Bill Gates thinks toilets are a serious business, and he’s betting
big that a reinvention of this most essential of conveniences can save a
half million lives and deliver $200 billion-plus in savings.
The billionaire philanthropist, whose Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation spent $200 million over seven years funding sanitation
research, showcased some 20 novel toilet and sludge-processing designs
that eliminate harmful pathogens and convert bodily waste into clean
water and fertilizer.
“The technologies you’ll see here are the most significant advances in sanitation in nearly 200 years,” Gates, 63, told the Reinvented Toilet Expo in Beijing on Tuesday.
Read more: Bill Gates aims to save $233 billion by reinventing the toilet
“The technologies you’ll see here are the most significant advances in sanitation in nearly 200 years,” Gates, 63, told the Reinvented Toilet Expo in Beijing on Tuesday.
Read more: Bill Gates aims to save $233 billion by reinventing the toilet
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