Safer sanitation in slums and emergency settings with Peepoo bags Appropriate Technology, Vol 36, No 4, p. 38 von Münch, E., Wirseen, C., Patel, D., Wheaton, A., Jachnow, A. (2009)
In most of the urban slums of countries like Kenya and Bangladesh there is a huge lack of sanitation facilities like toilets, and this leads to problems of the safe disposal of faeces and hence major public health problems. Public toilets are a long term solution but not always feasible in the short term and may be closed or too dangerous at night time. Recently, a novel idea has been tried - the use of a self-sanitising, single-use, biodegradable 'toilet bag'. Researchers have conducted two field tests in Kenya and Bangladesh and the results are reported here.
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von Münch, E., Wirseen, C., Patel, D., Wheaton, A., Jachnow, A. (2009). Safer sanitation in slums and emergency settings with Peepoo bags Appropriate Technology, Vol 36, No 4, p. 38
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