A few animals take "reduce, reuse, recycle" to the next level. It's a good thing, too: Someone needs to help clean up the mess that so many humans leave behind.

Recycling human, animal excreta reduces need for fertilizers. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 12 / 241211124514.htm. Cornell University.

Ron Whitacre has earned several awards for a recycling program that has allowed his science classes to adopt more than 250 animals over the past 17 years.

In Istanbul, Turkey, where an estimated 150,000 stray dogs and cats reportedly wander the streets, a Turkish company called Pugedon believes it has come up with a way to feed the animals: “Smart ...

Recycling human, animal excreta reduces need for fertilizers. Cornell University. Journal Nature Sustainability DOI 10.1038/s41893-024-01467-8. Keywords ...