“The waterless toilet that turns your poo into power”
In a recent article posted on The Guardian they cover a recent prototype developed at the Cranfield Water Science Institute that provides an odorless nano-membrane toilet that handles both liquid and...
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Using Innovations in Sanitation to Fuel the Brains of Future Generations
In our eyes, a key and vital opportunity of the toilets of tomorrow is the ability to not only convert waste into energy or something safe and reusable, but also to educate its users on new and better...
View Article“Haath, Munh Aur Bum, Bimari Hogi Kum”
This adorable video from Hundustan Unilever Limited, is not only a cute way to inform and promote basic (yet vital) sanitation practices, it’s also astute commentary on how educating younger...
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“The women who refuse to do India’s dirtiest job”
A recent article in The Guardian touches upon an age old job that no one wants to talk about: manual scavenging. “A caste-based role, manual scavenging condemns mostly women to clean excreta from dry...
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“Blood Money: The Race to Crack India’s Lucrative Menstruation Market”
A great article by Rebecca Hobson on India’s burgeoning (and lucrative) market for menstruation management was posted recently on vice.com’s “Broadly.” channel. It discusses how, finally, the armor...
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“World Toilet College India begins its journey”
World Toilet Organization put out a post at the end of last month announcing the launch of the world’s first World Toilet College in India! Picture taken from WorldToilet.org, of a class, “Community...
View ArticleThe Importance of Human Centered Design
Recently I stumbled upon this great video from IDE Wash about the creation of their “Easy Latrine 2.0” in Cambodia and how the new design of it was heavily influenced by human centered design. I...
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The East and Central Africa City Development Forum
Our very own Myles Elledge will be speaking at the East and Central Africa City Development Forum tomorrow (05/24/2016)! During the event he’ll be taking part in a session on Water, Sanitation and...
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“Forget the mug. Toilet paper is on a roll in India.”
As the world changes economically and more and more sanitation options become readily available to everyone, there’s been an increase in the use of paper-based products when cleaning yourself while...
View Article“Revisiting India’s Sanitation Challenge”
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recently released another very well done animation video based on their Reinvent The Toilet initiative. This new video seeks to educate all of us on the current...
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RTI and Duke University Host Guests from the India Institute of Technology (IIT)
RTI and Duke University hosted guests from the India Institute of Technology (IIT) for a day of networking, to expand research partnerships aimed at addressing complex global issues. Four students...
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“Sit-down toilets? Meh. In Asia, many say squatting is superior”
In a recent piece on PRI.org author Patrick Winn covers a dilemma that is slowly coming to the forefront of global sanitation. When defecating, what do you do? Squat or sit? In developed countries it...
View ArticleTomorrow: “Live Q&A: $114bn a year needed for water and toilets – where will...
The Guardian is hosting a panel of experts for a live chat tomorrow to discuss sustaining WASH globally so that by 2030, every human being on the planet will have access to clean water and proper...
View ArticleEnhancing the Quality of Life for Women and Girls through Improved Sanitation
Currently, 2.5B people lack access to improved sanitation, and daily 2200 children die from diarrheal disease. One fourth of Indian school-age girls drop out during puberty due to lack of sanitation...
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Our New Beta Unit Was Recently Installed At Our CEPT University Site…
Our project reached a critical milestone this week! As of yesterday, September 27th 2016, our most recent beta unit was installed at our site on CEPT University campus. Now up and running and fully...
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“RTI International, Duke Launch Beta-Toilet Prototype in India that...
RTI International (an independent nonprofit research institute that this very project functions under) recently put up their own press release on the recent launch of our beta-toilet prototype in...
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“Autonomous Beta-Test Toilet Up and Running in India”
A post on our sanitation system was recently published by our partners at Duke University. Duke University has played a crucial role in getting the recent beta implementation of our toilet installed...
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“Have We Substantially Underestimated the Impact of Improved Sanitation...
An interesting research article posted recently on plos.org covers the findings of two large studies conducted in India where instances of child health/morbidity weren’t necessarily reduced by...
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PAS Conference in Pune, India
Our very own Myles Elledge gave a presentation at a PAS (Performance Assessment System) Project conference held in Pune, India this last month on Oct. 20th. The event itself was sponsored by CEPT...
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The Gates Foundation Visits our Beta Toilet Location in India
Recently, Carl Hensman (Senior Program Officer at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) visited the location of our beta-toilet prototype currently install and up and running at CEPT University in...
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