Omni processor
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Omni processor is a term coined in 2012 by staff of the Water, Sanitation, Hygiene Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to describe a range of physical, biological or chemical treatments to
Omni Processor pilot plant by Sedron Technologies treating fecal sludge in Dakar, Senegal
The omni processor was developed to provide a low-cost method of treating human waste which would otherwise be disposed of by such unsanitary means as river dumping
Omni processor (sewage sludge treatment system using combustion) at Sedron Technologies' headquarters in the U.S.
Pilot omni processor for fecal sludge treatment by supercritical oxidation at Duke University, U.S.
Gates Foundation
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The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third-wealthiest
The Gates Foundation headquarters in 2022
The "sanitation value chain" used by the Gates Foundation to illustrate their approach to sanitation, showing collection, transport, treatment and reuse
Example for technology innovation: The off-grid Nano Membrane Toilet of Cranfield University – prototype on display at Reinvent the Toilet Fair in Delhi, India
Example of low-tech toilet development being funded: A urine-diverting dry toilet called Earth Auger toilet from Ecuador/US