Jack Sim / WTD 2013 Media Kit

By Phlush | November 3, 2013

Jack Sim will be in the United States with limited availability to speak with journalists from 17-20 November 2013. Please contact one of us to schedule an interview. The POOP Project | Shawn Shafner | 347-385-5186 | shawn [at] thePOOPproject [dot] org PHLUSH | Abby Brown or Carol McCreary 503-984-4081 | abby [at] phlush [dot]…

Toilets USA: Let’s Take Action

By Phlush | October 18, 2013

Access to water and sanitation is a human right many Americans do not enjoy. In 2010 the United Nations General Assembly declared access to water and sanitation a human right. The next year, UN Special Rapporteur Catarina de Albuquerque reported on her Mission to the United States of America, citing among groups denied this right,…

A Free Minimalist Urine-diverting Dry Toilet (UDDT) for the Unhoused, Poor or Disaster-stricken

By Phlush | October 14, 2013

By Chris Canaday. Ecuador-based researcher Canaday generously prepared this in response to our inquiries. He invites feedback via Inodoroseco or email canaday2 AT gmail.com Shifting from wasteful, expensive, contaminating, water-based toilets to decentralized, environmentally friendly, dry toilets should be more a matter of paradigm shift than capital investment. This is especially true for those who have little money,…

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