Agriculture
January 19, 2024
Clean Team Toilet and Clean Team Toilet Waste Management Service
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Clean Team Ghana
Updated on December 21, 2023
·Created on September 30, 2018
The S.P.U.D. toilet is a solar powered, urine diverting toilet.
The S.P.U.D. toilet, produced by African Sanitation Outsourcing, is a self-contained urine-diverting unit. The toilet is solar powered to dry and process the waste anaerobically, and composts waste to be disposed of by users.
Target SDGs
SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Target Users (Target Impact Group)
Household
Distributors / Implementing Organizations
The toilet is produced and sold by African Sanitation Outsourcing.
Manufacturing/Building Method
The toilet components are manufactured using plastic injection molding, and the manufacturer has a production capacity of 20.000 units per month.
Intellectural Property Type
Trademark
User Provision Model
The toilets are sold by the manufacturer directly to user, who install the units themselves.
Distributions to Date Status
One thousand toilets have been distributed across 5 South African provinces.
Toilet type
Toilet
Evacuation method
Dry
Storage conditions
Container storage
Capacity (L)
Unknown
Time until emptying
4 weeks composting process
Design Specifications
The S.P.U.D. toilet was designed and tested over six years to meet users' needs in a water-stressed environment. The toilets compost waste and were designed to be manufactured locally with plastic injection molding.
Technical Support
The manufacturer provides a cleaning, maintenance and reporting service contract which services toilets monthly for approximately 70 USD per month.
Replacement Components
Replacement components are available for sale, and are covered under a 12-month warranty.
Lifecycle
Unknown
Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters
The toilet was designed to meet performance targets related to water consumption, functionality independent of sewage infrastructure, and cost of toilet services for users experiencing poverty and unemployment.
Vetted Performance Status
The S.P.U.D. toilet performance meets ISO requirements for a quality management system.
Safety
The main sanitary concern with a urine-diverting toilet is if the urine separator becomes contaminated with fecal matter, it must be cleaned by the user to function properly. This would involve users coming into contact with unsanitary waste.
Complementary Technical Systems
The toilet is integrated with 2 complimentary systems: a 9kW 3-phase electric battery system and a JORA 500 composting machine, which together further enhance the composting process.
Academic Research and References
None.
Compliance with regulations
The toilet meets international standard ISO 9001:2000, related to regulatory requirements and customer satisfaction.
Evaluation methods
The toilets are evaluated visually by the manufacturer each month during the service visit to households.
Other Information
None.
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