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In an undisclosed storage area in Chicago, Nance Klehm has a hidden stockpile of human excrement. When the 1,500-gallon stash finishes its two-year composting cycle next summer, it will be soil as rich as any you could buy at the store—a gardener’s black gold. If it’s discovered by the authorities before then, it’ll be deemed hazardous and removed. The hoard belongs to Humble Pile Chicago, a conspiracy of 22 people Klehm has rallied to help.
Somewhere in Chicago, Nance Klehm is composting 1500 gallons of human waste
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Here's the link to Klehm's web site: http://spontaneousvegetation.net
I have no doubt she's going to wind up with some great soil, but I'm having a hard time not being grossed out a bit by her collecting buckets of crap from 22 strangers each week and dumping it in a storage shed somewhere. I don't think I'd cry too hard if the cops found it and made her shut it down.
She must have a really high threshold on her gag reflex. Ew.
This has to be one of the coolest illegal acts I have ever heard of. I have constructed this weird comic book image of her in a bio hazard suit and a cape running to and from her Secret Den of Doo-doo.
I really hope she succeeds and no one stops her.
It's been done on a commercial scale for decades. Ever hear of Milorganite? Or Synagro?
But I would think twice before using untreated, untested, human-waste compost on food crops. Besides a lot of nasty pathogens and parasites that could survive the composting process, there could be dangerously high levels of cadmium and other heavy metals.
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