News

Loos to loaves: How the ‘nervous wees’ of London Marathon runners are being turned into fertiliser
If scaled, urine from last year’s London Marathon could have fertilised enough wheat for 3,000 loaves of bread. View on ...
Bristol24/71d
Female-founded startups to turn London Marathon wee into wheat fertiliser
But 2025 sees a pioneering addition: the urine collected from nine PEEQUAL urinals at the marathon’s start line will be processed by Bristol-based startup NPK Recovery to be converted to fertiliser ...
Block Club Chicago1d
17 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Expo Chicago, Electronic Music Conference, Poetry And Rum Festivals
Earth Day events are still going on this weekend. Plus, Chicago's biggest art show hits Navy Pier. You can also shop a ...
London Marathon runners’ urine to be recycled to make bread
According to Hannah Vandenbergh, founder of NPK Recovery, the urine from last year’s 53,700 London Marathon finishers could - ...
New Atlas2d
Forget about mousetraps – scientists build a better, less splashy urinal
Urine doesn't belong on the floor, and it definitely doesn't belong on our clothes. An experimental new urinal design could ...
'Nervous wees' of women at London Marathon 'to be turned into something amazing'
A total of 1,000 litres of urine will be collected from runners making use of PEEQUAL women's urinals at the London Marathon ...
Insider Media2d
Wee from THOUSANDS of London Marathon runners’ to be turned into fertiliser - Bristol firms behind the initiative
Two Bristol-based start-ups have joined forces to turn urine from London Marathon runners into fertiliser. Urine from thousands of women running the marathon on Sunday (27 April) will be saved from ...
London Marathon runners’ urine to be turned into fertiliser
Both start-ups hope to one day recycle all urine from large-scale events. If recycled, the urine from last year’s 53,700 ...
‘Nervous wees’ of London Marathon runners to be put to good use
Kate Chapman, head of sustainability at London Marathon Events, said: “Part of our environmental strategy is to try and find ...
Engineers Designed the Scientifically Perfect Urinal to Save Men’s Dignity—and Pants
The researchers published a recent paper on their anti-splashback efforts and novel urinal designs in Oxford University Press’ journal PNAS Nexus. The advent for the revolution of the humble urinal ...