The urine of hundreds of ladies collaborating within the London Marathon this Sunday shall be recycled and changed into fertiliser for wheat.
Greater than 1,000 litres shall be collected from PEEQUAL’s ladies’s urinals – that are 2.7 occasions sooner to make use of than different transportable bogs and scale back queues.
The corporate is pairing up with fellow Bristol-based start-up NPK Restoration to recycle urine and assist scale back the occasion’s carbon footprint.
Wheat has been chosen as a result of this crop is hungry for urine’s nitrogen content material – and the fertiliser may assist develop sufficient to make roughly 195 loaves of bread.
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Runner Susan Farrell mentioned: “It’s brilliant to think that the nervous wees of thousands of women are helping a good cause.
“I used PEEQUAL’s novel urinals at Glastonbury – their design means they do not sacrifice privateness and it actually felt like we had been dishonest by skipping the queues.
“I used to watch guys breeze through and think, ‘Why can’t we have that?’
“Now we do, and I actually hope we get to see them at extra occasions.”
Amber Probyn, co-founder of PEEQUAL, mentioned: “We love coming to the TCS London Marathon because we firmly believe that women shouldn’t have to choose between starting their race on time or waiting to go to the loo.
“We’re actually proud that 1,000 litres of wee will not go to sewage, and can as an alternative be recycled into one thing wonderful.”
NPK Recovery uses bacteria to recover naturally occurring nutrients from the urine, creating a liquid fertiliser.
Hannah Vandenbergh, founder of the firm, said: “Urine would not should be a waste product and we’re excited to be taking part in a small half in serving to help the sustainability commitments of the long-lasting TCS London Marathon.
“Ultimately, we want to help event organisers all over recycle their urine and reduce their carbon footprints.”
Kate Chapman, head of sustainability at London Marathon Occasions, mentioned: “Part of our environmental strategy is to try and find an ‘onward use’ for all waste that is generated at our events, for instance composting, reusing, upcycling and much more besides.
“We’re delighted that the urine from the PEEQUAL urinals can be utilized for one thing so constructive moderately than going to waste.”
