Microbiome multi-omics can accelerate human excrement composting research
J Meilander, M Jewell, JG Caporaso - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
In this editorial, we discuss the need for a new, long-term strategy for managing human
excrement (feces and urine) to facilitate health equity and promote environmental …
excrement (feces and urine) to facilitate health equity and promote environmental …
Integrating recent scientific advances to enhance non-sewered sanitation in urban areas
L Strande - Nature Water, 2024 - nature.com
Half of the world's population is now served by non-sewered sanitation, yet the field remains
fragmented, with a focus on individual research agendas, and prevalence of imprecise …
fragmented, with a focus on individual research agendas, and prevalence of imprecise …
Microbiome science of human excrement composting
J Meilander, JG Caporaso - The ISME Journal, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Linear waste management systems are unsustainable and contribute to environmental
degradation, economic inequity, and health disparities. Among the array of environmental …
degradation, economic inequity, and health disparities. Among the array of environmental …
Upcycling Human Excrement: The Gut Microbiome to Soil Microbiome Axis
J Meilander, C Herman, A Manley, G Augustine… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Human excrement composting (HEC) is a sustainable strategy for human excrement (HE)
management that recycles nutrients and mitigates health risks while reducing reliance on …
management that recycles nutrients and mitigates health risks while reducing reliance on …
Quantifying patterns of microbial community assembly processes in bioreactors using different approaches leads to variable results
SK Smith - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Engineered bioreactors play a vital role in many processes to convert wastes to resources,
such as biological wastewater treatment, bioremediation, and conversion of solid waste to …
such as biological wastewater treatment, bioremediation, and conversion of solid waste to …
Unsafe containment: Public health risks of septic tanks discharging to drains in Dhaka Bangladesh
Sanitation approaches in low-income urban areas are predominately on-site sanitation, with
septic tanks promoted as an improved sanitation solution. While a septic tank system is …
septic tanks promoted as an improved sanitation solution. While a septic tank system is …
The microbiome science of composting and human excrement composting: a review
J Meilander, JG Caporaso - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.07376, 2024 - arxiv.org
Linear waste management systems are unsustainable and contribute to environmental
degradation, economic inequity, and health disparities. Among the array of environmental …
degradation, economic inequity, and health disparities. Among the array of environmental …