Sanitation News
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Dirty secret: Half of world lacks clean cooking, at a huge costFailure to provide 4 billion people with access to clean, safe and affordable ways of cooking is costing US$2.4 trillion a year. -
In Indonesia’s coastal communities, the plastic crisis is both homegrown and invasiveNearly 6,700 households in the Selayar and Wakatobi island chains have relatively low knowledge about plastic and how to manage it properly, while their use of single-use plastic packaging was growing, a new study revealed.
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Water-related conflicts set to rise amid demand growth and climate impactsAbout a quarter of the world's population faces severe water shortages exacerbated by climate change—and with that is coming conflict, social unrest and migration. -
Why plastic-clogged Philippines must face up to dearth of waste disposal and recyclingThe debate on plastic pollution and single-use packaging rages on but more than finding alternatives to plastic, it is vital to address the lack of disposal facilities and stop plastic from leaking into the oceans.
Sanitation Opinion
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The recovery needs development aid– Governments should be using the current crisis to double up on foreign development spending. The more support that developing and emerging economies have to weather the storm, the faster the global recovery will be. -
Refugees are essential to the Covid-19 response– To build a better world, every action counts. When it comes to ending the Covid-19 pandemic, those actions must include a broad global commitment to ensuring that all people—including refugees—are protected. -
How to live with the pandemic– Warmer and wetter weather might hold down the Covid-19 infection rate. But even if the hoped-for relationship between transmission and warm weather is valid, it may not be causal or straightforward, especially given seasonal behavior.
Videos
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Manila’s informal settlers face relocation to give way to massive bay clean up– The Philippine government has begun the process of relocating more than 200,000 families living along waterways to restore Manila Bay, the main body of water in the capital.
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What would the world be like if there was water for all?– Worldwide, 100 million families are stuck in a cycle of poverty and disease because of the lack of access to clean water. What would it take to slake humanity's thirst for water in a sustainable way?
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Solar cells help purify water in remote areas–
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a water purification plant that provides clean water far beyond the reach of the electrical grid - thanks to solar cells.
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What does a toilet that recycles poo look like?– Designed with nanotechnology, the portable toilet recycles human waste into fertiliser without the need for water or electricity. Here's how.
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