eco-friendly, waterless toilet – the ECOSAN toilet

Regullanka, a village in Andhra Pradesh, has earned a rare distinction. For the first time in Asia, residents of the entire village have embraced an innovative, ecofriendly, waterless toilet – the ECOSAN toilet. The village situated on the banks of River Krishna achieved a new level of personal hygiene and general cleanliness with an ECOSAN toilet.Vijayawada-based NGO Arthik Samata Mandal (ASM) implemented this project to save the local women folk of the hardship of trekking a long distance to reach village outskirts to answer nature’s call. The project is sponsored by Switzerland-based Terre des Hommes (TDH). The excreta which is stored in a concrete chamber for six months and allowed to convert into compost, was being diverted to the fields as fertilizers.