Black Soldier Fly research seeks new value in latrine sludge
Sanitation Ventures Researcher Ian Banks (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) is based in WaterSHED’s Cambodia lab where he is investigating how the larvae of the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) consume pit latrine waste, and the…...read more
Expanding sanitation as a business
In a recent blog post, Water For People’s John Sauer explores innovations to expand sanitation enterprises, specifically Water for People’s experience with a latrine pit waste emptying business model in Uganda. “This is not something government and nonprofit organisations are traditionally good at because they measure success by the number of beneficiaries they reach and [...]...read more
The world needs more toilets
Jenna Davis highlighted WaterSHED’s sanitation marketing research in her recent article for CNN...read more
Happy World Toilet Day!
Well, maybe Happy isn’t the most appropriate exclamation for World Toilet Day. Why? because 2.6 billion people worldwide still don’t have access to the basic human right of improved sanitation. That’s nearly 40 percent of the world’s population without safe, clean and dignified defecation options. So why the celebration? Think of it as a work [...]...read more
WaterSHED contributes to sanitation marketing training at Global Forum on Sanitation
On 14 October 2011 WaterSHED continued support for a new sanitation marketing training at WSSCC’s Global Forum on Sanitation and Hygiene in Mumbai, India. “This training session aim[ed] to equip practitioners and programme managers with an understanding of the sanitation marketing approach, and an overview of the process...read more
WaterSHED presents at “Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy”
From 3-7 October 2011, The Water Institute at The University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, will be hosting the conference Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy. WaterSHED will be presenting its sanitation marketing approach in Cambodia as well as findings from market-based sanitation research in Vietnam....read more
