrient recovery resource. This paper summarizes urine components globally and related …

[HTML][HTML] Drying fresh human urine in magnesium-doped alkaline substrates: Capture of free ammonia, inhibition of enzymatic urea hydrolysis & minimisation of …

A Vasiljev, P Simha, N Demisse, C Karlsson… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recycling urine can reduce the flux of reactive nitrogen in the environment. This paper
presents a novel approach to recover all N (N tot) from urine, including ammonia (TAN; …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing the recovery of organic nitrogen from fresh human urine dosed with organic/inorganic acids and concentrated by evaporation in ambient …

P Simha, A Vasiljev, DG Randall, B Vinnerås - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
To feed the world without transgressing regional and planetary boundaries for nitrogen and
phosphorus, one promising strategy is to return nutrients present in domestic wastewater to …