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 and fertilizer.
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".
References
- Allison Arieff (17 January 2015). "Showers on Wheels". The New York Times.
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.
- Hickey, Shane (6 July 2014). "Waterless toilet to set bog standard at Latitude festival". The Guardian.
Journalist-turned-innovator Virginia Gardiner has received backing from the Gates Foundation for Loowatt – an invention that generates power from the waste we produce
- Riley, Tess (19 November 2014). "Waterless toilets turn human waste into energy and fertiliser". The Guardian.
...UK-based Loowatt has also developed a hygienic waterless toilet system, although this one also generates energy
- "The Lab: Loowatt's waterless toilet". Sky News. April 2014 – via Yahoo! News.
- Fallon, Sean. "Loowatt: The Benefits Of Pooping In a Toilet Made From Poop". Gizmodo.
- "Grant - Loowat Ltd. - OPP1083134". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- "Waterless toilet backed by Bill Gates lauded at New Energy & Cleantech Awards". growthbusiness.co.uk. May 2014.
- 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 – via Google Books.
External links
- https://loowatt.com/ - official website
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