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TEDxAmsterdamWomen Anjali Sarker – Toilet+ overcoming my childhood fear TEDX event
A great presentation by Anjali Sarker of Toilet Plus on their strategy and reasoning for introducing toilets that work based on financial technical sustainable and social criteria. Toilet Plus is in the early phase of it plan.
” DEFECATION! DISEASE! DEATH! In Bangladesh, each year 69000 children die from diarrhea largely because of unhygienic sanitation. 68% of the villagers use unhygienic pit latrines or defecate openly. Though both govt and NGOs are trying to solve this problem, their efforts largely fail because poor villagers- 1)simply lack motivation to change their sanitation behavior or 2)can’t afford the shift to safe sanitation.
TOILET+ /Toilet Plus introduced as A HYGIENIC AND AFFORDABLE SANITATION SOLUTION. It’s a urine diverting dry toilet and is structurally similar to Ecosan. It can recycle 100% waste to produce organic fertilizer and is flood resistant. Toilet+ ($110 value) is made affordable to the villagers through microcredit from partner MFI.
Toilet+ OFFER COLLECTIVE PROFIT & RESPONSIBILITY. Households form cooperatives,apply for microcredit, and become collectively responsible to repay the total monthly installments to MFI. Member households get toilets from Toilet+ and Toilet+ get paid by MFI. Members sell waste (human and other bio-waste) to Toilet+ and Toilet+ convert waste into organic fertilizer for selling to agro firms. By selling waste, a cooperative gets $70 a month (75% of the collective installments) and each household pays only $1.3 out of pocket to repay the collective monthly installments. Members create strong peer pressure on one another to use toilet so that they can repay collective loan easily.
THE MODEL TURNS TO A SELF-SCALABLE AND SELF-SUSTAINABLE SANITATION CHAIN. Cooperatives will continue to earn revenue from sale of waste after repaying the microcredit in 2.25 years. Understanding the high profitability of financing toilets, enthusiastic cooperative members will start lending non-users to purchase Toilet+ just like MFIs. Users will use peer pressure to make other non-users purchase and use Toilet+ with cooperative financing. Thus cooperative will grow and members will earn more revenue from sale of waste from their financed toilets.
Toilet+ IGNITES THE SPARK, COMMUNITY MAKES IT A REVOLUTION. 1)The more a family uses Toilet+, the more it earns 2)Many Cooperatives will finance others’ toilets as a profitable business and thus expand the size of the cooperative. 3)Fewer fatal diseases, cleaner environment, and more income will improve the living standard of community permanently. “
source for quoted content Dell Social Innovation Challenge- Toilets (changed to third person)
About Anjali Sarker from DELL site
Toilet Plus site:
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TEDxBerlin Noa Lerner:X-runner. Sanitation Social Business
They are reinventing the toilet -
For someone who makes 1 dollar a day, with little water to be used for sanitation, in challenging locations, having a lack of space, and no existing sewage system.
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X-Runner is designed with the following principles / features:
- It must be desirable
- It is private / respects privacy and dignity – it is in the home
- The waste is easily transported from the home by the resident (not surprisingly the job falling to the women-typically)
- The toilet base is also the transportation system in the form of a wheel
- There is a central place for collecting the waste from multiple homes
- This central place is desirable to visit based on the ability to socialize with friends and the access to amenities
- This central collection point has it has a biodigester
- The waste is turned into a useful resources - energy and fertilize
- The energy is returned home from this same place making a complete circle
For more information:
blog
brochure
www.xrunner-venture.com
new study: Social Factors Impacting Use of EcoSan in Rural Indonesia
The Social Factors Impacting Use of EcoSan in Rural Indonesia report came out in June 2010.
The Study Starts of stating the fact that “Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) 2010 data indicate that around 38% of the rural population has access to improved sanitation services and that open defecation remains a widespread practice for over 60 million Indonesians. “
With a majority of Indonesia being Muslims the study include a a look at Muslim teaching on the subject of sanitation. “The study objective was to identify the social, religious, cultural and gender-related factors which influence rural people’s attitudes towards urine and excreta-based fertilizers in general and the EcoSan urine diversion system in particular. It doe not pretend to be anything but a modest study: ” the study does not seek to be a comprehensive reflection of the whole of Indonesia. Instead, it provides a preliminary assessment of attitudes towards EcoSan, and identifi es some key drivers and inhibitors…” It survey 350 people in 5 out of 33 provinces included Muslims, Christians and respondents with traditional
beliefs. Four producers and retailers of excreta and urine based fertilizer were also identifi ed and interviewed.
One of the key finding come in this paragraph:
“The study data show that this is not only a Muslim religious objection,
but that Christians also consider it difficult to keep the excreta dry by not
using water above the disposal hole. While the percentage of Muslims who
considered it difficult to keep the disposal hole dry was fairly constant, the
percentage of Christians who felt this way varied from 35% in Kulon Progo,
Central Java to 78% in East Sumba. This confirms the assumption that
use of water for cleansing, where available, is also an Indonesian cultural
behavior that inhibits the use of a toilet system requiring dry storage. “
The study reports the researchers’ findings that more than “…80% of the respondents are willing to use urine or feces-based fertilizer.” The report goes on to say a similar number are willing to consume products from the fields using compost based fertilizer. The hard part, the study states, is only 50% of the people surveyed are will to to be involved in processing the urine and feces to make the compost. (I would like to know how this compares to other locations around the world 50% Seems high- a positive rather than negative - )
The study goes on to look at the roles/ potential roles men and women of a family unit have on
- selecting fertilizer for crops, and for selection installing,toilets for the family.
- selecting toilets installing them and composting waste from them.
The conclusions are complex. Hopefully organizations that want to just plop down ecosan units all anywhere in the will carefully read this short but informative report in its entirety. We must truly understand the people, if we / they are to have success with ecosan or any other viable alternative!
Report Sections
INTRODUCTION: ECOSAN IN INDONESIA
- Background
- Objective of the Study
- Consideration of EcoSan as a Sanitation Option
- Methodology
DEMAND FOR ORGANIC FERTILIZER EXISTS ACROSS RELIGIONS AND REGIONS
- Excreta-based fertilizers are still a sensitive issue for some
RESERVATIONS ABOUT USING ECOSAN TOILETS
- Gender Differences
IS HUMAN EXCRETA-BASED FERTILIZER NAJIS?
CONCLUSIONS
Publishing Agency:
The Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) “…a multi-donor partnership administered by the World Bank to support poor people in obtaining affordable, safe and sustainable access to water and sanitation services.”
Editors/Authors/ Researchers:
The research was carried out by Entin Sriani Muslim assisted by Ana Nurhasanah in 2009. This learning
note was co-authored by Martin Albrecht, Isabel Blackett, and Ikabul Arianto and peer reviewed by
Eduardo Perez and Jeremy Colin.
Document type Pdf with search-able / selectable text. 4 pages Includes images and graphs
Urine diversion toilet components – A Technology Review
This was first noted/posted by SuSanA( EN FR ES ) and worthy of “post duplicating”
GTZ Has published a set of technology reviews the last Quarter of 2009 dealing with “some
technologies commonly used as toilets or as treatment systems in ecosan systems.”
GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit translated- German Agency for Technical Cooperation) is federally owned and “…supports the German Government in achieving its development-policy objectives.” according to its about us web page Thier focus is sustainable development. Their is site is available in English and Deutsche de
The following comes from http://www.gtz.de/en/themen/umwelt-infrastruktur/wasser/9397.htm and the actual documents.
Technology Review 1: Urine diversion components
- Overview of urine diversion components such as waterless urinals, urine diversion toilets, urine storage and reuse systems
Version of 6 December 2009. Hard copies are available on request.
gtz2009-en-technology-review-urine-diversion.pdf
1,58 MB 32 pages (English)
- Sampling of sections: Challenges, pathogens, nutrients, micro polutants, treaetment, cost +/-, advantages and disadvantages as fertilizer, waterline urinals, odor control, urine diversion dehydration toilets (UDDTs) & Storage tanks
- Appendix: Worldwide listing of suppliers for waterless urinals and urine diversion toilet pedestals and squatting pans
Draft version of 14 May 09 - en-urine-diversion-appendix-suppliers-lists-2009-14-May.pdf
0,58 MB 18 pages (English) - Sections include:
photos and Suppliers contact information, in alphabetical order by country
1. waterless urinals
2. UDD toilets – pedestals / sitting type
3. UDD toilets – squatting pans
4. UD flush toilets – sitting type
5. UD flush toilets – squatting type (1 vendor)
Technology Review 2: Urine diversion dehydration toilets (UDDTs)
- Basic description of urine diversion dehydration toilets (UDDTs)
Draft version of 2 December 2009
gtz2009-en-technology-review-udd-toilets.pdf,
0,13 MB 8 pages (English) - Overview:
- topics are brief, being limited to a paragraph or two. It is a good summary but not intended for those wanting details.
- Dehydration toilets – Construction plans – selected examples
en-ecosan-tds-02-c1-dehydration-toilets-plans-2006.pdf
5,89 MB 14 pages (English) - The important note is “Note that plans presented cannot serve as blueprints for other projects but only provide some ideas on dimension and design of deyhdration toilets.”
- Plans cover:
- Double-vault , Bohol, Philippines (DILG-GTZ Water Program, Municiplaitiy of Tagbilaran)
- with movable bins, Bohol, Philippines. (DILG-GTZ Water Program, Municiplaitiy of Tagbilaran)
- Urine diversion dyhdration toilets in Navsarjan Primary School, India (Report on Case Studies of ecosan Pilot Projects in India,
Martin Wafler, 2006) - double vault , Chile (CETAL)
- double vault with evapotranspiration bed for anal cleansing water, Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (ENPHO)
- that is Double vault , demonstration toilet, Kalungu Girls Secondary School, Uganda (TBL, Markus Lechner)
- with movable container, Kalungu Girls Secondary School, Uganda (TBL, Markus Lechner)
- with movable container, Kalungu Girls Secondary School, Uganda (TBL, Markus Lechner)
- and shower block, Luzira, Uganda (Ministry of Water, Lands and Environment)
- Dehydration toilets – User instructions – selected examples
en-ecosan-tds-02-c2-dehydration-toilets-user-instructions-2006.pdf
6,42 MB 11 pages (English)
- Content includes:
- colored posters in one of the common languages of the country produced in, viewable on a stands size copy paper.
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- Philippines: ecosan – user guidelines for cleaning device
- Philippines: ecosan – dos and don’t when using – for men and women
- Benin: ecosan -usage (by male) and cleaning overview
- Nepal: Urine diversion dehydration toilets poster – do’s and don’t when using- for men
(reduce in size – text is not legible ) - South Africa: Urine diversion dehydration toilets-
3diagrams and one Q &A sheet about use, misuses , functionality, and care/maintenance
- Technical drawings of urine diversion dehydration toilets on SuSanA website:
www.susana.org/technical-drawings
0 MB xpages - Web page with links to a number of plans including Constructed Wetlands, Biogas fixed dome plants, as well as UDDTs
Technology Review 3: Composting toilets
- Basic overview of composting toilets
Version of 28 October 2009
gtz2009-en-technology-review-composting-toilets.pdf
0,64 MB 15 pages (English) - Contents includes:
- Introduction, Overview & General recommendations for operation 6 paages
- Single-vault composting toilets 2 page
- Multiple-vault composting toilets 1 page
- Mobile bucket or bin toilets followed by composting of the excreta 2 page
- Composting toilets with mechanical devices 3 pages
- Appendix: Range of manufacturers and commercially available composting toilets
Version of 1 December 2009
gtz2009-technology-review-composting-toilets-appendix.pdf
0,41 MB 7 pages (English) - Content includes:
- 17 or so vendor products with contact information
- with bullet-ed feature list and photo
- from America and Europe and Australia
Technology Review 4: Biogas sanitation
- Biogas sanitation for black water or brown water, or excreta treatment and reuse in developing countries
Draft version of 13 December 2009
gtz2009-en-technology-review-biogas-sanitation.pdf
0,13 MB 8 pages (English) - Overview:
- A short introduction designed for people who “….want to get an overview of biogas sanitation, their
different designs, their application, maintenance, efficiency and technical components”
- A short introduction designed for people who “….want to get an overview of biogas sanitation, their
Technologie Review 5: Constructed wetlands
- Constructed wetlands for greywater and domestic wastewater treatment in developing countries
Draft version of 16 December 2009
gtz2009-en-technology-review-constructed-wetlands-version-2.pdf
2,00 MB 17 pages (English) - Partial content:
- Introduction to constructed wetlands (CWs)
- Design, operation and maintenance of CWs
- Plants used in CWs
- Subsurface flow constructed wetlands (SSF CWs) (horizontal vertical hybrid)
- Free water surface constructed wetlands (FWS CWs)
- Costs and project examples
NOTES:
They, GTZ, suggests the site http://www.susana.org/lang-en/working-groups for in depth information. SuSanA (Sustainable Sanitation Alliance) has formed working groups for a range topics centered on sanitation. Their admirable and hopefully achievable goal is to “…provide deliverables that underline the problems and opportunities …” for these topics. The working groups break out as follows:
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- Working group 1 - capacity development
- Working group 2 - costs and economics
- Working group 3 – renewable energies, climate change and groundwater protection
- Working group 4 – sanitation systems, technology options, hygiene and health
- Working group 5 – food security and productive sanitation systems
- Working group 6 – sustainable sanitation for cities and planning
- Working group 7 – community, rural and school sanitation
- Working group 8 - sustainable sanitation in emergency and reconstruction situations
- Working group 9 - sanitation as a business
- Working group 10 – public awareness and sanitation marketing
- Working group 11 - operation and maintenance of sustainable sanitation
- Working group 12 – gender aspects of sustainable sanitation
Ecosan /”ecological sanitation” posters published on slideshare
here is a great set of Ecosan /”ecological sanitation” posters published on slideshare
by India Water Portal - IWP homepage more IWP slideshare slides & presentations
DRY TOILET 2009 Conference proceedings and presentations
The proceedings from the DRY TOILET 2009 conference held by Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland are available They are a great resource and available at http://huussi.net/tapahtumat/DT2009/full.html
The summary is also avaliable in – suomi (Finish) and Russian as a pdf
The Suomi version of the home page is http://www.huussi.net/
| Session | Presentations
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| 1 PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL SANITATION IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE MDG’S |
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India, Namibia, Finland, Tajikistan, Nepal, Uganda |
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| 2 HEALTH AND SAFETY ASPECTS RELATED TO DRY SANITATION |
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Philippines, India, Argentina, Belarus, Nigeria | |
| 3 IMPLEMENTING ECOLOGICAL SANITATION IN EMERGENCIES |
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Pakistan, Bangladesh, Chad |
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| 4a PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN RE-USE OF EXCRETA | ||
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Mexico, Benin, Ethiopia |
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| 4b PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN RE-USE OF EXCRETA continues |
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Finland, Kenya, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Sri Lanka |
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| 5 CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING ECOLOGICAL SANITATION |
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Mexico, Columbia, Zambia |
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| 6 GENDER ASPECTS RELATED TO DRY SANITATION |
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Nepal, Uganda, Bangladesh |
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| 7a TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DRY TOILETS |
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Kenya and Bangladesh and others |
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| 7b TECHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DRY TOILETS continues |
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Finland, Ethiopia, Inner Mongolia, China |
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| 8 CAPACITY BUILDING |
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Sweden, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania,Kenya, India |
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| Side event SUSTAINABLE SANITATION FOR TOURISM AND RECREATION |
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Scotland, Republic of Karelia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Finland |
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Ecosan toilet – video primer on design and use
This is a great introduction to use and building/design of an ecosan dry/composting toilet
water sanitation new
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