Chinese company shines at world toilet fair in India

As the only company from China, Beijing Sunny Breeze Technology INC attracted great attention at the second "Reinvent the Toilet Fair" held in the Indian capital this week.

The world class toilet fair, which aims to improve sanitation through providing smart and energy-saving toilets, is co-hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and India's Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.

A total of 45 exhibitors from 15 nations attended the week-long fair. Among them, China's Beijing Sunny Breeze Technology Inc. earned high praise from both organizers and its counterparts in other countries.

The company displayed its waterless toilet and on-site waste processor at the second "Reinvent the Toilet Fair," which caught the limelight during the past week.

Jing Ning, CEO of Sunny Breeze told Xinhua that the goal of this waterless toilet is to use existing technologies that are economical and easily repaired to turn the human waste into fertilizer.

"It's initially intended for countries where the sun can generate at least 2 kilowatts of heat to dry and sanitize fecal waste into fertilizer," Jing said.

Solar cells in this toilet can power the device in sunny countries, while wind or other electric sources can power the toilet and waste processor in areas with less sunshine.

This processor program by the Chinese company is funded by the Gates Foundation.

"We are competent to share the fund of 1 million U.S. dollars to carry out the second phase of our processor project. We have also attended the first Toilet Fair in Seattle, the U.S.A. in 2012, " he said.

At the closing ceremony of the fair, Christopher Elias, president of Global Development,Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said "Creative thinking and approaches to sanitation challenges can reduce the infant mortality rate, and control the spread of HIV/AIDS. It will help people to have a better life."

Another project by California Institute of Technology also attracted a big audience.

Explained the operating principle of his product, Yan Qu, one of the As exhibitors,and Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering Department under CIT. "This electrochemical treatment system generates hydrogen as a by-product of waste treatment and features a microfiltration component for water reuse and recycling. "

"We will collaborate with Jiangsu Province to install our toilets in rural areas in line with China's latest policy of building small-size decentralized water system .Our final products will be first made and used in China," she said.

"The system costs only 1,500-2,000 U.S. dollars ,cheaper and easier than other exhibitors', which is why we won the first prize in Seattle, in 2012."

There are many extraordinary projects,for instance,"Sol-Char Toilet" made by University of Colorado at Boulder uses concentrated solar energy to transform human waste into commercially viable products such as solid fuel, heat and fertilizer.

Other innovative efforts from exhibitors to create toilets that are not connected to water, sewer or electricity;improve the collection,treatment and disposal of human wastes, which have profound impacts on toilet conception.

The second "Reinvent the Toilet Fair" was held in India this year to help Indian investigators to invent future generation toilets to bring safe sanitation to the 2.5 billion Indian people who lack access. The Gates Foundation and Indian government had announced that they would invest 2 million U.S. dollars to support the invention and production of future toilets.