Human waste converted to rich manure

That said, I wanted to share this interesting news I came across when working in Haiti: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/111026-haiti-waste-poop-fertilizer-farms-soil-science-environment/

This article explains the ecological responsible way of dealing with human waste and composting it into rich manure. Historically, China and India separated the human solid waste from liquid (via dry toilets) and human "scavengers" took the solid out to compost and sell to the rice fields. Not only did this provide a source of income to "caste out" people, it also ensured the clean disposal of human waste that would have certainly piled up elsewhere! today this is done in smart toilets that separate the urine from the solid waste to ensure the proper composting of the waste without dehumanizing any one in some parts of the world. (check out Canadian Envirolet)

With the advent of flush toilet systems, dry toilets fell from favor. However, every metropolitan city with huge populations face heavy problems that include water shortage that indirectly leads to fewer flushes that in turn leads to improper disposal of human waste via sewage lines. Thus waste piles up in unwanted places causing epidemics to break out including cholera and other intestinal diseases. Rivers and other water ways become more polluted as humans use them as direct "dumping grounds".

As some people have begun to realize in the US, solid waste is mega bucks. The so called "poor" scavengers of the past will now become millionaires because there is much money to be made out of "waste" especially of the human kind. Here is the pee poo that costs about 3 cents a bag and is making a difference in Africa. http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-03/peepoo-bags-sterlize-human-waste-and-create-fertilizer-only-three-cents

The sad part is, the "untouchables" did not patent their work and today, people from other parts are doing their job in a neater way and getting paid for their patents.