Welcome another week to our blog. Yes, you read correctly, the toilet without water is a reality and not only that, this new toilet has other features that are sure to surprise you. To continue in our sustainable line of recent months, today we will present one of the inventions that can revolutionize the future of toilets in the short term. If you want to know the details about the WC without water, devote 5 minutes to read this post.
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The project
According to some estimates, some 2,300 million people do not have access to a sanitation system that guarantees minimum hygiene conditions.
The project, developed by the British University of Cranfield , is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The invention manages to eliminate waste without using water and without the need to be connected to the sanitation network. As you will understand, it is something that caught our attention. In Econet Desatascos we work daily in the cleaning of pipes in the province of Barcelona and the fact of not being connected to a sewerage network is disturbing. Therefore, we want to check if in the future this system will be as reliable as the current toilet.
The intention of the project was to implement it in Africa at the end of 2016. The project has been around for 4 years and is still undergoing tests, although we will surely see its results soon. Well, we'll be attentive!
How does it work
The Nano Membrane Toilet is an ecological invention that uses human waste to generate energy, clean water and fertilizer without using water, external energy or being connected to a sanitation network.
Once you close the lid, the toilet starts to work. The waste passes through a rotation mechanism that prevents the exit of bad odors. The waste is filtered through a nanomembrane that evaporates the liquids converting them into vapor. The solid part is completely free of liquids, that is when each part is treated separately through two novel mechanisms.
The evaporated liquid part is directed to a chamber where, thanks to hydrophilic miniparticles, they convert this steam into water suitable for irrigation or cleaning.
On the other hand, solids are directed to this second chamber where they are incinerated, generating low voltage energy . This energy is used to run the toilet and can even generate energy to charge small devices.
The leftovers of this process end up turned into ashes, which can be used as fertilizers. Here we leave you a video so you can better understand how it works.
conclusion
The main objective of this project is to commit to ecosaneamiento and sustainability. One of the main advantages of this system is the incredible water saving it would entail and the possibility of taking it to areas without resources. This type of system could be implemented in countries without access to sources of running water, electricity or a sewage network to evacuate waste. This fantastic invention would help to reduce pollution in these countries, a considerable saving of water and energy, in addition to the reuse of waste, thus betting on the circular economy.
The saving that this invention would imply in series consumption impossible to calculate, but without a doubt, it would be a revolution.
This invention would avoid pouring a large amount of sewage, of which much, end up in our oceans, rivers or filtered through the earth. Keep an eye on their progress, as we may soon hear about the Nano Membrane Toilet again.