Posts Tagged ‘UN-HABITAT’

Sewage Sucker Relieves Slumdogs from Manually Emptying Pit Latrines

People living in slums the world over are dependent on pit latrines as their only recourse for a bathroom. And when those pits get full, they’re usually emptied by hand, with a bucket, and the feces is often deposited in the nearest body of water, spreading disease and contamination even further. But a machine made partly from recycled car parts, the Vacutug, may help stop that process.

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