Manure keeps finding new ways to get underfoot

animalfriendly reports that scientists are working on a new type of fiberboard that’s primarily made of manure, versus the sawdust that’s currently in use today. Why the focus on manure? Well, it has something to do with “the [US] nation’s 1.5-trillion- to 2-trillion pound annual farm waste disposal problem.” While the mental imagery of this much manure and its effect on the environment is frightening, researchers are working on many initiatives like this that may, one day, if everyone’s really lucky, enable farmers to engage in cruel practices with relatively little environmental impact. Of course, that’ll involve finding a lot more places to put the waste. Forget Soylent Green – some day we might be looking at Soylent Poo. Link.