The Water in Your Toilet Could Fight Climate Change One Day
Day after day, you pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, whether youβre driving or turning on lights or eating meat. You canβt help it, because really, no human can. But I bet you havenβt stopped to think about how the simple act of pooping is also part of the problem: Worldwide, wastewater treatment facilities account for 3 percent of electricity consumption and contribute 1.6 percent of emissions. A drop in the horrifying bucket that is climate change, you might say.