Container-based sanitation
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Container-based sanitation is the collection of human excreta in sealable, removable containers that are transported to waste treatment facilities. This type of sanitation involves a commercial servic
Example of a toilet used in a container-based sanitation system (urine-diverting dry toilet as marketed by the NGO SOIL in Haiti under the name of "EkoLakay")
Example of a container-based toilet – "EkoLakay" by SOIL
Schematic showing how container-based sanitation can achieve hygienic and productive recycling of feces
Dymaxion house
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The Dymaxion house was developed by inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller to address several perceived shortcomings with existing homebuilding techniques. Fuller designed several versions of the h
Container-based sanitation
…use water. The smell of excreta is sealed away from other users of the toilet. The design goes back to 1936, where it was used in Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion house. That toilet used shrinkwrap plastic for packaging the waste. Other designs are currently marketed by various companies. Decentralized wastewater system…
Dymaxion house as installed in the Henry Ford Museum
Interior of Dymaxion house showing structural details. Visible are the partially assembled aluminum ceiling, struts and exterior skin as well as the single central post which supports the entire structure and carries utilities and plumbing.