Title | The business of waste |
Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
Year of Publication | 2012 |
Authors | Bluth, K |
Secondary Title | USAID Frontlines |
Volume | Sept - Oct 2012 |
Pagination | 1 p.; 5 photographs |
Date Published | 2012-09-01 |
Publisher | USAID |
Place Published | Washington, DC, USA |
Keywords | access to sanitation, kenya, urban areas, urban communities, waste management |
Abstract | Eight million people in urban Kenya do not have access to a simple, hygienic latrine, and instead are forced to either use a pit latrine with hundreds of other people or employ the “flying toilet” tactic—which entails relieving oneself in a plastic bag and throwing it in the street. Both methods result in unsanitary conditions, pollution and contaminated waterways. Across the globe, these conditions are affecting those in underdeveloped countries, including the lives of an estimated 2.6 billion people who lack even a basic toilet structure, according to a July 2012 Good Business article. But those numbers are going down, one toilet at a time. [authors abstract] |
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