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Industrial discoveries are remarkable. Recycling and world trade are nothing new. We were reminded of these this week. Poo from Peru was just one of a Staffordshire mill’s stock in trade until the 1970s.  The gloriously named Shirley’s Etruscan Bone and Flint Mill has been in operation since 1857, and remains the last steam poweredContinue reading “Poo from Peru and centuries of waste recycling”