University of Illinois researchers, from left, Jeremy Guest, John Trimmer and Daniel Miller have developed a conceptual roadmap to help guide others through the unexplored environmental and economic aspects of sanitation. (Photo by L. Brian Stauffer)
Human waste might be an unpleasant public health burden, but scientists at the University of Illinois see sanitation as a valuable facet of global ecosystems and an overlooked source of nutrients, organic material and water.
Their research, directed by civil and environmental...
