UBC launches world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet

#UBC #researchers are launching the world’s first #mushroom-powered #waterless #toilet, the #MycoToilet, at the UBC #Botanical #Garden on September 26.

The prototype turns human waste into nutrient-rich #compost using #mycelia—the root networks of mushrooms—and features a modern, #sustainable design that can be dropped into parks, remote communities and areas without #plumbing.

https://apsc.ubc.ca/news/2025/ubc-launches-worlds-first-mushroom-powered-waterless-toilet

#green #sewage #nature #eco

UBC launches world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet

#UBC #researchers are launching the world’s first #mushroom-powered #waterless #toilet, the #MycoToilet, at the UBC #Botanical #Garden on September 26.

The prototype turns human waste into nutrient-rich #compost using #mycelia—the root networks of mushrooms—and features a modern, #sustainable design that can be dropped into parks, remote communities and areas without #plumbing.

https://apsc.ubc.ca/news/2025/ubc-launches-worlds-first-mushroom-powered-waterless-toilet

#green #sewage #nature #eco

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An expert panel has concluded that a sinkhole that swallowed a truck in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, in January was created due to corrosion of a sewer pipe by hydrogen sulfide. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/05/japan/saitama-sinkhole-cause/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sinkholes #saitama #yashio #sewage #motohiroono

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