Flushing the loo is a part of everyday life. Yet other than it’s obvious primary function, it’s never served any other purpose.
Until now.
OriginOil are a green tech company that are using urban algae farms to clean water and heat your home at the same time.
So where does the toilet flushing come into it? Well, what is waste to you and me is food to algae. Yep; the algae lives off your poo.
The toilet water gets passed through the algae which filters out chemicals and pharmaceuticals that even water cleaning factories have difficulty removing. The remaining algae is then be simply turned into renewable crude oil…
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