Why Bill Gates bought 200 litres of fake poo
Stuff NZ 14/08/2012


CRAPPY JOB: The synthetic poo is processed into cylinders using a sausage maker then used to test entrants in the
Reinvent the Toilet Fair.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has bought about 200 litres of fake poo to trial out revolutionary new toilets that don't need water, electricity or even connection to a sewage system.

This week the foundation is holding its "Reinvent the Toilet Fair" aimed at improving the lives of the 2.6 billion people in the third world who do not have access to a toilet.

Many living in the poorest parts of the world are exposed to deadly disease because there are no pipes in their villages to support flushing toilets and no treatment plants - or not enough electricity - to treat sewage properly.

Using $3 million in grants from the foundation, eight engineers took up the challenge to reinvent the commode into a self-contained, power- and water-less system.

One solution is powered by feces, which it dries and burns into fertilizer. The researcher in South Africa who created the contraption told NPR it was "like a toilet you'd find in the spaceship" and said there would be left over energy "to power the latrine's light and recharge your cellphone".

Other prototypes include a solar-powered toilet and one that converts waste into electricity with microwave technology. They will all be displayed at the fair on August 14 and 15, which will reportedly be attended by Bill Gates himself.

"And, to give these newfangled toilet prototypes a test drive while at the fair, we need synthetic feces. About 50 gallons [approx 200 litres] of it," said the foundation's communications officer Diane Scott in a blog post.

"The recipe for the fair is simply soybean paste and rice - there's a more complex recipe for hard-core research & development work."

The unscented synthetic poo is being supplied by toilet testing organisation Maximum Performance, which supplies toilet makers worldwide.

A page on its website details, with pictures, the process of making and testing the fake poo, which is packaged into cylinders using a sausage maker.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadge ... f-fake-poo

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MaP Methodology

Unlike some other toilet testing organizations, MaP testing protocols and processes are entirely transparent. Our test protocol is not "secret" nor does it use test materials (test media) that have no relationship to the "real" demands upon a toilet fixture. MaP uses consistent methodology to test every toilet to failure. Other MaP-qualified laboratories do likewise. Click here view the MaP Testing Protocol that all MaP-qualified laboratories are required to follow.

Below is photodocumentation of MaP testing procedures from paste development and testing, through distribution.

1. Soybean paste mixing and production for use in MaP testing.


Photos of further steps in the process at link
http://www.map-testing.com/info/menu/ma ... tocol.html

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Holy shit! Hahaaa

It does make sense to see what they can do to improve the process. All this time and technology and it's still the same.

I do think that Manufacturing it from Soya Beans is preferable to calling for individuals to donate the real thing.

I have often been in a room filled with people donating blood... that's quite OK.

A room filled with people "donating a load"... not so good?

Besides... I am sure they need quality and consistency.... and lets face it... not all turds are created equal




Then of course there's the SMELL too!

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the problem is that the american system uses the vacum toilet type with small pipe work thats why they block all the time and notice how high the water sits in the toilet the aussie sytem uses the flush system bigger pipes no blockages ( well unless the toilet cage thingy falls down the toilet gets flushed on a public holiday and the plumber charges 300 x the usual fee ) and the water sits in the base of the bowl the american system is not the best and they have a very antiquated system with pull chains and flush levers no dual flush because the pipes cant handle less water that is used for the half flush Bill should be looking at the long drop or the compostable toilet the problem with mixing toilet waste with anything is the amount of methane emitted and the potential for explosion or death from inhaling fumes in sewer pipes and stuff