WORLD
TOILET DAY 2020: SUSTAINABLE SANITATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate
change is getting worse. Flood, drought and rising sea levels are threatening
sanitation systems – from toilets to septic tanks to treatment plants. Everyone
must have sustainable sanitation that can withstand climate change and keep
communities healthy and functioning. Sustainable sanitation systems also reuse
waste to safely boost agriculture and reduce and capture emissions for greener
energy. Everyone must have sustainable
sanitation, alongside clean water and handwashing facilities, to help protect
and maintain our health security and stop the spread of deadly infectious
diseases such as COVID-19, cholera, and typhoid. World Toilet Day is a
United Nations Observance that celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the
4.2 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is
about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve
Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030. Toilets can help us to fight climate
change too! Wastewater and sludge from toilets contain valuable water,
nutrients, and energy. Sustainable sanitation systems make productive use of
waste to safely boost agriculture and reduce and capture emissions for greener
energy. But, what is exactly a sustainable sanitation system? Sustainable
sanitation begins with a toilet that effectively captures human waste in a
safe, accessible, and dignified setting. The waste then gets stored in a tank,
which can be emptied later by a collection service, or transported away by pipe work. The next stage is treatment and
safe disposal. Safe reuse of human waste helps save water, reduces and captures
greenhouse gas emissions for energy production, and can provide agriculture
with a reliable source of water and nutrients.
SUSTAINABLE
SANITATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
The waste then gets stored in a tank, which can be
emptied later by a collection service, or transported away by pipework.
The next stage is treatment and safe disposal. Safe
reuse of human waste helps save water, reduces and captures greenhouse gas
emissions for energy production, and can provide agriculture with a reliable
source of water and nutrients.
Source: UN
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