The numbers don’t change much year after year; billions of people are still left behind and the half-hearted efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 are bound to fail just like the failure of the Millennium Development Goals Billions of people around the world still lack access to a healthy life and basic… Continue reading Sanitation and Water shame: billions still left out in the 21st century
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Britain’s public toilet shame: time for equal access to decent facilities for all
Natalie Boyd Williams, University of Stirling; Heather Roxburgh, University of Stirling, and Jennifer Dickie, University of Stirling Research work exploring sustainable ways of managing human waste, pointed to an important topic for reflection post lockdown: the inadequate provision of safe, clean public toilets in the UK that are fit for purpose As lockdown began to… Continue reading Britain’s public toilet shame: time for equal access to decent facilities for all
Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar, India need alternative sanitation system
Flood is a recurring threat to the sustainability of open defecation free status in Bihar. Unique toilets, built on elevation, can show the way ahead The Bihar deluge is here again: Water levels in several rivers have risen dangerously and breached embankments at many places. North Bihar is the worst threatened by floods in the state.… Continue reading Why alluvial flood plains of north Bihar, India need alternative sanitation system
A global ‘toilet revolution’ is underway – but it’s polluting water and ignoring the urban poor
Deljana Iossifova, University of Manchester; Purva Dewoolkar, University of Manchester, and Youcao Ren, University of Manchester It’s great that countries are backing the global drive for universal access to sanitation. But at the heart of these aims must be a desire to protect the environment and improve the health and wellbeing of the people –… Continue reading A global ‘toilet revolution’ is underway – but it’s polluting water and ignoring the urban poor
Sanitation shock: Half of global population lack access to safe sanitation
Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a new report by UNICEF and the World Health Organization. Some 2.2 billion people around the world do not have safely managed* drinking water services, 4.2 billion people do not have safely managed sanitation services,… Continue reading Sanitation shock: Half of global population lack access to safe sanitation
620 million children’s education and health compromised by lack of decent school toilets
The health, education and safety of millions of children around the world is threatened because they don’t have a decent toilet at school or at home, according to WaterAid’s State of the World’s Toilets 2018 report. The Crisis in the Classroom, WaterAid’s fourth-annual analysis of the world’s toilets released ahead of World Toilet Day, highlights… Continue reading 620 million children’s education and health compromised by lack of decent school toilets
Why Toilet is not a Prem Katha (Love Story)
Open defecation is bad and unhealthy, researches have established. But this is a complex issue which governments have to deal in a sensitive and humane manner. A few days before the release of his Hindi movie, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar was seen in a guest appearance as a district magistrate in… Continue reading Why Toilet is not a Prem Katha (Love Story)
Toilets that churn gold for the soil
Nidhi Jamwal On an average, the annual faecal matter and urine of one human being contains 4.6 kg nitrogen, 0.6 kg phosphorous and 1.3 kg potassium, all recyclable. Till two years ago, Kairi, a Tharu tribe village of 138 families in Pashchim Champaran, Bihar, did not have even a single toilet. Fed up of the… Continue reading Toilets that churn gold for the soil
Swachh Bharat: It’s Time To Stop Sweeping Accountability Aside
Amitangshu Acharya and Depinder Kapur Accounting for toilets on paper is a poor substitute to accountability. By enabling the latter, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan can make a real difference In February 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was replying to the Lok Sabha debate on the president’s address. While responding to Mulayam Singh Yadav’s criticism of his… Continue reading Swachh Bharat: It’s Time To Stop Sweeping Accountability Aside
Entrepreneurial companies seeks sanitation startups
1st Global Toilet Business, Innovation and Investment Summit investigates smart toilets, sanitation in the circular economy, and catalyses new partnerships. Biocycle, SafiSana, Samagra, Sanergy and Sanivation announced as the 2017 Toilet Accelerator cohort Toilet Board Coalition will make a public commitment at first ever Global Citizen Festival India The First Global Toilet Business, Innovation and… Continue reading Entrepreneurial companies seeks sanitation startups
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