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pig farming poop energy

From poop to power: Partnership turns pig manure into energy

The average American eats about 50 pounds of pork each year. Much of it comes from industrial-scale hog farms that raise thousands of pigs at a time. All those animals create an enormous amount of waste.

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NC floodwaters carried pig, human waste after Florence

Hurricane Florence caused about 121 million gallons of untreated or partially treated sewage to spill in almost 600 incidents.

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