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Finding power in pig waste
Written by News Observer   
January 19, 2010, Chapel Hill, NC – In Eastern North Carolina, pig manure is serious business. Hogs outnumber people three-to-one, and long-standing controversies about the environmental impact continue.

Now, a University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill associate professor has come up with a way to eliminate the noxious odor and recycle the waste into fuel alcohol and gases that can be used to make electricity.

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