A Dutch inventor has developed a 'cow toilet' to help cut ammonia emissions from cow urine that cause environmental pollution. Inventor Henk Hanskamp claims the device could halve the ammonia emissions from cows, which account for almost half (49 per cent) of agricultural ammonia pollution. Tests have started on a farm in the Netherlands on the device which collects some of th26 to 35 pints of urine that the average cow produces a day. The human body makes ammonia when the body breaks down foods containing protein into amino acids and ammonia, then converting the ammonia into urea. The Netherlands is already introducing stricter rules on emissions of ammonia, which can cause atmospheric pollution and irritate the eyes in humans.

Source: Daily Mail April 01, 2019 09:25 UTC