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Originally Posted by Homer49
fwiw: Milorganite is actually a byproduct of municipal waste treatment plants that makes a great fertilizer - not human waste per se, but it does have an initial odor.
"Milorganite is composed of heat-dried microbes that have digested the organic material in wastewater. It's manufactured by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, which captures waste water from the metropolitan Milwaukee area and uses naturally occurring microbes to digest the nutrients. After the organic matter has been consumed, the cleaned water is returned to Lake Michigan and the resulting material is dried and marketed as Milorganite."
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Great, informative post. Kudos!