Forum Support Mike J Posted November 21, 2019 Forum Support Posted November 21, 2019 No shortage of raw materials. https://www.yahoo.com/news/philippine-students-turn-littered-dog-102139580.html MANILA (Reuters) - A group of secondary school students in the Philippines has found a way to convert poo from stray dogs into a mixture for bricks, aiming to rid city streets of excrement and potentially even lower construction costs. As part of a research project, eighth graders in the Payatas district north of the capital Manila gathered and air-dried dog faeces, which were then mixed with cement powder and moulded into rectangular "bio bricks". "Our streets will really be cleaned up," Mark Acebuche, the students' science class adviser, told Reuters. He hoped local government or corporations would sponsor the students' research to help upgrade production. Dog ownership in the Philippines is unregulated and rules on taking care of pets are only loosely implemented, leading to a large number of stray dogs. The students say their "bio bricks" are ideal for sidewalk pavements or small structures like backyard walls. Each brick contains 10 grams of dog poo and 10 grams of cement powder, and has a faint odour that the group says will fade with time. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Popular Post Tommy T. Posted November 21, 2019 Forum Support Popular Post Posted November 21, 2019 (edited) It's that "faint odour" that would bother me. Plus, every dog in the area would come around constantly to sniff it and pee on it and poo next to it - even more than normal! Ah... maybe that's the secret! It could be like perpetual motion - poo attracts and begets more poo! Then, what happens down the road a while when an earthquake cracks the bricks releasing that stored up faint odour from inside? Definitely they should come with a warning label, "Don't Use These at Home!" And I would change the name to "Shit a Brick!" Edited November 22, 2019 by Tommy T. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted November 21, 2019 Author Forum Support Posted November 21, 2019 I think that "faint odour" would likely spike anytime it rains. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted November 21, 2019 Author Forum Support Posted November 21, 2019 I can just hear it now as you come through the door. Wife - 'Damn, what is that smell?" Me - "It's me, I stepped on a dog brick." Wife - "AGAIN" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Tommy T. Posted November 21, 2019 Forum Support Posted November 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, Mike J said: I can just hear it now as you come through the door. Wife - 'Damn, what is that smell?" Me - "It's me, I stepped on a dog brick." Wife - "AGAIN" Mike, there is a plus side to this we have not yet considered... It would be a great cover up for whenever you let fly a smelly utot. Damn, Hon, another broken brick? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimeve Posted November 22, 2019 Posted November 22, 2019 Walls made of dog poo in the Philippines, Filipinos peeing on those walls, what could possibly go wrong. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffH Posted November 22, 2019 Posted November 22, 2019 I think that it would work better if the dogs poo'd in blocks... they should import some Australian Wombats which poo in cube shapes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hounddriver Posted November 22, 2019 Posted November 22, 2019 Done 10 years ago https://archinect.com/news/article/88339/shitting-bricks Copied by Filipino students today. Thats "News" in the Philippines 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuya John Posted November 22, 2019 Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, Dave Hounddriver said: Done 10 years ago https://archinect.com/news/article/88339/shitting-bricks Copied by Filipino students today. Thats "News" in the Philippines The mention of the use of Cow Dung, I recall my friends father many years ago, telling me that when building houses, Bricklayers would line the chimneys with a mixture of cow dung and cement, as a form of fire proofing the inner parts of chimney's Edited November 22, 2019 by Kuya John to withdraw advertising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham59 Posted November 23, 2019 Posted November 23, 2019 Why not just use two of the bricks to put a stop to any further mangy dog shit production ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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