SCOPE - ECOSAN, Trichy

In October 2002 at Thanneerpandal site office of SCOPE a dry compost toilet was designed and constructed at a cost of Rs.5,000/-. Rural Sanitary Mart at Thanneerpandal supplied the materials and the masons were given special training for the construction. As many as 3,372 persons used the toilet and when it was filled up, the first chamber was closed. The first compost chamber in the first ECOSAN toilet put up by SCOPE in Thanneerpandal was opened in the present ECOSAN specialists Prof. Jan Olof Drangert and Prof. Arno Rosemarin Sweden, on World Toilets Day, Nov 19, 2004 and the compost on analysis is proved to be very good and has been sent to scientific studies to many institutes.