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Overview

Household toilet can be connected to a biogas digester. These toilet systems can turn human waste into biogas.

Types of Toilets

At least two types of toilets can be connected:

pit latrine type without water flush
pit latrine type with manual 1litre flush

Impacts

Access to modern energy: The toilet is connected to an anaerobic digesters which produces biogas that can be used for lighting, cooking and generating electricity.
Fuel switching: Substitution of unsustainably harvested biomass and maintenance of forest habitat, with associated biodiversity benefits and local benefits to soil stability and to the dry season stream flows in the region^[1].
Time saving: Rural women expend a substantial portion of each day gathering fuel wood and cooking
meals.
Productivity: The residue of the process, bio-slurry, can be easily collected and used as a potent organic fertiliser to enhance agricultural productivity^[1].
Health: Connecting biogas digesters to lavatories contributes to improving hygiene and sanitation practices, and the use of biogas for cooking results in a smoke-free indoor environment. ^[1]

Existing Projects / Case Studies

Further Information

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 SNV: https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.snvworld.org/download/publications/biogas_for_better_life_an_african_initiative_feasibility_study_uganda_2007.pdf&sa=U&ei=atcqVNj8OcGu7Aa1tICYDQ&ved=0CA0QFjAH&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNEE7uZOUiUASlWLYAXv0zqfJKFnCg

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 *[http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/india-compost-toilets-biogas-fertiliser-defecation From open defecation to toilets that produce biogas and fertiliser New innnovations in compost toilets aim to make a dent in sanitation and energy problems in the developing world, India]
 *[http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/16/world/la-fg-kenya-biogas-toilets-20121116 Biogas from human waste wins over few cooks][http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov/16/world/la-fg-kenya-biogas-toilets-20121116 , Nairobi, Kenya]
-*[https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.snvworld.org/download/publications/biogas_for_better_life_an_african_initiative_feasibility_study_uganda_2007.pdf&sa=U&ei=atcqVNj8OcGu7Aa1tICYDQ&ved=0CA0QFjAH&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNEE7uZOUiUASlWLYAXv0zqfJKFnCg BIOGAS FOR BETTER LIFE:  AN AFRICAN INITIATIVE    Report on the Feasibility for a National Household  Biogas Commercialization Program, Uganda]
+*[https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.snvworld.org/download/publications/biogas_for_better_life_an_african_initiative_feasibility_study_uganda_2007.pdf&sa=U&ei=atcqVNj8OcGu7Aa1tICYDQ&ved=0CA0QFjAH&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNEE7uZOUiUASlWLYAXv0zqfJKFnCg BIOGAS FOR BETTER LIFE: AN AFRICAN INITIATIVE Report on the Feasibility for a National Household Biogas Commercialization Program, Uganda]
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Contents

Overview

Types of Toilets

Impacts

Existing Projects / Case Studies

Further Information

References