Challenge
There are an estimated 100 million households in India that do not have access to toilets, and 50% of people are forced to defecate in the open, posing health, safety, and environmental hazards. Open defecation also contaminates local water supplies.
Description
Banka BioLoo provides ‘on-site’ human waste treatment facilities, using its environmentally-friendly toilets. The toilets use bio-digester technology (patented by the Indian Defence) that ‘eats-away’ waste and produces biogas that can be made into fuel and pathogen-free effluent water. This innovation treats human waste in a 100% eco-friendly manner, saving energy, conserving water, and producing biogas. The bio-digester technology uses anaerobic bacteria to convert organic waste into methane and CO2, inactivating pathogens responsible for water-borne diseases.
Outcomes
Banka BioLoo has impacted 250,000 lives, providing a sustainable and hygienic waste disposal solution in areas lacking infrastructure. It has potential for expansion to regions like Africa.
