Loowatt

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Loowatt is a waterless toilet company, using a container-based sanitation model in which the containers holding waste are periodically removed for treatment. Waste from the toilet can be sent to an anaerobic digester to create biogas and fertilizer. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In 2012, the company started a trial project in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

In July 2013, the company received a grant of US$1,269,936 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to design and build a "commodity-generating waterless toilet system". [6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ Allison Arieff (17 January 2015). "Showers on Wheels". The New York Times . The innovations here lie in the waterless toilet that provides a hygienic and odorless experience and the value-generating treatment solution that supports the toilet.
  2. ↑ Hickey, Shane (6 July 2014). "Waterless toilet to set bog standard at Latitude festival". The Guardian . Journalist-turned-innovator Virginia Gardiner has received backing from the Gates Foundation for Loowatt – an invention that generates power from the waste we produce
  3. ↑ Riley, Tess (19 November 2014). "Waterless toilets turn human waste into energy and fertiliser". The Guardian . ...UK-based Loowatt has also developed a hygienic waterless toilet system, although this one also generates energy
  4. ↑ "The Lab: Loowatt's waterless toilet". Sky News. April 2014 – via Yahoo! News.
  5. ↑ Fallon, Sean. "Loowatt: The Benefits Of Pooping In a Toilet Made From Poop". Gizmodo.
  6. ↑ "Grant - Loowat Ltd. - OPP1083134". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  7. ↑ "Waterless toilet backed by Bill Gates lauded at New Energy & Cleantech Awards". growthbusiness.co.uk. May 2014.
  8. ↑ Robbins, David M.; Ligon, Grant C. (15 March 2014). How to Design Wastewater Systems for Local Conditions in Developing Countries. IWA Publishing. p. 64. ISBN   978-1780404769 – via Google Books.


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