DAKAR -- Tiger worm toilets which turn human waste into fertilizer could prove to be an affordable and sustainable sanitation solution for increasingly crowded slums and refugee camps across the ...

A New Zealand inventor has been forced to defend the use of worms in a composting toilet he has developed after officials became concerned that the creatures might become traumatised by the procedure.

Public toilets are seen at Azraq refugee camp near Al Azraq city, Jordan, in this 2015 archive photo. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed DAKAR, March 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tiger worm toilets which turn ...

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Today we celebrate the humble toilet and draw attention to all those who don’t have one, so check out this latest, grossly awesome bathroom innovation. In honor of World Toilet Day–a day to remember ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The New Zealand inventor of a worm-powered composting toilet said the project was nearly flushed over concerns about the psychological state of the worms. Coll ...

COWLEY-BASED charity Oxfam has come up with a clever way of providing safe sanitation in refugee camps - by using buckets of worms. Engineers working for the charity at Ethiopa’s Jewi camp have ...

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Tiger worm toilets which turn human waste into fertilizer could prove to be an affordable and sustainable sanitation solution for increasingly crowded slums and ...