QUIRKY WORLD...Ready-to-ride ‘poo’ bus fails to raise a stink

Britain: A “poo bus”, which runs on human and household waste, goes into regular service this month. Powered by biomethane gas, the Bio-Bus will use waste from more than 32,000 households along its 24km route.

Operated by bus company First West of England, the bus will fill up at a site in Avonmouth, Bristol, where sewage and inedible food waste is turned into biomethane gas.

The bus, which can seat up to 40 people, was unveiled in the Bristol area last autumn. First West is showing off the bus in Bristol tomorrow and it will operate four days a week from March 25.