![]() ![]() So a few years ago our foundation put out a call for new solution. Western toilets aren’t the answer, because they require a massive infrastructure of sewer lines and treatment plants that just isn’t feasible in many poor countries. ![]() ![]() If we can develop safe, affordable ways to get rid of human waste, we can prevent many of those deaths and help more children grow up healthy. The waste contaminates drinking water for millions of people, with horrific consequences: Diseases caused by poor sanitation kill some 700,000 children every year, and they prevent many more from fully developing mentally and physically. Why would anyone want to turn waste into drinking water and electricity?īecause a shocking number of people, at least 2 billion, use latrines that aren’t properly drained. ![]()
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