Loowatt is a waterless

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company, using a

container-based sanitation Container-based sanitation (abbreviated as CBS) refers to a sanitation system where toilets collect human excreta in sealable, removable containers (also called cartridges) that are transported to treatment facilities. This type of sanitation in ...

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

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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

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to design and build a "commodity-generating waterless toilet system".

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External links

* https://loowatt.com/ - official website Toilet types {{UK-company-stub