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. Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development Foundation, Inc., WAND
We were one of the Grand Challenges Explorations Round 7 (GCE7) winners and received a US$100,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for to work on the project “Ecological Sanitation for the Base of the Pyramid”.
This project allowed us continuing our research on the high-grade production of human-waste-mixed organic fertiliser mentioned in my earlier post. But we did not only develop SaniFert, but carried out other activities and I would like to share here some experiences and results.
During 1 year (March 2011 – October 2012), we explored the viability of low-cost dry toilets and the use of human waste in small-scale agri-silviculture by designing and installing dry toilets, developing a process for high-grade fertiliser production from human faeces, conducting crop trials, testing secondary treatment with vermi-composting, researching odour minimization, and mainstreaming ecological sanitation in local micro-finance institutions.
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Food security and productive sanitationEmergency and reconstructionSpecific to one or several countriesToilets or urinals (user interface)Treatment of wastewater or greywaterResource recovery Food security and productive sanitation (WG5)Composting, vermicomposting (solid waste), composting toiletsUrine diversion dehydration toilets (UDDTs) Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationFaeces or faecal sludgeUrineCamps (emergency or longer term)Peri-urbanUrban informal settlements (slums)PractitionersFertiliserLocal NGO
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