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Speakers:
Dr Tim Evans, Independent Environmental Consultant, Chairman of the CIWEM Waste Water Management Panel
Dr Stephen Smith, Reader in Environmental Biochemistry at Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London
Prof Brian Chambers, Senior Principal Soil Scientist, ADAS UK Environmental Consultants
There has been a predictable public and media reaction to the notion of using human biosolids (i.e. from human waste) as fertiliser to grow food. However, the resulting product is cheap, natural, recycled and energy efficient. Leading scientists came to the SMC to discuss the potential for treating and cleaning raw sewage to be used in this way, and how to overcome the ‘yuck’ factor.