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the original circular economy: waste in, civilization out, smell included.
means Animal dung and other organic matter spread on land to fertilize crops and enrich the soil.
from From Anglo-French 'mainoverer' and Old French 'manouvrer,' meaning to work with the hands — the same root that gives us 'maneuver.' It once simply meant to till or cultivate land by hand; only later did the word narrow to the stuff you spread while doing so. So 'manure' and 'maneuver' are siblings, both tracing back to Latin 'manu operari' (to work by hand) — one ended up in boardrooms, the other in barnyards.
- methane source
- livestock dung is a major greenhouse gas emitter
- medieval gold
- dung heaps were guarded valuables in farming villages
- battery power
- some farms run generators on captured manure gas
- word origin
- from old French meaning to work with hands
- space cargo
- astronauts study composting human waste for Mars trips
wisconsin dairy manure storage — over 9 million dairy cows in wisconsin produce approximately 43 million tons of manure annually
indian cow dung patties — estimated 300 million cattle in india produce manure dried as fuel, used by ~700 million people for cooking