Cooking up a storm with fertiliser

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Scientists find a novel way to recycle waste oil – using it as fertiliser

Using waste oil from the food industry and sulfur, a byproduct of oil refineries, chemists have created a slow-release fertiliser, meaning plants get the benefit before the fertiliser is washed away.

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