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I'm extremely fascinated by this topic. It's amazing how something as simple as a toilet, that we take for granted everyday, is such a monumentally difficult t
by skc 9y ago
I'm extremely fascinated by this topic.
It's amazing how something as simple as a toilet, that we take for granted everyday, is such a monumentally difficult thing to re-engineer cheaply for the world's poor.
- erikpukinskis 9y agoThat's because our toilets are unsustainable. The problems of the poor are hard to solve because the rich solve problems by pushing them off onto the poor. The poor don't have anyone to push their shit on because they are the people shit gets pushed on.
- jessaustin 9y agoIf we're still talking about toilets, this really depends on local conditions. In USA east of the Rockies, typical flush toilets aren't inherently problematic. In areas with less water, they are.
- true_religion 9y agoIt's an outhouse with a bag. The challenges of developing nations aren't technological, they are poor infrastructure or organizational. It's been said... building a toilet is easy. Keeping it clean and operational for years is hard.
- kwhitefoot 9y agoMany cabins in the mountains in Norway use thick plastic bags that you just tie off and dump in a skip when you leave. At least they did last time I rented one twenty years ago, so the general idea is not new. Sealing the waste in with a biodegradable film is a neat idea though and makes a lot of sense for a hot climate.
- nazgul17 9y agoWhat is a "skip" in this context? Not a native speaker here, sorry
- speakeron 9y ago> What is a "skip" in this context? Not a native speaker here, sorry https://www.google.ch/search?q=skip&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiF297JktnUAhXJJ8AKHcTQC1MQ_AUICigB&biw=1480&bih=1025 https://www.google.ch/search?q=skip&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=...
- Avshalom 9y agoKnown as a honey bucket in Alaska.
- Avshalom 9y agoTo be fair toilets are in fact dead simple, it's the plumbing that's a bitch.