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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Claire Hayhurst

Can’t see the wood for the wees: Urine from festivalgoers turned into fertiliser

Lucy-Bell-Reeves holds the urine-based fertiliser at the Stump up for Trees nursery (NPK Recovery/PA) - (PA Media)

Scientists are aiming to grow 4,500 trees at a national park with the help of fertiliser made from urine collected from festivalgoers.

The fertiliser was created by Bristol-based start-up NPK Recovery, which connected their unit to a block of toilets used by 700 revellers at Boomtown Festival in Hampshire in July last year.

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