A group of us attended this year’s Virtual Summit about Reclaiming Urine as a Resource. The main take aways:
- A dried urine-based fertilizer is highly sought after
- Close the toilet lid when you flush – helps to prevent the dispersal of pathogens
- There is an opportunity for change that is happening globally
- People need better access to sanitation services that are not sewer based
- Existing wastewater treatment plants around the world (Uppsala/Paris/Montreal/Mumbai) are reaching capacity and/or are not meeting the cleaning standards
- Urine diversion, treatment and recirculation can help enable safer toilets and increase the capacity of existing wastewater treatment plants
- Most urine treatment technologies are still immature and need support to be tested at larger scale.