Hanskamp Cowtoilet: Loos for moos
Jul 31, 2021
4 minutes
Martin Zäh
When the DLG awarded a EuroTier gold medal to Hanskamp for its Cowtoilet, it certainly raised a few eyebrows. Don't be too quick to judge, though. On closer inspection there appears to be some method in the Dutch firm’s supposed madness.
The urea contained in cow urine is normally broken down into ammonia and carbon dioxide by an enzyme called urease, a process that takes just a few hours. However, since urease is only found in animal faeces, emissions in a barn are dramatically decreased when the muck and urine are separated. In other words, if
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