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2011 - 2013
IResI
Sewage containment and mineralization device (SeCoM)


To develop a fully autonomous, low maintenance, micro-sanitation and water re-purification system that will mineralize the organic matter from a single defecation and repurify the urine and flush water by entirely physical (non-microbial) processes.

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2011 - 2013
New Life International
Overcoming a strategic roadblock to idealized sanitation


The project works with Injection Molding Techniques. It will create an inherently low friction

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2011 - 2013
University of California Santa Barbara
Microorganisms with semiconducting membranes


Introducing artificial molecular wires into the membranes of microbes within a waste treatment system as a way to break down organic contaminants and catalytically convert the metabolic energy in those microbes into electrical energy.

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2011 - 2013
Duke University
Effective sewage sanitation with low CO2 footprint


Provide proof of concept of anaerobic digestion coupled with heat sterilization for a self-sanitizing system for developing communities.

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2011 - 2013
University of California - Berkeley (UCB)
Disinfection of latrine faecal sludge with ammonia naturally present in excreta (Safe Sludge)


Ammonia (NH3) is a powerful disinfectant that can be produced from mixing urine and feces and adding an alkalinizing agent to raise the pH level. The safe sludge is compatible with downstream treatment and resource recovery.

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2011 - 2013
Quantitative BioSciences
Algae for the effective and economical treatment of waste


Developing a full-scale demonstration of a “waste farm” that will cultivate algae for the production of bioenergy and a valuable live feed crop for the local community using waste as the feedstock.

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2011 - 2013
Live & Learn Environmental Education
Energy recovery and waste treatment with floating biodigesters


Improving the sanitation of water-based and floodprone communities through floating, small-scale biodigesters where excreta is converted into biogas for energy and into fertilizer.

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2011 - 2013
University of Durham
Something from Nothing


To develop a macroporous scaffold that can support bacterial cells and metal nanoparticles that work together to catalyze conversion of fecal sludge into hydrogen for electricity.

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2011 - 2013
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Increase of biogas production using low cost nanoparticles


To increase the production of biogas from sludge and other organic solid wastes using low cost iron oxide biocompatible nanoparticles (FeNPs) and the simultaneous production of high quality sanitized compost.

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2011 - 2013
Naval Research Laboratory in Washington
Hybrid anaerobic digester-microbial fuel cell for energy and nutrient capture


To develop a low-cost wastewater treatment system comprised of an anaerobic digester that generates organically rich acids to power a microbial fuel cell.

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2011 - 2013
San Diego State University Foundation
Enhanced anaerobic digestion: a sanitation and energy recovery technology (ModAD)


The goal of this project is to modify and adapt an anaerobic digestion system that will treat waste and generate a reliable supply of biogas from the co-digestion of algal biomass and waste.

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2011 - 2013
Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Economic incentives for improved sanitation


Demonstrate that carboxylic acid fermentation can be adapted as a sanitation treatment to kill pathogens in waste and convert it to liquid fuels, compost, and potable water.

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2011 - 2013
University of Colorado Denver
Direct electricity from fecal sludge in bioelectric systems


To develop a low cost and easy-to-operate bioelectric reactor that uses microbes to break down waste and convert it to usable electricity and chemicals. An adequate solution for communities in need of sanitary waste disposal and energy supply.

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2011 - 2013
University of Calgary
Converting excreta to valuable products


To combine anaerobic micro-digesters and micro combined heat/power thermoelectric generation units into a single portable unit that can consume human excreta to generate electricity, heat, methane, fertilizer and water.

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2011 - 2013
re:char
Conversion of human excreta to energy and biochar


Purpose of the project is to use low-cost pyrolysis reactors to convert human waste into biochar, which can be used as a replacement for wood charcoal or chemical fertilizers.

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2010 - 2012
Women Engage for a Common Future »
Safe water and sanitation for all in Moldova


Mobilizing citizens and authorities from Moldova to respect and realize the right to access to safe water and sanitation for all

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2009 - 2012
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH »
SANIRESCH (SANItaryRecycling ESCHborn)


Demonstration project: Treatment and recycling of the urine, brown and greywater collected at the main building of the headquarters of GIZ in Eschborn, Germany.

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2011 - 2012
Nature Healing Nature »
Using waste to move waste (using urine to flush waste)


Designing a device that would utilize urine to flush waste through a pour-flush (PF) toilet thus reducing or eliminating the need for scarce flush water during the dry season in developing countries

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2011 - 2012
Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development Foundation, Inc. »
Ecological sanitation for the base of the pyramid (Closing the loop between sanitation & agriculture in Mindanao, the Philippines using lactic fermentation)


Exploring the viability of low-cost dry toilets and the use of human waste in small-scale agri-silviculture including crop trials; testing secondary treatment with vermi-composting and researching odour minimization.

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2011 - 2012
Sustainable Sanitation Design »
Slum sanitation with 100% safe reuse of nutrients (urea treatment and thermophillic composting of faecal sludge)


SuSan Design upgrades human excreta from pathogenic material to safe agricultural fertilizers and soil improvers in 45 days. Goal is to design and test such a low cost system for farmers.

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2011 - 2012
University of Eastern Africa, Baraton
Senecio Iyratipartitus extract for use after anal ablution


To produce a gel-based disinfectant from plant extracts of Senecio lyratipartitus which can be applied to hands. This hand disinfectant can reduce contamination associated with the practice of anal washing among certain communities.

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2011 - 2012
LAAMScience Inc.
Reusable self-decontaminating sanitary napkin


To develop a hygienic, reusable menstrual napkin to decrease the incidence of reproductive tract infections acquired from current menstrual practices in developing countries.

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2011 - 2012
Ghana Sustainable Aid Project
Prototype microflush-biofil toilet facilities


To develop and field test in Ghana a prototype toilet facility that incorporates a digester to decompose waste along with a microflush valve that uses minimal amounts of grey water from hand washing.

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2011 - 2012
Retina Pharma Inc
Lotus throne: A self-cleaning solution to sanitation


Testing UV-resistant super-water-repellent silica as a coating for toilets, which could reduce the amount of water needed to clean the toilets after use and improve the surface sanitation of the toilets.

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2011 - 2012
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Lego-like bricks made of bio-composites for pit latrines


Development of a fully biodegradable brick in the “Lego-like” shape for building pit latrines. Large-scale tests are being conducted in Brazil and Ethiopia.

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