The Resource The other dark matter : the science and business of turning waste into wealth and health, Lina Zeldovich
The other dark matter : the science and business of turning waste into wealth and health, Lina Zeldovich
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- Summary
- "In the world today, we face considerable challenges, and while new ones pile on, the old standbys of fossil fuel overuse, greenhouse gas emissions, resource scarcity, food security, and weather and water extremes like droughts and floods remain. Fortunately, scientists are studying myriad ways human waste can help. Science journalist Lina Zeldovich argues in The Other Dark Matter that human excrement is a resource, cheap and widely available, that can be converted into a sustainable energy source, act as an organic fertilizer, provide effective medicinal therapy for resistant bacterial infection, and much more. Zeldovich profiles the pioneers of this repurposing, including startups in remote African villages and those in American cities that convert sewage into crude oil and collect specimens from volunteers to treat patients battling superbugs. The Other Dark Matter begins with a broad overview of our history of excrement disposal. The author's vignettes touch on ancient Roman sewage systems, Medieval latrines, and other methods used around the world to distance people from their excrement. Today's immense, computerized treatment plants are only the latest in a long line of engineering marvels that have distanced us from disease, she shows, but, importantly, they have also caused considerable damage to our earth's ecology. Zeldovich explains the massive redistribution of nutrients and sanitation inequities across the globe, drawing on her research and many interviews"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 259 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
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- The history of human waste. How I learned to love the excrement
- The early history of human excreta
- Treasure night soil as if it were gold!
- The water closet dilemma and the sewage farm paradigm
- Germs, fertilizer, and the poop police
- The present: a sludge revolution in progress. The great sewage time bomb and the redistribution of nutrients on the planet
- Loowatt, a loo that turns waste into watts
- The crap that cooks your dinner and container-based sanitation
- HomeBiogas : your personal digester in a box
- Made in New York
- Lystek, the home of sewage smoothies
- How DC water makes biosolids BLOOM
- From biosolids to biofuels
- The future of medicine and other things. Poop : the best (and cheapest) medicine
- Looking where the sun doesn't shine
- From the kindness of one's gut : an insider look into stool banks
- Afterword : breathing poetry into poop
- Isbn
- 9780226615578
- Label
- The other dark matter : the science and business of turning waste into wealth and health
- Title
- The other dark matter
- Title remainder
- the science and business of turning waste into wealth and health
- Statement of responsibility
- Lina Zeldovich
- Title variation
- Science and business of turning waste into wealth and health
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the world today, we face considerable challenges, and while new ones pile on, the old standbys of fossil fuel overuse, greenhouse gas emissions, resource scarcity, food security, and weather and water extremes like droughts and floods remain. Fortunately, scientists are studying myriad ways human waste can help. Science journalist Lina Zeldovich argues in The Other Dark Matter that human excrement is a resource, cheap and widely available, that can be converted into a sustainable energy source, act as an organic fertilizer, provide effective medicinal therapy for resistant bacterial infection, and much more. Zeldovich profiles the pioneers of this repurposing, including startups in remote African villages and those in American cities that convert sewage into crude oil and collect specimens from volunteers to treat patients battling superbugs. The Other Dark Matter begins with a broad overview of our history of excrement disposal. The author's vignettes touch on ancient Roman sewage systems, Medieval latrines, and other methods used around the world to distance people from their excrement. Today's immense, computerized treatment plants are only the latest in a long line of engineering marvels that have distanced us from disease, she shows, but, importantly, they have also caused considerable damage to our earth's ecology. Zeldovich explains the massive redistribution of nutrients and sanitation inequities across the globe, drawing on her research and many interviews"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- ICU/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zeldovich, Lina
- Dewey number
- 628.3/8
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TD741
- LC item number
- .Z45 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Sewage disposal
- Sewage
- Sewage sludge
- Sewage disposal
- Sewage sludge as fertilizer
- Sewage sludge fuel
- Biogas
- Feces
- Label
- The other dark matter : the science and business of turning waste into wealth and health, Lina Zeldovich
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The history of human waste. How I learned to love the excrement -- The early history of human excreta -- Treasure night soil as if it were gold! -- The water closet dilemma and the sewage farm paradigm -- Germs, fertilizer, and the poop police -- The present: a sludge revolution in progress. The great sewage time bomb and the redistribution of nutrients on the planet -- Loowatt, a loo that turns waste into watts -- The crap that cooks your dinner and container-based sanitation -- HomeBiogas : your personal digester in a box -- Made in New York -- Lystek, the home of sewage smoothies -- How DC water makes biosolids BLOOM -- From biosolids to biofuels -- The future of medicine and other things. Poop : the best (and cheapest) medicine -- Looking where the sun doesn't shine -- From the kindness of one's gut : an insider look into stool banks -- Afterword : breathing poetry into poop
- Control code
- on1241245981
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226615578
- Lccn
- 2021013488
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1241245981
- Label
- The other dark matter : the science and business of turning waste into wealth and health, Lina Zeldovich
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The history of human waste. How I learned to love the excrement -- The early history of human excreta -- Treasure night soil as if it were gold! -- The water closet dilemma and the sewage farm paradigm -- Germs, fertilizer, and the poop police -- The present: a sludge revolution in progress. The great sewage time bomb and the redistribution of nutrients on the planet -- Loowatt, a loo that turns waste into watts -- The crap that cooks your dinner and container-based sanitation -- HomeBiogas : your personal digester in a box -- Made in New York -- Lystek, the home of sewage smoothies -- How DC water makes biosolids BLOOM -- From biosolids to biofuels -- The future of medicine and other things. Poop : the best (and cheapest) medicine -- Looking where the sun doesn't shine -- From the kindness of one's gut : an insider look into stool banks -- Afterword : breathing poetry into poop
- Control code
- on1241245981
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226615578
- Lccn
- 2021013488
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1241245981
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