Posted on 07/07/2008 11:20:01 PM PDT by Coffee200am
A remote Indian town has come up with a government-backed plan to teach people health safety by giving them cash for using the toilet, a resident says.
Residents of Musiri in the Tamil Nadu state can earn 14 cents a month by going to the bathroom in a specially made potty, CNN reported Monday.
The amount of cash involved may not seem large but it could help needy families supplement their income by simply doing nature's business, the report said.
In addition to promoting good hygiene habits, the program is focused on providing waste to fertilizer-testing research efforts.
We're motivating people to know the value of their urine. The urine that is collected goes into fields for paddy crops, and of course the feces becomes good compost in a matter of months, said Marathi Subburaman, who thought up the plan.
What a load of cr@p!
Nightsoil - natural, abundant and additive free.
Straight from your bum to the garden, accept no imitations.
> “We’re motivating people to know the value of their urine.” <
What a pissant! R. Kelly has something to say about that...
I've been many places in the world. Thank God I was born in America.
The business of government is “business”?
I suppose it at least distracts some bureaucraps from doing something counterproductive.
Most Indians are vegetarians so their waste can be used for fertilizer the same as cow and horse manure which is rich in nutrients. American waste does not have the nutrients needed to be used as fertilizer because of the American diet.
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