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Human waste to heat thousands of homes in £4m plan to recycle it into gas

by Pat Coate | June 24, 2009
"It is a very valuable resource and it's completely renewable."
- Caroline Ashton, company official

It gives a whole new meaning to cooking with 'natural' gas.

Within two years, thousands of people will be preparing their dinner and heating their homes using methane gas extracted from human waste.

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