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What is Pee-Cycling?
Pee-cycling is an innovation that diverts urine before it joins a combined waste stream (urine, feces, and chemical treatment), safely reclaims the nutrients from our urine, and then applies those nutrients toward a productive use (agriculture, turf grass management, et cetera).
The Alchemy of Waste to Liquid Gold
Ur-ine our thoughts, circular pee-conomy!
Pee-cycling is a part of what the Soil Factory Network and Cornell professor Dr. Rebecca Nelson refer to as the “circular bionutrient economy”, which promises an old but bold solution to closing the loop between the production and disposal of key nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. In simplest terms, what now harms the environment might instead save it.
Is Biochar “Shovel-Ready”? Unpacking Key Facts
We continue our exploration into biochar and unpack the key facts beneath the surface of this soil-amending bio-filter.
Ending with the Beginning in Mind
Recycling is not the end-all solution we want it to be. But it is an incredibly important tool if it is presented as it truly is: an imperfect system in need of an overhaul and a small, introductory first step to creating a more sustainable planet. We review initial steps the golf industry can take to make this happen.
Circular Economy: Driven by Public Golf Lands
When a municipality is faced with the challenge of a struggling and at times unusable public golf course, the solution is not typically a conversion to anaerobic digestion of food waste in its place. However, that is the case in Madison, Wisconsin.
Closing the Loop: Circularity & Golf, Together, Feeling the Flow
Mention the phrases ‘closing the loop’, ‘circularity’ or ‘end of life solutions’ in some golf circles and people will think you are either speaking in caddie tongue or retiring to Florida to play golf. However, this lack of understanding presents an opportunity for the golf industry to join the larger discussion regarding the circular economy.