Pig Poo Power the Answer to China's Pork Manure Problem?
By Good News Network Thursday, May 03, 2012
Seven hundred million pigs produce a lot of manure.
China's love of pork presents a mountain of a problem for the environment, but an Australian company believes it has part of the answer.
Why not turn the pig poo into power?
Using a bioreactor called "PooCareTM" and other technology, the pig manure is converted into biofuel for cooking and heating while the residual goes to farmers as nutrient-rich fertilizers.
(READ the full story from Reuters)
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