Patent filed for dog poo cement

Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 1:38 am

A German architect has filed an application for a new type of cement made of dog poo.

Friedrich Lentze, 57, from Berlin, applied for a patent for his "odourless heating and building material" made from the dog poo cleaned from the streets of the German capital every day.

He said: "They thought I was joking at first, but it makes economic sense as the stuff has to be collected anyway, so why not use it for something useful.

"The loads of dog poo that are gathered every day actually make a great mortar with fantastic insulating properties."

He added that dung had for centuries been used as building material and he had combined it with modern materials to come up with a new type of insulating cement.

The German patent office confirmed it had received the application but declined to comment on whether it had been approved.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1568620.html

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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:34 pm

Cool, siereously its pretty sweet somebodys doing something to help the environment. Now I'm no hippie but hey, the gas companies have a serious tight grip on our balls.

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:01 pm

That's a load of sh*t. Razz

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:26 pm

that's great if they can pull it off..very innovative.