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Discovery and design of toilet malodor counteractants for managing offending smells and increasing consumer acceptance of reinvented toilets

2013 - 2016 • Firmenich

Purpose

To bring performing and affordable malodor counteracting solutions to the beneficiaries of the Foundation’s WSH initiatives by making the use of affected toilets a more desirable experience.

Activities

Conclusions:

- The fecal reconstitution (4 molecules) produced similar results as the latrine reconstitution (same 4 molecules + 4 others found in latrines sludge) in every country.
- A reconstitution with butyric acid, p-cresol, indole and dimethyl trisulfide can evoke an olfactory experience similar to the one during the use of latrines in three different continents.
- This confirms and consolidates previous studies on fecal odors that butyric acid, p-cresol, indole and dimethyl trisulfide are strong contributors to the human fecal odor.
- Stable synthetic reconstitution of pit-latrine malodor is essential for perfume creation, the development of odor control method and for a better understanding of the perception of the latrine malodor.

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Objectives

The purpose of this project is to bring performing and affordable malodor counteracting solutions to the beneficiaries of the Foundation’s WSH initiatives by making the use of affected toilets a more desirable experience.

Further information

Collaborators:
Dr. Myles F. Elledge, Senior Director of RTIInternational (USA), for helping us organize the survey in Ahmadabad; Ritu A. Sinha, Head-Strategic Alliances, RTI India;
the team from SEWA (Self Employed Women Association) in Ahmadabad for organizing the odor sampling;
in Durban, South Africa, Prof. Chris Buckley of the University of KwaZulu Environmental Natal for coordinating the odor sampling, along with Dr. Lungi Zuma from e Thekwini Municipality.

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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation East Asia & Pacific Europe & Central Asia Fundamental research and engineering Global Private sector, including social enterprises Product design and engineering Sub-Saharan Africa

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