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Biowaste (11/13)


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Subjects: Biodiversity, Biotechnology, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Energy, Environment, Forensics, Health Issues, Insects, Medicine, Ocean, Science, Volcanoes, Weather

Grade Level: JrH
Producer: TV New Zealand
Closed Captioned: No		 Running Time: 12 mins
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Study Guide: Online See Link Below
Copyright Date: 2005
Available in French: No

So you think you are clean and green ..... well what about your bodily waste? Who takes care of that? Alan Leckie from Forest Research in Christchurch NZ has come up with a plan to use our solid waste (arghhh!) as a fertilizer for trees, effectively turning our waste from a difficult problem into a useful resource. Trees also help to remove the most environmentally harmful elements from the biosolids which is just another reason that they are so important! Follow that turd!

Links: http://www.qteam.co.nz

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