The Dutch are building bike lanes from used toilet paper.

The Dutch are building bike lanes from used toilet paper. When it comes to crazy, world-saving initiatives, the Netherlands just can’t stop won’t stop.

Here’s how the two-year pilot project works, as reported by the Guardian. A Dutch wastewater treatment plant uses an industrial sieve to sift through sewage and collect soiled toilet paper, extracting nearly 900 pounds of cellulose from the TP each day. That cellulose is then sterilized and turned into “fluffy material or pellets” that are used to make insulation or bottles — or, you know, bike lanes.

For the full article go here: http://grist.org/briefly/the-dutch-are-building-bike-lanes-from-use...

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ok, that headline sounds pretty gross. Even if it's sterilized. :-P

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