Generation 2 Reinvented Toilet (G2RT) builds on the exceptional innovations developed during the original ‘Reinvent the Toilet’ challenge programme. Without inlet water or output sewer lines, G2RT is designed to be a new, affordable toilet. Could...
Using grey water, from hand washing or from showering, to flush toilets saves water but solid build-up could harm the pipes. This is according to a new paper in the Journal of Water Process Engineering by University of Cape Town (UCT) researchers...
Sanitation in South Africa is characterised by both achievements and challenges and in order to speed up the rate of success and overcome obstacles many believe the answers lay outside the public’s perceived notion of what “proper” sanitation is....
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is introducing a communal sanitation solution to communities as part of its drive to rid the city of bucket toilets by the end of the year. The municipality’s initiative to banish the metro of bucket toilets by...
Protesters handed over more than 3 000 submissions for improved toilets in Khayelitsha and Gugulethu. Residents want mayor, Patricia de Lille to budget for flush toilets. Source: eNCA Source...
Residents in two of Cape Town’s biggest townships are stepping up their fight for proper sanitation. They have made thousands of public submissions on how the mayor should spend her upcoming budget, and they threatening legal action if...
As part of the City of Cape Town’s commitment to being a Caring City, with what has been termed a particular focus on redress, the City’s Utility Services Directorate has over the last few weeks, completed the installation of over 280 full flush...
Toilets that use microwave energy to transform human waste into electricity. Another captures urine and uses it for flushing. And still another turns excrement into charcoal. These aren’t your typical loos – they are part of a Bill & Melinda...
