Although global sanitary conditions have improved considerably over
the past several decades, 2.6 billion people still have no access to toilets
and 70% live in cities without proper sanitation facilities. Lack of sanitation
causes environmental pollution, social problems, unsafe surroundings and
substantially more potential for epidemics. Indeed, one child dies every 15
seconds as a result of consuming water polluted with human excreta. Diarrheal
diseases cause up to 50% of all deaths in emergency, refugee and IDP camp
situations – more than 80% of them children under two years of age. for
epidemics. Indeed, one child dies every 15 seconds as a result of consuming
water polluted with human excreta. Diarrheal diseases cause up to 50% of all
deaths in emergency, refugee and IDP camp situations – more than 80% of them children
under twoyears of age. PeePoo
Bags Sterilize
and Compost Human Waste Where Toilets Are a Luxury.
Sometimes we don't know how fortunate we are! From
PeePoo's site: 'The mismanagement of
human waste is a serious health problem for the 2.6 billion people who don't
have regular access to toilets. In fact, in the slums of Kenya, waste
management is so haphazard that residents dispose of feces-filled plastic bags
by simply flinging the bags away without concern about where they land. And
it was discovering those flying sacks of waste that inspired Anders Wilhelmson
to invent the PeePoo, a chemically treated
toilet bag that sterilizes human waste and converts it to fertilizer, all for
only two or three pence. 
Peepoo is a personal,
single-use, self-sanitising, fully biodegradable toilet that prevents faeces
from contaminating the immediate area as well as the surrounding ecosystem.
After use, Peepoo turns into valuable fertiliser that can improve livelihoods
and increase food security. The
secret of the PeePoo lies with the urea coating on the inside of the bag. Once
its filled and buried, enzymes in feces naturally breakdown the urea into
ammonia and carbonate. This raises the pH in the bag, killing any pathogens.
Once the urea decontaminates the waste, the bag biodegrades, and the remaining
ammonia fertilizes the soil. Most
importantly, because these problems affect the poorest 40 percent of the world
population, the bag is cheap. By producing the bags so inexpensively,
Wilhelmson hopes to both help the world and turn a profit. And considering the
market for low cost toilets runs into the trillions of dollars, there is
certainly profit to be made. The
lack of sanitation creates tremendous problems worldwide including
environmental pollution, great social problems and unsafe surroundings, as well
as greatly increasing the outbreak of lethal epidemic diseases such as cholera
Without toilets, individuals and their environment are at risk from
contamination of fresh water and ground water. That’s because human faeces
contain infectious and often deadly pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, worms
and parasites. 
Every year, 1.5 million
children die from diarrhea caused by poor sanitation. Through amazingly cheap
production and simple design, Wilhemson hopes that the PeePoo won't just save
lives, but allow the people suffering through the problem of waste
mismanagement to save those lives themselves. Women, adolescent girls and
children are the most vulnerable group suffering from lack of basic sanitation
in several ways. One child dies every 15 seconds due to contaminated water from
human excreta. Up to 50% of all deaths in emergency,
refugee and IDP camp situations are caused by diarrhoeal diseases. More than 80
percent of these deaths are children under two years of age.'
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