At South Korean’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, using a special waterless toilet can make you money. The BeeVi toilet, invented by urban and environmental engineering professor ...

A number of innovative projects have set out to capture the valuable nutrients available in human faeces and make a profit from poo You might have heard of flying toilets. I’m not talking about the ...

Four years after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded $710,000 for the development of a revolutionary waterless toilet, the technology has received a second financial boost. The Nano Membrane ...

Regular medical check-ups from your doctor could be soon replaced by visits to the bathroom, thanks to the smart toilets, designed by Science Walden design team at UNIST. This smart toilet system is ...

Traditional flush toilets aren’t an option in many parts of the world, but neither is leaving people with unsafe and unhygenic choices. Now, one company is piloting a new loo that’s waterless, ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A toilet that does not need water, a sewage system or external power but instead uses nanotechnology to treat human waste, produce clean water and keep smells at ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anne Field covers impact entrepreneurship and impact investing. Over two-thirds of the world lacks access to sewered toilets, ...

UK researchers have created a self-sustaining nano-membrane toilet that could provide a safe alternative to open defecation and public lavatories Human excrement is rife with pathogens, “odorant ...

LooWatt is a toilet that can be flushed without the need for any water, safely disposing of human waste to be turned into electricity and fertiliser. The LooWatt system offers a safe and sustainable ...