South African Engineer Hlumelo Marepula Turns Human Urine Into Fertiliser
South African Engineer Hlumelo Marepula Turns Human Urine Into Fertiliser. According to several media reports, South African Engineer Hlumelo Marepula has come up with an innovative way of turning human urine into Fertiliser. It was also reported that the urine may also be used to make jet fuel one day.
There are many types of entrepreneurs in the world and Marepula is the type of entrepreneur that provides innovative solutions to the market. They bring about solutions that will make a significant impact in the way things or people function.
Through her discovery Marepula should be able to capitalise so that she can open a business that will seek to make her discovery something that is known worldwide. Marepula also shows that innovative ideas can come from unexpected things, people normally see urine as a useless waste product but to Marepula this was that resource she needed for her idea to thrive. This also shows that people should think outside of the box as they will be discovering something that is extraordinary in places people consider as useless.
“… Especially in a continent like Africa where we have so much arable land and the synthetic version of urea, the one that’s made in factories, uses a very energy-intensive process which is quite harmful and contributes a lot to climate change issues. We’re basically extracting and not giving back. When the reserves are finished… we won’t have enough fossil fuels to make fertiliser to produce food, and we will end up with no food, and that’s the long-term way of looking at it,” Marepula told Business Insider South Africa in an interview.
Marepula is also promoting the conservation of the environment as she is recycling a waste product into something that will be useful to society. Should Marepula seek to turn this into a business venture, she will be launching a very lucrative business as this invention is unique and provides a solution that many people need.
