Is It Time to Stop Wasting Waste?

In the science fiction epic “Dune” (books and movies alike), the people who inhabit the brutally harsh desert planet Arrakis wear garments called still suits that allow them to drink their own recycled bodily waters.. Read more ..........

P-BANK, a demonstration public toilet, where people can donate their urine for the recovery of phosphorous for reuse as garden fertilizer, on the campus of Bauhaus University Weimar in Germany in 2019.Credit...Werkhaus

Girls play on water drop statues, part of a promotional campaign to educate the public on water conservation, at Marina Barrage in Singapore last year. Credit...David Goldman/Associated Press

''Circular sanitation systems could be lifelines on a water-stressed planet, but there are big barriers to overcome.''.....