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The Rich Earth Institute advances the practice of peecycling: reclaiming "waste" as a resource to complete the food nutrient cycle. Human urine contains vital nutrients for growing crops. By reclaiming urine as an agricultural resource, communities can prevent downstream pollution, access a local fertilizer, and conserve clean water. For over a decade, the Rich Earth Institute has operated the nation's first and largest community-scale peecycling program. Learn more at www.richearthinstitute.org
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Abe Noe-Hays, Julia Cavicchi, Gretchen Saveson, Tatiana Schreiber, Arthur Davis, Cory Howley • (2024) Farmer Guide to Fertilizing with Urine
The Rich Earth Institute's Farmer Guide to Fertilizing with Urine provides farmers with practical insights into reclaiming human urine as a nutrient-rich fertilizer. It joins Rich Earth’s guides to community and home garden urine recycling, offering resources to practitioners at different scales. The guide is rooted in Rich Earth’s […]}
Cavicchi, J., Davis, E., Gaynor, C., Kennedy, B., Lally, C., Nace, K., Noe-Hays, A. • (2020) Village Sanitation Pilot Study: Uniting Land Use Planning, Community Development, and Eco-Sanitation in Southeastern Vermont
This study was the first to comprehensively assess the possibility of eco-sanitation options to help address village wastewater challenges in Vermont. In each village, site visits were conducted with participants to gauge the feasibility of a variety of composting and urine-diverting toilet systems. Of the options considered, a urine diverting […]}
Murthy, L., Fernandes, M., Gawade, V., Chanam, U., Chandra, V., Ramavat, K., Tandon, S., Zacharia, V., Mishra, V., Patkar, A. • (2013) WASH and Health for Menstrual Hygiene Management - Training of Trainers Manual (in English and French)
This publication is intended to deepen the understanding of the biological nature of the menstruation phenomenon in order to reclaim and restore the pride and confidence that should naturally be a part of it. Managing menstruation hygienically with linked sanitary facilities is an important aspect of life – the practical […]}
Atlee, J., Noe-Hays, A., Nace, K., Schreiber, T., Davis, A., Lally, C., Dotson, S. • (2019) Guide to Starting a Community-Scale Urine Diversion Program
The Rich Earth Institute’s Urine Nutrient Reclamation Program (UNRP) is the first community-scale urine diversion program (UD program) in the United States. Initiated in 2012, we now divert thousands of gallons of urine from the wastewater stream annually. We recycle the urine into sanitized fertilizer and apply it to hay […]}
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