“How?” We seem to hear you say it. But what you read is correct. This information, It may make you think twice before flushing the toilet.

Without further ado Let’s see how such a thing is possible.

Nearly 50% of the feces of both our humans and mammals consists of real bacteria.

These bacteria live in the large intestine and It breaks down food components such as fiber, proteins and complex carbohydrates. Every time we go to the toilet, about 1/3 of the bacteria in the colon are thrown away. The remaining microbes reproduce quickly.

Some of the feces also contains undigested plants. Mammals that generally eat cellulose and other plant fibers regularly long digestive tracts that contain special plant-digesting enzymes and bacteria has.

In addition, some animals eat their feces to allow their intestines to digest once. People, of course, do none of this. This includes fiber and cellulose. We often excrete most of the plant matter we eat It means.

Finally, the feces contain extra phosphates from foods such as milk and eggs, but also from foods that we do not consciously eat. There are also things that are not digestible, such as heavy metals and plastics.

On the other hand, the sewers where our feces accumulate are pretty disgusting places.

But in the sewer If we can reliably kill the bad microbes, what’s left could be useful. For example, many sewage treatment plants are currently trying to obtain a new energy source from the gas-producing power of good bacteria.

In addition, some companies also use fecal protein, turns it into fertilizer for use on crops.

What about all that undigested plant material?

A university in Australia found that mixing feces with clay and rolling it into a cylinder made a good building block. An organization in Kenya, Adding fly larvae to treated sewage.

Most surprisingly, a sewage treatment plant in Japan, It manages to remove heavy metals from the feces. In fact, for every ton of feces found in the facilities, approximately 2 kilograms of gold was recovered.

This is probably because there are factory workers nearby If he hadn’t unknowingly swallowed large amounts of metals. In summary, feces can be used for various purposes when cleared of hazardous substances.

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