SCOPE - ECOSAN, Trichy

Improvement of health by minimizing the entry of pathogens from human excreta into the water cycle and to the human body.

Recycling of urine and excreta after their safe and hygienic recovery.

Resource conservation, through lower water consumption, substitution of chemical fertilizers and minimization of water pollution.

Preference for modular decentralized partial flow systems for more appropriate cost-efficient solutions.

Promotes soil fertility.

Improvement of agricultural productivity and hence contributes to food security.

Promotion of a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to (hygiene, water supply and sanitation, resource conservation, environmental protection, urban planning, agriculture, irrigation, food security, small-business promotion,)

Beneficial material-flow cycle instead of disposal.