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Doing Your Bit: Liquid fertilizer made from human hair

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Julia Mielke
October 30, 2021

A young man and a team in Tanzania collect tons of human hair waste a month and convert it into a keratin-rich liquid fertilizer. After many attempts to get the right recipe, he has turned a quirky idea into reality.

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