According to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, half a million children under the age of 5 every year, due to not clean and unsafe toilets dies from diarrheal diseases. Samsung Institute of Advanced Technology has a new generation wastewater treatment feature in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as part of the Toilet Reinvention project. an eco-friendly toilet prototype developed.
During nearly three years of research and development, Samsung Institute of Advanced Technology (SAIT) worked on the basic design of the project, then developed the modular technology along with improvements to the parts.
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New toilet prototype treats wastewater
In this way, a successful prototype suitable for home use was obtained. While the product provides energy efficiency thanks to its wastewater treatment feature, it also draws attention with its suitability for home use.
The key technologies Samsung has developed for the product include ‘heat treatment’ and ‘biotreatment’ technologies to destroy pathogens in human waste and make solids environmentally safe. In this way, the system also ensures that the treated water is completely recycled. While solid wastes are turned into ashes by drying and incineration, the treatment of liquid wastes is achieved through biological treatment.
As the new toilet prototype reaches the end-user rollout and commercialization phase, Samsung announced that it plans to provide royalty licenses for the project-related patents to developing countries free of charge.
Samsung will also continue to advise the Foundation, working closely with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to help mass-produce next-generation technologies. The two organizations will also work together to identify industrial collaborations that want to use the technology commercially, after the toilet prototype is made more efficient for mass production.
According to UNICEF, 3.6 billion people still do not have access to safe toilets.
According to the World Health Organization and UNICEF, approximately 3.6 billion people are forced to use clean and unsafe toilets. This causes half a million children under the age of 5 to die from diarrheal diseases every year because they do not have access to safe water and hygiene.