Session on Sustainable Development

Asia-Pacific forum on Sustainable Development 2016

SDG-6

By

Ms.Santha Sheela Nair I.A.S.(Retd.)

Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission,

Tamil Nadu, India

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Ecosanitation

What is ECOSAN

Ecological Sanitation is an integrated and holistic approach in the management of human excreta, utilization of the rich nutrients in both urine and faeces.

It promotes sustainable agriculture.

Does not contaminate surface and groundwater sources.

Conserves and preserves the most critical input for human life namely water.

• The first Ecosan Community compost toilet

was built in Musiri, T.N., India in 2005.

• Urine and Feces are so rich in nutrients for farm production that they were worth

buying(300 users per day).

• Those who use the toilets are paid 10 paise per use on a monthly basis.

This is the first time in the world that toilet users are being paid as against pay and use toilet system.

Use Toilet and Get paid from Ecological Sanitation Toilets, Musiri

1,117 Kgs compost collected from one of the 14 chambers in the ECCT.

ECOSAN Products - Waste to Wealth !!

6 weeks old 9 weeks old

4 weeks old

Ms.Christine Werner, Project Team Leader, GTZ Germany opening the compost chamber of the Kaliyapalayam - Pioneer Ecosan village

Opening of Compost chamber

Checking the quality of Manure

E.Coli – Nil

Organic Matter- 20 %

Salmonella- Nil

C: N Ratio – 23:1

Compost from the Ecosan Toilet

Removable tray for excreta

FRP Squatting Pan(3 in 1) FRP squatting pan FRP Squatting Pan(2 in 1)

Stainless steel mounted Ceramic mounted FRP Mobile mounted

Twin stainless steel Ecosan toilet newly designed at Paathashaala with the wash bowl in the middle

ECOSAN Toilet in Philippines

ECOSAN Toilet in Mexico

Feaces collected in a drum

Feaces collected in a pot

Eco-san Toilets around the World

IF ECOSANITATION CAN BE PRACTISED IN SPACE,

WHY NOT ON EARTH??

THANK YOU