The bio-digester technology developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be a game changer in the sanitation sector in the years to come, according to Sudhir Mande, ...

Managing waste such as faecal matter is not easy. However, with technology, a new sceptic tank has been developed to ease waste management especially in homes. All her life, Flavia Amiya, a resident ...

I n light of recurring tragedies — involving workers losing their lives while cleaning septic tanks — it is time to question the safety and functioning of the ubiquitous septic tank. These tanks treat ...

A man constructs a bio-digester sceptic tank. Photo by Roland D. Nasasira. For years she had known nothing beyond the ordinary septic tank until when Julius Kirumira, the managing director of Home ...

In eight years, all trains operated by Southern Railway will have eco-friendly bio-toilets. Now, new coaches are being rolled out only with bio-toilets, using the bio-digester concept of the Defence ...