A concrete plan for sustainable living

Game-changing creation: Dr Wu Shifan (left), senior research fellow at NTU’s Centre for Urban Solutions, and Prof Chu holding samples of the biocement. — The Straits Times/ANN

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have found a way to transform urine and industrial waste into a renewable type of cement.

Biocement has the potential to be used in construction projects such as reducing beach erosion or building freshwater reservoirs in a desert, NTU said in a statement yesterday.