“It is said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
And now scientists have found that precious metals like gold, silver and platinum can be extracted from sewage to prevent a small fortune being flushed down the toilet.
Although the prospect of digging through human excrement hunting for the gleam of gold may seem unpalatable, the figures show it could be a surprisingly lucrative enterprise.” *
Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur) and Ana Kasparian (http://www.twitter.com/AnaKasparian) break it down on The Young Turks.
*Read more here http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11490431/British-faeces-could-contain-500-million-of-gold-silver-and-platinum.html