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Loowat is a company that sells waterless toilets.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In July 2013 the company received a grant of US$1,269,936 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to design and build a "commodity-generating waterless toilet system"[6] [7] [8]

References

  1. ^ Allison Arieff (17 January 2015). "Showers on Wheels". The New York Times. The innovations here lie in the waterless toilet that provides a hygienic and odorless experience and the value-generating treatment solution that supports the toilet.
  2. ^ Hickey, Shane (6 July 2014). "Waterless toilet to set bog standard at Latitude festival". The Guardian. Journalist-turned-innovator Virginia Gardiner has received backing from the Gates Foundation for Loowatt – an invention that generates power from the waste we produce
  3. ^ Riley, Tess (19 November 2014). "Waterless toilets turn human waste into energy and fertiliser". The Guardian. ...UK-based Loowatt has also developed a hygienic waterless toilet system, although this one also generates energy
  4. ^ "The Lab: Loowatt's waterless toilet". Sky News – via Yahoo! News.
  5. ^ Fallon, Sean. "Loowatt: The Benefits Of Pooping In a Toilet Made From Poop". Gizmodo.
  6. ^ "Grant - Loowat Ltd. - OPP1083134". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  7. ^ "Waterless toilet backed by Bill Gates lauded at New Energy & Cleantech Awards". growthbusiness.co.uk.
  8. ^ Robbins, David M.; Ligon, Grant C. (15 March 2014). "How to Design Wastewater Systems for Local Conditions in Developing Countries". IWA Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 178040476X – via Google Books.