E4C Visualized: The Circular Sanitation Economy
The world has a major problem with waste—specifically, human waste. Of the 7.6 billion people on the planet, more...
Engineering for Change
Interest: Sanitation
About one in three people worldwide don’t have access to improved sanitation, but managing waste could solve a lot of the world’s health problems. For all of its importance, the issue still gets little attention. We have the solutions. Good, low-cost latrines have been built worldwide, latrines that do not require an expensive sewage system because they compost waste to convert it into safe fertilizer. The toilets of the world’s future might look reminiscent of the toilets of the past, and that’s a testament to user-centered design.
Interest: Sanitation
Soap Plus a Cheese Grater Makes an Award-Winning Design for ...
A soap dispenser built around a spring-loaded cheese grater won a design contest in Kampala. The soap dispenser is simple, affordable and already scaling up to serve 200 locations...
Five Notes on the Inextricable Link Between WASH and COVID-1...
One of the newer sad facts about poverty is that it makes the coronavirus harder to contain. Three billion people do not have access to handwashing facilities at home,...
How to Provide Affordable WASH Solutions to All in Need
Growing up in northern India, rainy days did not mean floating the paper boats or jumping into the puddles, but trying to wade through dirty wastewater and staying healthy...
No More Access Denied: Providing Sanitation to India and 4.2...
Today is World Toilet Day celebrated by the United Nations and WASH practitioners all around the world. Growing up as a little girl in India, I accompanied my uncle...
E4C Now Offers a Database of Field Manuals for Design and Co...
Swapping hard drives is a common exchange between humanitarian professionals working in remote regions. “Do you have any movies? Music?” When the professionals happen to be engineers or architects...
EcoSanitation: Trading “Flush and Forget” for “Cycle a...
“Flush and forget” or “drop and store” are some of the most common strategies for human waste “treatment” around the globe. These approaches can be seen in massive sewer...
A Systemic Approach Towards Sanitation
Sewers are expensive, and their high cost is one of the biggest obstacles in the way of building toilets...
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The Circular Economy Can Solve Food and Water Problems in Rajasthan, Malawi and the World
I lived in the western Indian state of Rajasthan for most of 2006-07. To say that it quickly became...
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Stemming the tide of trash: 5 essential reads on recycling
A year after China upended global materials markets by banning imports of much solid waste, the effects are still...
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There’s a Better Way to Manage Human Waste
I come from the highest caste of Brahmins in India. India has always been a caste-based society, historically divided...
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Rooted in Research, Handwashing Stations Designed to Encourage Kids to Wash Their Hands
Update May 2020: Splash Social Enterprises seeks a Project Manager to head the development of a new handwashing station...
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A Prototypical Waste Recycling Process Could Clean Up the Stainless Steel Industry
Note: This technology is one of our Promising Prototypes to Watch in 2019. See the full list at the...
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Promising Prototypes to Watch in 2019
The technologies that improve lives in the world’s underserved communities are born as prototypes that evolve through testing and...
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How Design Decisions Affect the Usability of Sanitation Devices
Design decisions have created limitations in sanitation products for underserved communities. These decisions affect who uses the products, how...
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Are one-size-fits-all metrics for global WASH really appropriate?
If you’ve ever wondered where global WASH statistics come from, you’re not alone. For example: In 2015, 844 million...
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Biological Waste to Biogas: A Solution to Self-Sustainable Energy in Rural India
“Independence begins at the bottom. A society must be built in which every village has to be self-sustained and...
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