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-The toilet is one of man's

-most important inventions.

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-People live longer

-in societies that have toilets.

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-We've already looked at the history

-of lavatories and toilet humour.

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-But what about societies

-that have no toilets?

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-I visit Bangladesh to see

-how they deal with the problem.

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-I visit a research centre

-in the Netherlands.

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-In the future, could microwaves

-replace flush toilets?

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-A third of the world's population

-live without toilets.

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-That's 2.6 billion people.

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-I've come to Bangladesh's

-Mymensingh region...

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-..to see the problem for myself.

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-More than 20 million Bangladeshis

-live without a toilet.

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-They're forced to excrete in public,

-as the health authorities put it.

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-To put it more bluntly,

-they have to crap on the roadside.

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-Yes, these are human faeces,

-where anyone can stand in them...

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-..including the barefoot children

-who play nearby.

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-It's no better

-in the nearest village, Tarakanda.

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-Well, it's some sort of toilet.

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-There's nothing to prevent insects

-from reaching the waste.

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-Look how close we are to the lake...

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-..which villagers use

-for water to wash.

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-Children play near it.

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-One and a half million children

-die every year...

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-..from diseases that are carried

-in unclean water.

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-But this terrible situation

-could change.

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-BRAC, the Bangladesh

-Rural Aid Committee...

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-..has set up a scheme in 150 areas

-around the country...

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-..to provide toilets for the people.

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-I went to the Hobirbari region

-to see the scheme at work.

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-This is a toilet factory...

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-..and this

-is a very basic flush toilet.

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-You buy three concrete slabs,

-dig a hole in the ground...

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-..place the slabs inside to prevent

-the sides from collapsing...

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-..then place a circular slab

-on top of it.

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-There are two bricks to stand on...

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-..and a funnel

-to channel the waste into the hole.

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-That in itself is merely

-a sophisticated hole in the ground.

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-But...

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-..you then add this gadget,

-the water trap.

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-You flush the waste down

-and over the trap.

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-The trap fills with water

-which neutralizes odours...

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-..and stops insects

-from getting to the waste.

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-For 15 taka, or 12p...

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-..a hole in the ground

-becomes a basic flush toilet.

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-The toilet is flushed

-with a bucket of water.

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-There's no need for expensive,

-and maybe impractical, water pipes.

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-Keeping things simple is the goal.

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-This is the bathroom showroom.

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-The factory workers

-show potential buyers...

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-..how to assemble

-what they've bought.

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-It's a two-hole design

-consisting of six concrete circles.

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-Three are placed in the ground

-and three are placed here.

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-This one is full...

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-..so they moved the wooden building

-and the slab with the hole here.

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-They cap this off

-so that it can compost.

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-This is the working toilet.

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-Buying everything,

-the six concrete circles...

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-..a slab like that, a slab with

-the hole, the wooden building...

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-..costs 2,000 taka, or 17.

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-Five million have been sold

-all over Bangladesh.

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-If we assume five people

-use each one...

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-..that means

-25 million Bangladeshis...

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-..will have access to a toilet

-for the first time in their lives.

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-Remarkably, this has all happened

-during the last four years.

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-What persuaded so many

-to change their habits?

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-BRAC realized that the people

-had to want to change.

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-They encouraged villages to set up

-committees dedicated to hygiene.

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-The first task is finding out

-where people go to the toilet.

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-The information

-is recorded on a large map.

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-People then realize how much

-human waste is in their village...

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-..being carried into their homes,

-polluting their drinking water.

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-Before long, new toilets

-begin to appear in the village.

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-It's an effective strategy.

-Is this a toilet?

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-A good-quality toilet?

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-Yes!

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-But what if everyone

-can't afford a toilet?

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-BRAC provides assistance

-to people like Bhuban Home.

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-He has deviated

-from the original design.

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-I built this a few months ago.

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-I built the walls out of mud rather

-than bamboo, so they're more solid.

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-It started to rain

-before I could finish it.

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-I'll build a foot higher

-when it's dry again.

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-Then tall people

-won't have to stoop to walk in!

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-The BRAC scheme is called WASH,

-Water And Sanitary Hygiene.

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-It's implemented

-in schools and villages...

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-..as I discovered

-at Sonar Bangla school.

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-It looks quite ordinary.

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-But until recently, there was only

-one toilet for the girls and boys.

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-Girls of menstruating age

-tended to stop coming to school.

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-Two years ago, this toilet

-was built, just for the girls.

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-Staff and students were trained...

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-..to break down the taboo

-surrounding the subject.

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-Only 10% of Bangladesh schools have

-separate toilets for girls and boys.

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-WASH has enabled 4,000 new schools

-to build separate toilets for girls.

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-To ensure pupils understand

-the importance of their upkeep...

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-..they form committees,

-or student brigades.

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-Why establish the student brigade?

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-The student brigade was formed...

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-..to make sure the toilets

-are cleaned properly.

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-The student brigade has 12 members.

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-We want to change the attitude

-of the whole school...

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-..and make sure

-the toilets improve.

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-How has having separate toilets...

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-..affected the girls' attendance?

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-Yes, absenteeism

-has reduced greatly.

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-There has been an 80% improvement.

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-Having separate toilets

-encourages us to come to school...

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-..even after

-we reach menstruating age.

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-Do you enjoy being a part

-of the student brigade?

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-Yes!

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-Thank you.

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-It's vital for people to understand

-the importance of hygiene...

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-..and that they change their ways.

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-WASH committees have been formed

-in 39,000 Bangladeshi villages...

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-..during the last four years.

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-It's important

-they appeal to all ages...

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-..and to girls as much as boys.

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-This is a kishori meeting

-of local adolescent girls.

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-They meet separately to discuss

-the upkeep of toilets...

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-..and general menstruation advice.

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-The situation is improving

-in rural Bangladesh.

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-But what about the cities?

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-After the break,

-I venture to Dhaka's slums...

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-..and see how other countries

-are tackling this huge problem.

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-This is Dhaka.

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-It's estimated Dhaka's population

-will reach 20 million by 2015.

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-Many have flocked to live in slums

-like this one behind me.

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-Korail is home to 100,000 people.

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-This slum is adjacent to Gulshan,

-one of Dhaka's wealthiest areas.

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-People are drawn here hoping

-to find office or domestic work.

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-Korail is expanding so rapidly...

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-..that rubbish is illegally dumped

-in the lake every night...

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-..to create more space

-to build houses.

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-The lake is also used as a toilet.

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-This is a toilet at its most basic.

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-The hole leads directly

-into the lake.

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-Because it's a lake,

-there's no water to take it away.

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-The water level is very low.

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-Korail is home

-to some 100,000 people.

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-It's one of Bangladesh's

-biggest slums.

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-But because they're squatters

-and have no right to be here...

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-..people are reluctant to invest

-in good-quality toilets.

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-People are unwilling to invest.

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-As a result, people are forced

-to live with toilets...

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-..that are frankly disgusting.

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-I was told some of the toilets

-have been here for over 20 years.

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-With the high level of migration

-from rural areas...

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-..it's hard to see them

-disappearing for a while.

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-But not everyone

-does their business like this.

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-This is one

-of Korail's best toilets.

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-It has solid walls

-and a jug of water for flushing.

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-It's used by 12 families

-who help look after it.

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-Toilets of this standard

-are a rarity in Korail.

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-The majority use a hole like this.

-Its surface is clean.

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-But there's no water trap to prevent

-insects from getting to the waste.

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-They land straight on food

-and spread diseases.

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-Areas like Korail

-face massive problems.

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-But with the proven success

-of rural toilets...

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-..BRAC, the Bangladesh

-Rural Aid Committee...

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-..intends to focus

-on the cities and slums.

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-Supplying toilets

-for the poor of the cities...

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-..isn't as simple as it appears.

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-The problem is so much bigger.

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-The population is also more mobile.

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-You could map Dhaka's slums...

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-..but with so many huts

-being built every day...

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-..it would be out of date

-within months, if not weeks.

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-You could elect people to serve on

-local committees, like in villages.

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-But there's no guarantee

-that they will remain living there.

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-They could return to the country

-or move to a better place in Dhaka.

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-Adapting the BRAC scheme for cities

-is a daunting prospect.

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-When these problems were tackled

-in London in the 1850s...

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-..they built a system of sewers

-which still serve the city today.

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-It's unlikely Bangladesh

-can afford such an engineering feat.

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-Even if they had the money,

-it would be totally unsustainable...

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-..because of the amount of water

-it would require.

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-It's a huge challenge.

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-Major figures from all walks of life

-have met the challenge.

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-They include

-the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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-They have supported many projects

-in Asia, including BRAC.

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-But because

-of their computer backgrounds...

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-..it's hardly surprising

-they'd seek a radical solution...

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-..to help the billions

-with no toilets.

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-They're seeking to revolutionize

-the way we all go to the toilet.

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-Frank Rijsberman

-is the project director.

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-The toilet

-is the greatest innovation.

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-It has saved more lives

-than any other.

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-It was developed in 1775.

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-We should have come up

-with something smarter!

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-Isn't it crazy

-that we use drinking water...

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-..as a transport medium

-through very expensive pipes...

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-..to spend more energy

-to get the waste out?

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-Can't modern engineering

-come up with a solution...

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-..that says this is waste,

-but there's a lot of energy in it.

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-Fertilizer, nutrients.

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-Can we recover them,

-use that to pay for the process...

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-..and make it safe

-and pleasant to use?

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-That's why we want to develop

-the cellphone of sanitation.

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-We sat down with scientific

-advisers, visionary people...

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-..and reinvented the toilet,

-a little black box...

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-..independent of water,

-sewers and electricity.

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-It'll be pleasant to use,

-will turn shit into energy...

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-..and use that energy

-to power the system.

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-We wrote that down and said,

-"Look, that's the toilet we want."

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-We asked 22 universities,

-"Can you make it?"

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-Is such a revolutionary toilet

-possible?

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-At Delft University

-in the Netherlands...

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-..scientists

-are working on a design...

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-..sponsored by

-the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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-They hope to use microwaves

-to get rid of waste...

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-..and produce electricity.

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-What the microwaves do

-is generate plasma.

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-It's a really hot gas, ionized gas

-that can destroy anything.

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-The plasma will gasify

-the faecal matter.

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-If we obtain

-really high-quality gas...

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-..we can obtain enough energy

-to make this work.

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-To summarize the theory...

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-..microwaves will be passed

-through the waste...

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-..creating a very hot gas

-called plasma.

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-That's what's in the tube.

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-The plasma is used

-to make electricity.

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-The electricity will be used

-to create the microwaves.

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-It's like one big wheel.

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-To keep that wheel turning,

-all that's needed is our waste.

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-In the future...

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-..they hope something like this

-will happen in every toilet.

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-We're only satisfied when millions

-of people use these solutions.

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-We want to have a solution that

-can spread virally, like wildfire.

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-Within 3-5 years, we should

-have toilets that people can use.

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-In 5-10 years, we want to see

-millions of people using them.

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-That's our goal, frankly.

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-The flush toilet undoubtedly

-answered an age-old problem.

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-But with water

-becoming increasingly scarce...

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-..is the age of the flush toilet

-coming to an end?

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-Maybe we'll look back

-at flush toilets...

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-..as a footnote in our history.

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-A wrong turn, as it were...

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-..on our quest

-for sustainable waste disposal.

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-There was one final toilet to see...

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-..before my journey

-around the world's toilets ended.

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-I headed to Felin Uchaf in Lleyn.

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-Here, alternative technology

-is used and developed.

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-They had also built a toilet

-which doesn't use water.

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-How are you, Dafydd?

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-How are you, Dafydd?

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-Welcome to Felin Uchaf.

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-Thank you.

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-Thank you.

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-And welcome to our compost toilet.

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-Let's see how it works.

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-Let's see how it works.

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-Come in.

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-Here it is.

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-It looks very conventional.

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-It looks very conventional.

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-Yes.

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-This is how we use it.

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-It's like

-a conventional toilet seat.

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-It doesn't smell at all.

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-It doesn't smell at all.

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-No.

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-Once you've finished...

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-..you lift this...

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-..and throw in a handful

-of sawdust, hay or hemp...

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-..whatever's available.

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-You throw it down...

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-..close the lid

-and let the bacteria break it down.

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-There's no liquid down there.

-It is then separated.

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-A pipe takes it out

-to the soakaway outside.

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-How big is the chamber under here?

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-There are two chambers.

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-One chamber reaches down

-four feet below us.

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-When that is filled...

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-..in about a year's time...

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-..we'll remove the seat...

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-..and move it here.

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-We'll cap it,

-and leave it alone for a year.

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-Once it's full, we move it back,

-cap it and let that break down.

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-What's in this chamber?

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-What's in this chamber?

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-This was filled last year.

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-It has rested for a year,

-so it's ready to take out.

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-Let's get a spade!

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-My journey around the world's

-toilets opened my eyes...

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-..to the importance of toilets...

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-..and how our toilets

-reveal so much about us.

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-But at the end of the journey,

-I'm back where I started.

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-I began by describing my aunt

-and uncle's outside toilet...

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-..in Pontrhydfendigaid.

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-They used ashes from the fire,

-not sawdust or hay.

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-But it seems they were possibly

-ahead of their time.

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-This certainly does not stink.

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-I'm relieved I don't have to use

-a toilet on bamboo legs in Dhaka.

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-I wouldn't mind

-owning a Japanese toilet...

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-..with a heated seat

-and water to clean my bum.

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-I look forward to the day...

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-..when my toilet

-creates energy for my home.

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-But until then...

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-..I quite like the idea of taking

-a wheelbarrow of waste compost...

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-..and scattering it

-in the orchard...

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-..to complete the circle

-of food to waste and back to food.

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