{"id":2943,"date":"2018-11-20T06:08:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T06:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/?p=2943"},"modified":"2021-12-01T12:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:35:57","slug":"profiting-from-poo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/india\/en\/story\/2943\/profiting-from-poo\/","title":{"rendered":"Profiting From Poo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human excreta are considered as one of the filthiest and most problematic aspects of waste disposal. Urban India is struggling with it and majority of the urban human excreta are disposed of in the water bodies with minimal or without proper treatment, contaminating the water bodies with dangerous pathogens. Similar is the case with our rural areas which gets even lesser attention from the policy makers and implementers. And unfortunately, this is true for all conventional toilet designs; leave aside the social and environmental issues associated with open defecation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSanitation is more important than independence\u201d<\/p>\n

-Mahatma Gandhi<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sanitation<\/strong>, the topic that is often neglected and shrouded in taboos:<\/p>\n

November 19th has been declared as the \u2018World Toilet Day\u2019, to raise awareness and inspire action to tackle the global sanitation crisis. Farmers of Bihar\u2019s Living Soils Model village, Kedia<\/a> are transforming the poo into a profitable endeavor<\/strong>. How? They are using Faydemand Shauchalay<\/em> (Profitable Toilets) using Swachh Bharat Abhiyan grants<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Graphical representation of ecological sanitation toilet model<\/p><\/div>\n

It is a variant of ecological sanitation toilets which segregates human urine, feces and wash water at source. The urine is used as a fertilizer supplement while the feces are composted for making high quality soil conditioner. The wash water, after treatment, is used for watering non-fruit plants and trees.<\/p>\n

Assuming that you already know, in this blog entry, neither will I be mentioning other benefits of open defecation free communities nor will I touch upon the economic implications of the open defecation related ailments.<\/p>\n

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Picture of Ecosan Toilet<\/p><\/div>\n

The positive effect of using urine is that the phosphorous is in a plant usable form, requiring no additional processing before it can be absorbed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Some interesting statistics:<\/p>\n