Nearly 1.4 billion people worldwide lack access to toilets. Can innovation solve the problem?

In 60 high-burden countries, researchers are experimenting with collection liners, dry toilets and converting faeces to fertilisers.

Inga Vesper

· Aug 05, 2019 · 09:30 pm

Delhi restaurants will open their toilets to public, but will everyone feel bold enough to use them?

Some fear that poorer people will be hesitant about entering these establishments.

Abhishek Dey

· Mar 17, 2017 · 05:30 pm

At Rs 5, toilets in South Delhi’s restaurants will soon be open to the public

The local civic body initiative will allow people access to 3,500 to 4,000 more toilets from April 1.

Scroll Staff

· Mar 15, 2017 · 08:29 am

Japanese toilets are set to become a lot easier to use and ‘tourist-friendly’

The confusing pictograms used in buttons in the bathrooms will be replaced with symbols that are used worldwide and easier to understand.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 18, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Swachh Bharat: The same five states continue to fare worst in sanitation

No more than 23% households in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand use toilets.

Prachi Salve, IndiaSpend.com

· Oct 04, 2016 · 10:30 pm

Residents of Bangladesh's wetlands are using floating toilets to end open defecation

In these areas, land is under water for up to six months and modern sanitation techniques are not used.

Pinaki Roy

· Oct 01, 2016 · 09:30 pm

Watch: An Australian politician says India-style squat toilets threaten the country's way of life

It's not a joke.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 23, 2016 · 10:00 am

How did public bathrooms get to be separated by gender in the first place?

It wasn’t even until the late 19th century that this was codified into law.

Nauro Campos, The Conversation

· May 28, 2016 · 05:30 am

How Sikkim built toilets for all – and why the rest of India is struggling to catch up

A cultural aversion to toilets is among the biggest hurdles to 100% sanitation.

Aarefa Johari

· Feb 19, 2014 · 07:17 am