Sustainable sanitation:
Sign welcoming visitors to the Nano Membrane Toilet exhibit
Sustainable sanitation:
The vision of a toilet that is small - and pleasant - enough to fit inside someone's home (prototype but not fully functional)
Sustainable sanitation:
Photo showing the toilet bowl that rotates when flushed to empty the waste and provide an odour barrier
Sustainable sanitation:
Inside the Nano Membrane Toilet with bowl in mid-rotation of "flushing" mechanism (no water used)
Sustainable sanitation:
A prototype of the flushing mechanism
Sustainable sanitation:
A prototype exhibit of the flushing mechanism that works without water
Sustainable sanitation:
Solid-liquid separation and diffusion of water through hydrophobic membranes in the front unit. Deposition of water droplets on nano-coated beads in the tubes in the back. Transport of solids through the mechanical screw that points up and to the right.
Sustainable sanitation:
The treatment components of the Nano Membrane Toilet
Sustainable sanitation:
Bicycle power allows the Nano Membrane Toilet to function without an external source of electricity.