Business Idea of the Day

After a speaking engagement last year, Jonathan Loudon came up to the podium and introduced himself. Jonathon is a partner at one of Toronto’s hottest innovation firms appropriately called Cooler Solutions (www.coolersolutionsinc.com), and his firm specializes in humanitarian and health related product design.

Last year Cooler tackled the substantial problem of sanitation in the developing world for a submission to the Humanitarian International Design Organization (HIDO) for consideration in their international design competition. Last December Cooler was given this prestigious award for their dignity toilet.

Quoting from Cooler’s supplied information:
The dignity toilet is a solid waste storage and disposal system for locations where a sanitation infrastructure does not exist. It addresses the issues of compliance, health and dignity.

The dignity toilet provides sanitary storage of solid waste for four people for 7-10 days. After that period, the toilet is removed from its seating dock and taken to a predetermined controlled area. It is then manually augered into the soil where it evacuates its contents, mixes the waste with the soil and buries it in the ground for decomposition.

For more information about the dignity toilet contact Cooler Solutions here.

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Graeme Spicer is a Canadian trendspotter, ethnographer and observer of all things retail. He spends his time consulting with leading retailers; presenting at conferences across North America; lecturing at OCAD, Canada’s leading design school; and reading too many blogs. Graeme blogs at http://graemespicer.typepad.com.

Source: The dignity toilet

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