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cknipe t1_it7owwk wrote

Reply to comment by mutherhrg in Sewage sludge and other waste products could be turned into industrial feedstock that cuts down on waste and carbon emissions by mutherhrg

Does it not mean making stuff out of poop?

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diemaia t1_it7qoch wrote

No. The article mean using sludge to produce methane, as a biogas. The sludge would be used as a feedstock to bacteria, who then turn it in methane. That's nothing new. Bioreactors as UASB does this for a while.

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mutherhrg OP t1_it7pjwb wrote

And how is that bad? Would you rather that they dig up coal and use it? Or simply dump this waste into landfill or into the ocean? This stuff is for industrial use, it's meant to be processed and used in factories, alongside other feedstock that's so toxic that you can't touch it with your bare hands. It's just a nice method of recycling already processed and dirty material.

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