Last year the Maseno School in western Kenya completed a substantial renovation. A major part was a brand new 720-student dormitory, but what the renovation lacked was a new sanitation system; the current one is stinky and is polluting a nearby stream that provides drinking water to a community. Five students from the school came up with a solution: A biowaste tank that would maximize the efficiency of processing excrement, while minimizing pollution and creating biogas as a byproduct. The biogas could be used for cooking instead of the traditional wood fires, which are bad for the forest and the smoke is bad for health.
Biowaste toilets solves stinky problem for Kenyan school
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