Study records unique microbes in pit latrines, findings could help reduce disease outbreaks, GHG emissions
Microbial community in any given pit stayed fairly constant, regardless of depth
Water to water, not water to waste
Water supply must be linked to the system of sanitation and wastewater generation
75 years of people’s power: Odisha’s Denkanal, Balasore use urban-rural convergence to treat faecal sludge
This process is more economical and less cumbersome
Waste to wealth: Challenges India needs to overcome to use biosolids for improving soil health, meeting SDGs
The reuse of biosolids from sewage and septage treatment plants in India presents a remarkable opportunity to transform waste into a valuable resource
Can white faecal pellets take over as the future fertiliser in global south?
The global south is facing a major problem in managing faecal sludge, and such processes can prove to be very safe and useful
Slums in Kenya turning human excreta into energy, fertiliser
Only 30 per cent of people in Kenya have access to safe sanitation and more than six million people defecate in the open
Fair price: UP now uses a calculator to scientifically fix fee for transporting faecal sludge to treatment plants
The calculator’s flexibility allows for its use across India and even in countries that use trucks to handle faecal waste
Sanitation workers: They clean our poop and face a lot of dangers; here is how
Is Swachh Bharat being achieved at the cost of the health and safety of sanitation workers? Or by funding for infrastructure?
Sanitation woes cost Africa 115 lives every hour
New UN study urges African countries to pay special attention to invest in sanitation systems for faecal sludge management
Pollution 'time bomb' ticking for Ganga despite ODF
India is on the verge of being declared open-defecation free but the next big challenge is to safely dispose millions of tonnes of shit in our …
Toilet-linked biogas plants tackle faecal sludge problem in Gujarat’s villages
The system not only prevented open defecation, addressed septage issue, but also gave easy access to clean and cheap fuel for cooking needs
Excreta as resource: Looking at recovery, reuse of faecal sludge in UP
A critical link in faecal sludge and septage management value chain is reuse of by-products generated, which include treated water as well as …
Focus on sewerage system won’t clean up cities and rivers, says expert
Two-thirds people in cities are not even connected to sewerage and use onsite sanitation systems or defecate in the open
Can we declare ourselves ODF, without managing the collected excreta?
A lowdown on how to clean India and keep it that way
How an environmental engineer used faecal sludge management to make his Telangana town clean
Faecal sludge and septage management could be an opportunity to re-consider future strategies regarding treatment of faecal waste
ODF status will mean nothing without faecal sludge & septage management
With faecal sludge treatment still in nascent stage in India, toilets will add to the load of untreated sewage being disposed in water bodies
All that crap: How can faecal sludge be reused
If more people in India’s rural areas are building septic tanks, there must be effective ways of managing faecal sludge. Here are some ways …
Treasure in excreta: Fast-depleting phosphorus can be extracted from faecal sludge
India needs more nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium for its agriculture
In a corner of Bangladesh, manual scavenging is impacting a treatment plant’s sustainability
Manual scavenging is still the mainstay of faecal sludge management in Lalmonirhat near the Indian border; the town’s FSTP is not able to …
75 years of people’s power: Lalsot in Rajasthan is helping rural areas to treat their faecal sludge
This is an example of the informal use of urban facilities to treat rural faecal sludge
What happens to our shit once we are done with it?
SFD Week: From treatment technologies to the genetics of faecal sludge
Recycled food waste may be contaminated with pharma residues but mushroom cultivation may come to rescue
Biogas digestate from food waste had nearly as many pharmaceutical residues as digestate from sewage sludge, new study shows
What desludging model should an urban local body adopt? Some suggestions
All models have their pros and cons and the model to be used differs from place to place; This isn’t a one-size-fits-all kind of idea
Can treated faecal sludge reuse help improve sanitation in UP
Resource recovery and reuse helps in viewing waste as a valuable resource and can help us move towards a more circular economy
Manual scavenging: A stinking legacy of suffocation and stigma
Every year, hundreds of manual scavengers die, asphyxiated by poisonous gases