Apparently each bag is enough to knock out the smells from 10m3 of manure, and can also break down organic materials contained in the poo, so they compost better. The pigs might not be as happy as a pig-in-shit, but at least the Japanese farmers can live a slightly saner life. [Toyota via Akihabara News]
Image: Juliette Culver
Jarryd
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 12:18 PMShort sighted view. Pigs are one of the cleanest animals around.
They only do “their business” in once spot, and if their food gets anywhere near it they will not touch it. They get a bad wrap because they look dirty but they have to roll in the mud as they don’t have sweat glands and their skin gets dry and cracks.
The invention by Toyota is around pig manure which is has nothing to do with the smell of the pig itself. The reason they’ve done it for pigs is the fact that they go in one place only so the collection is and farmers have been trying to compost it. The collection process is a lot simpler than a cow, sheep or horse who go wherever they are standing at the time of the bowel movement.
e-doh
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 2:35 PMWord!