Ok so I know it hot right not and all that, but really, taking on and solving sanitation issues in the global south is a really important means of 'development' and a really great way to apply our wealthy stockpiles of innovation.
As one such idea, check out Loowatt, "a revolutionary waterless toilet system that creates local economies around waste treatment.
The toilet uses a unique sealing mechanism to package feces and urine into an odourless cartridge, within a biodegradable lining material. The cartridge is emptied once or twice weekly into an anaerobic digester. The digester converts human waste into natural gas and fertilizer, commodities which pay back the community."
Check out their blog here
And their rocking power point explaining their implementation of the pilot system for this spring in Antananarivo in Madagascar.
Thanks to John K. for sharing Loowatt with me.
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