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It's an outhouse with a bag.

The challenges of developing nations aren't technological, they are poor infrastructure or organizational.

It's been said... building a toilet is easy. Keeping it clean and operational for years is hard.




Many cabins in the mountains in Norway use thick plastic bags that you just tie off and dump in a skip when you leave. At least they did last time I rented one twenty years ago, so the general idea is not new. Sealing the waste in with a biodegradable film is a neat idea though and makes a lot of sense for a hot climate.


What is a "skip" in this context? Not a native speaker here, sorry


> What is a "skip" in this context? Not a native speaker here, sorry

https://www.google.ch/search?q=skip&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=...


Known as a honey bucket in Alaska.




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