Turn off the tap: a “WC” without the “W”

Traditional toilets use roughly 30% of the total water used in a household — up to 13 liters of water per flush. A young team of Mexican designers has found a way to eliminate the use of water, and turn waste into pathogen-free organic compost.

About this project

• Project idea:
  Due to the current and future problems with water scarcity we took on the task of undertaking a project that prevents the production of waste water created by the existing toilets, by the creation of a waterless toilet, which is designed for urban areas such as: apartments, houses and all kinds of housing and urban precincts, as well as areas with no access to drainage. Always taking into account the current paradigm created by the w.c. so the perception of the user for acceptance is a key factor to succeed.
  
  The waterless toilet is a device that separates solid and liquid waste, through a separator and the implementation of a series of simple mechanisms that help to do it. Once separated, the solid wastes are dehydrated by drying mixture of earth-lime, so that it becomes a pathogen-free organic compost. Finally liquid wastes go down the drain, since the treatment of greywater is much simpler and safer.

  Sustainability

  Completely eliminate the use of water for human wastes disposal, by creating a sustainable productive cycle focused on the proper use of water, imitating nature, by creating pathogen-free organic compost and eliminating the production of sewage.

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