Conveyor Belt Toilets

Solving global warming takes more than just trees

Designers are experimenting with highly creative ideas in order to create more sustainable alternatives for everyday life and this waterless toilet is a great example of this trend.

The Sandi Toilet was created by Archie Read, a recent graduate of Brunel University. The innovation does not need to be hooked up to a sewage system and instead of water, it employs a conveyor belt to "flush" solid waste. It doesn't need plumbing nor electricity to operate. While the waterless toilet is eco-conscious in the way it conserves water, the piece is also a solution for "the hundreds of millions of people who are currently living without safe sanitation." In fact, Archie Read primarily designed Sandi " for rural sub-Saharan Africa, where this problem is particularly acute."

Image Credit: Archie Read