Disposable Toilet To Change the World

Disposable Toilet To Change the World 413

Posted by samzenpus on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:39PM from the sunshine-in-a-bag dept.

captn ecks writes "A biodegradable and self-sterilizing bag for people of the toilet-disenfranchised world (40% of humankind) to dispose of their bodily waste and turn it into safe fertilizer has been created by a Swedish entrepreneur. It's a dead simple and brilliant solution to a vexing problem. From the article: 'Once used, the bag can be knotted and buried, and a layer of urea crystals breaks down the waste into fertilizer, killing off disease-producing pathogens found in feces. The bag, called the Peepoo, is the brainchild of Anders Wilhelmson, an architect and professor in Stockholm. “Not only is it sanitary,” said Mr. Wilhelmson, who has patented the bag, “they can reuse this to grow crops.”'"

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When you see it (Score:5, Funny)

by Monkeedude1212 ( 1560403 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:40PM (#31404126) Journal

You'll sh*t bricks!

The guy creates a brilliant solution... (Score:5, Funny)

by calibre-not-output ( 1736770 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:45PM (#31404180) Homepage

...and goes on to give it a name that five-year-olds everywhere can laugh at until they piss themselves. Presumably that's how he'll collect the urea crystals.

Youtube Demo (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:47PM (#31404208)

...not posted yet!

Great for 1st world situations too... (Score:5, Funny)

by cayenne8 ( 626475 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:47PM (#31404212) Homepage Journal

Hell, these things would come in quite handy during Mardi Gras when you're on parts of the parade route with no porta-johns.....

This is quite unfortunate... (Score:5, Funny)

by vekrander ( 1400525 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:47PM (#31404220)

Too bad for Nintendo as I hear Peepoo was supposed to be the name of their next gen console. It actually works with their current naming scheme too. Wii (We) Peepoo (People).

Perfect for those really long WoW raids. (Score:5, Funny)

by Kenja ( 541830 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:48PM (#31404236)

and here I am using a Mountain Dew bottle like a chump.

Hmmm.... (Score:5, Funny)

by Kozar_The_Malignant ( 738483 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @03:53PM (#31404318)

This must be the famous Sack of Shit I keep hearing about.

Re:Perfect for those really long WoW raids. (Score:4, Funny)

by courteaudotbiz ( 1191083 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @04:04PM (#31404486) Homepage

And what about the "burial" part of the concept? Will you bury it under your keyboard, monitor or mousepad? Just asking... because if your raid last really long, it may stink for a while...

Finally get those kids off jenkem (Score:4, Funny)

by HalAtWork ( 926717 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @04:04PM (#31404494)

Finally, we can get those kids off jenkem [wikipedia.org]!

Re:Great for 1st world situations too... (Score:5, Funny)

by K. S. Kyosuke ( 729550 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @04:05PM (#31404496)

Um, in most places in America, the mere act of whipping out your wang to wizz in public can get you on a certain government list you can't ever get removed from...
You mean the infamous No Fly [wikipedia.org] List?

Re:Great for 1st world situations too... (Score:5, Funny)

by Chris Mattern ( 191822 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @04:23PM (#31404752)

You can suck off another dude on Bourbon St. during Mardi Gras right in front of a cop, but as soon as you start to piss in an alley, you're going down.
Sounds to me like you're going down in either case...

From a practical standpoint, (Score:3, Funny)

by vandelais ( 164490 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @04:34PM (#31404886)

is the bag flammable?

Re:When you see it (Score:3, Funny)

by Trails ( 629752 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @04:38PM (#31404940)

It's the circle of poo!

Re:The Humanure Handbook (Score:3, Funny)

by elrous0 ( 869638 ) * writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @04:43PM (#31404980)

Note to self: Never, ever, ever eat any food from Joseph Jenkins' garden.

Re:Perfect for those really long WoW raids. (Score:4, Funny)

by MadCow42 ( 243108 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @04:44PM (#31404994) Homepage

Not to mention, how the heck do you poop in a bottle in the first place? Thread it up your ass and squeeze? Yowza...
(given that it would add pressure to the bottle, I can then imagine it all squeezing back out once you removed it from your nether regions too...)

Re:Hmmm.... (Score:3, Funny)

by pipingguy ( 566974 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @05:07PM (#31405294)

Nah, that'd be me (according to my ex-wife).

Re:Not to be a naysayer, but can people afford thi (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @05:16PM (#31405424)

You just say "Peepoo" and the sheer awesomeness of it digs it for you.

Re:What does a toilet have to do with voting? (Score:4, Funny)

by Missing_dc ( 1074809 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @05:22PM (#31405540)

Wow, who woke up the Grammar Nazi?

Re:But does it run Linux? (Score:3, Funny)

by kpainter ( 901021 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @05:30PM (#31405642)

No, but if you put a copy of Windows in the bag, bury it and when you come back in 10 years, you will have an old copy of Windows.

Re:Great for 1st world situations too... (Score:2, Funny)

by Orbijx ( 1208864 ) * writes: <slashdot.org@pix ... .net minus berry> on Monday March 08, 2010 @05:47PM (#31405882) Homepage Journal

You forgot to put on your sunglasses, but I can still take the cue:
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! [tr.im]

Re:What does a toilet have to do with voting? (Score:2, Funny)

by Anarki2004 ( 1652007 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @05:55PM (#31406046) Homepage Journal

All this is missing is a title page and bibliography.

Re:Named and Marketed by the Same People... (Score:4, Funny)

by malkavian ( 9512 ) writes: on Monday March 08, 2010 @08:56PM (#31408422)

Thought it would have been brought to you by the people who gave you Wii..

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When you see it (Score:5, Funny)

The guy creates a brilliant solution... (Score:5, Funny)

Youtube Demo (Score:1, Funny)

Great for 1st world situations too... (Score:5, Funny)

This is quite unfortunate... (Score:5, Funny)

Perfect for those really long WoW raids. (Score:5, Funny)

Hmmm.... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Perfect for those really long WoW raids. (Score:4, Funny)

Finally get those kids off jenkem (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Great for 1st world situations too... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Great for 1st world situations too... (Score:5, Funny)

From a practical standpoint, (Score:3, Funny)

Re:When you see it (Score:3, Funny)

Re:The Humanure Handbook (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Perfect for those really long WoW raids. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Hmmm.... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Not to be a naysayer, but can people afford thi (Score:2, Funny)

Re:What does a toilet have to do with voting? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:But does it run Linux? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Great for 1st world situations too... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:What does a toilet have to do with voting? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Named and Marketed by the Same People... (Score:4, Funny)

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