Acceptability of Urine-Diversion Dry Toilets and Resource Values of Excreta in Rural Societies

Abstract Global challenges of water scarcity and food insecurity justify sanitation approaches that utilize dry with the agricultural use excreta. One such approach is urine-diverting toilets (UDDTs) separate urine feces at source time excretion, thereby efficiently sanitizing without liquid by separating urine. However, in practice, some people have an aversion to human Although resource value excreta can potentially drive spread sanitation, this only be achieved when a system utilizing for agriculture accepted rooted society. This chapter studies long-term acceptability UDDTs were installed several years ago Vietnam, Malawi, Bangladesh, focusing on fertilizer The majority continuously used all cases. Physical conditions usability primary reasons UDDTs. Proportions continuous low cases, perceived values UDDT users significantly lower than those Malawi. alone not always motivation although possibly contributed Religious impurity was major barrier it could overcome clean appropriate socio-cultural context.