“peepoop” Sanitation for the Third World?
source: http://ecofuture.net/osquee/2009/08/12/peepoop-sanitation-for-the-third-world/
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Over 65% of Third World citizens do not have access to safe sanitation systems… Water-borne sanitation it too expensive to install in low cost urban housing areas… Moreover, dense population together with corrupt governments lead to local bullies taking hold of such rare facilities… And every 15 seconds a child dies due to contaminated water.
So peepoople -working in close cooperation with SEC Soweto East in Kibera, Nairobi, Communication consultant LOWE Brindfors, Technical development consultant SemconCaran, Chemical company BASF, Bioplastic producer Tenova- came up with an idea called “peepoop bag” which is basically a plastic bag, “that sanitise the human excreta shortly after the defecation, preventing the faeces from contaminating the immediate as well as the larger environment”.
They seem to have many practical advantages. By means of the chemicals inside waste born pathogens are killed over a period of a couple hours to a few weeks. It is partly biodegradable ( made of 45% renewable materials at the moment). When degrade in the soil, the ammonia byproduct acts as a fertiliser. Moreover, it is way economical than establishing the infrastructure for wastemanagement and sanitary systems.
However, there is something that makes me feel uneasy about this product. And it is not just the culturally unacceptable idea of defecating in a 34 cm plastic bag.
This thing is simply not sustainable.
for full article: http://ecofuture.net/osquee/2009/08/12/peepoop-sanitation-for-the-third-world/
So peepoople -working in close cooperation with SEC Soweto East in Kibera, Nairobi, Communication consultant LOWE Brindfors, Technical development consultant SemconCaran, Chemical company BASF, Bioplastic producer Tenova- came up with an idea called “peepoop bag” which is basically a plastic bag, “that sanitise the human excreta shortly after the defecation, preventing the faeces from contaminating the immediate as well as the larger environment”.
They seem to have many practical advantages. By means of the chemicals inside waste born pathogens are killed over a period of a couple hours to a few weeks. It is partly biodegradable ( made of 45% renewable materials at the moment). When degrade in the soil, the ammonia byproduct acts as a fertiliser. Moreover, it is way economical than establishing the infrastructure for wastemanagement and sanitary systems.
However, there is something that makes me feel uneasy about this product. And it is not just the culturally unacceptable idea of defecating in a 34 cm plastic bag.
This thing is simply not sustainable.
for full article: http://ecofuture.net/osquee/2009/08/12/peepoop-sanitation-for-the-third-world/
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