The safe disposal of human excreta is of paramount importance for the health and welfare of
populations living in low income countries as well as the prevention of pollution to the …

Co-digestion, pretreatment and digester design are the key techniques for enhanced biogas
optimization. Co-digestion dilutes the inhibitory effects of substrates, balance the micro and …

Background A pit latrine is the most basic form of improved sanitation which is currently used
by a number of people around the globe. In spite of the wide spread use, known successes …

Global estimates of emissions of greenhouse gasses do not take into account the complex
service chain in rapidly growing cities in low-and middle-income countries. This paper …

To address issues of poor sanitation and water scarcity in developing countries, innovative
wastewater management systems should be proposed, based on considerations of life cycle …

Unpredictable dewatering performance is a barrier to the effective management and
treatment of faecal sludge. While mechanisms of dewatering in sludges from wastewater …

Improving the rate and extent of faecal decomposition in basic forms of sanitation such as pit
latrines would benefit around 1.7 billion users worldwide, but to do so requires a major …

Sludge treatment is an integral part of faecal sludge management in non-sewered sanitation
settings. Development of pyrolysis as a suitable sludge treatment method requires thorough …

The prolonged challenges and terrible consequences of poor sanitation, especially in
developing economies, call for the exploration of new sustainable sanitation technologies …

In vitro methods were used to assess the full potential for decomposition (measured as
biogas formation) from pit latrine samples taken from the top layer of 15 Tanzanian latrines …