The Toilet Challenge - Where Everyone is a Winner

Although there were no African prizewinners from the "Reinvent the Toilet' Challenge, South African Professor Chris Buckley doesn't see his team's project as going to waste."The people who don't have sanitation - those are going to be the winners, said Buckley, from the University of Kwazulu-Natal."

A toilet system that is solar powered and generates hydrogen and electricity.

This toilet system, designed by researchers from the Loughborough University, produces biological charcoal, minerals and clean water.

Researchers from the University of Toronto in Canada stand with a prototype for a toilet system that sanitizes feces and urine to recover resources and energy.

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    Reinvent the Toilet Fair 2012, August 2012

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    A prototype of a toilet designed by researchers from the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. The toilet system safely disposes of pollutants and recovers materials such as water and carbon ... see more »

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A prototype of a toilet designed by researchers from the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa. The toilet system safely disposes of pollutants and recovers materials such as water and carbon dioxide from urine in the community bathroom blocks.

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