Those
who use the toilets will be paid Ten paise per visit to ECCT. The
payment will be made to all cardholders who will be using the ECCT
on a monthly basis, said Mr. M.Subburaman, Director, Society for
Community Organisation and Peoples Education (SCOPE).
The first Ecosan Community Compost Toilet in the
country in Saliyar Street is functioning for the past 18 months.
Every fortnight on an average 250 liters of urine is collected,
the same is used for farming purposes. Already the Tamilnadu Agricultural
University is studying the use of urine as liquid fertilizer for
the past one year, under an MoU signed by SCOPE with the University.
WASTE of Netherlands has funded, Rs. 4 lakhs for the two-year research
project.
This is the first time anywhere in the world that
toilet users are being paid, so they will appreciate the value of
human waste – nay-wealth. |
