Ecological sanitation
is not a specific technology, but a new philosophy - based on an
ecosystem-oriented view of material flows - of dealing with what
is presently regarded as waste and wastewater for disposal.
considers human excreta and wastewater not as wastes but as
natural resources
applies the basic natural principal of closing the loop by using
modern and safe sanitation and reuse technologies.The ECOSAN toilet is a very advanced and modern way of
constructing a toilet.
The main objective is:
1. To avoid contamination of ground water.
2. To avoid pollution of air, water, and soil.
3
. To recover nutrients from human excreta and safely recycle
them back to the environment as fertilizers.
4. ECOSAN approach aims at sanitizing the products and not
transfer problems from one cycle to another cycle.