Dear water professional,
How will we meet sanitation needs worldwide? The solution is not a one-size-fits-all, but an increasingly supported train of thought is that instead of pursuing better and safer methods to dispose of waste, we should be actively looking at waste as the mine of resources it actually is.
What if human faeces are turned into charcoal for your next BBQ grilling? What if ammonia intrinsic in urine is used to sanitise the faecal sludge that can then be used as a sustainable fertiliser in agriculture? What if the waste collected from festival toilets is dried with solar energy and converted into pellets, which - if used widely as fuel for central heating systems - could go a long way to mitigate our dependance on fossil fuels?
From questions like these, hundreds of innovations have emerged across the world to help meet the growing waste and sanitation challenges we face, while creating job opportunities and an environmentally healthier planet.
Come explore sustainable solutions for emerging economies at the IWA Water and Development Congress & Exhibition, 1-5 December 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Your IWA team
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