Engineering:Loowatt

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Short description: Waterless toilet company

Loowatt is a waterless toilet company, using a container-based sanitation model in which the containers holding waste are periodically removed for treatment. Waste from the toilet can be sent to an anaerobic digester to create biogas.[1][2][3][4][5]

In 2012, the company started a trial project in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

In July 2013, the company received a grant of US$1,269,936 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to design and build a "commodity-generating waterless toilet system".[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Allison Arieff (17 January 2015). "Showers on Wheels". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/17/opinion/showers-on-wheels.html. "The innovations here lie in the waterless toilet that provides a hygienic and odorless experience and the value-generating treatment solution that supports the toilet." 
  2. ↑ Hickey, Shane (6 July 2014). "Waterless toilet to set bog standard at Latitude festival". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/06/loowatt-waterless-toilet-virginia-gardiner-latitude-festival. "Journalist-turned-innovator Virginia Gardiner has received backing from the Gates Foundation for Loowatt – an invention that generates power from the waste we produce" 
  3. ↑ Riley, Tess (19 November 2014). "Waterless toilets turn human waste into energy and fertiliser". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/nov/19/waterless-toilets-turn-human-waste-into-energy-and-fertiliser. "...UK-based Loowatt has also developed a hygienic waterless toilet system, although this one also generates energy" 
  4. ↑ "The Lab: Loowatt's waterless toilet". Sky News. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/lab-loowatts-waterless-toilet-134607891.html. 
  5. ↑ Fallon, Sean. "Loowatt: The Benefits Of Pooping In a Toilet Made From Poop". Gizmodo. https://gizmodo.com/5302956/loowatt-the-benefits-of-pooping-in-a-toilet-made-from-poop. 
  6. ↑ "Grant - Loowat Ltd. - OPP1083134". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1083134. 
  7. ↑ "Waterless toilet backed by Bill Gates lauded at New Energy & Cleantech Awards". growthbusiness.co.uk. http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/news-and-market-deals/business-news/2462307/waterless-toilet-backed-by-bill-gates-lauded-at-new-energy-and-cleantech-awards.thtml. 
  8. ↑ Robbins, David M.; Ligon, Grant C. (15 March 2014). How to Design Wastewater Systems for Local Conditions in Developing Countries. IWA Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 978-1780404769. https://books.google.com/books?id=SSsDAwAAQBAJ&q=Loowatt&pg=PA64. 

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