Loowatt

{{short description|Waterless toilet company}}

Loowatt is a waterless toilet company, using a container-based sanitation model in which the containers holding waste are periodically removed for treatment. Waste from the toilet can be sent to an anaerobic digester to create biogas and fertilizer.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/17/opinion/showers-on-wheels.html|title=Showers on Wheels|author=Allison Arieff|author-link=Allison Arieff|date=17 January 2015|work=The New York Times|quote=The innovations here lie in the waterless toilet that provides a hygienic and odorless experience and the value-generating treatment solution that supports the toilet.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jul/06/loowatt-waterless-toilet-virginia-gardiner-latitude-festival|title=Waterless toilet to set bog standard at Latitude festival|first=Shane|last=Hickey|date=6 July 2014|work=The Guardian|quote=Journalist-turned-innovator Virginia Gardiner has received backing from the Gates Foundation for Loowatt – an invention that generates power from the waste we produce }}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/nov/19/waterless-toilets-turn-human-waste-into-energy-and-fertiliser|title=Waterless toilets turn human waste into energy and fertiliser|first=Tess|last=Riley|date=19 November 2014|work=The Guardian|quote=...UK-based Loowatt has also developed a hygienic waterless toilet system, although this one also generates energy}}{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/lab-loowatts-waterless-toilet-134607891.html|title=The Lab: Loowatt's waterless toilet|author=|date=April 2014|publisher=Sky News|via=Yahoo! News}}{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/5302956/loowatt-the-benefits-of-pooping-in-a-toilet-made-from-poop|title=Loowatt: The Benefits Of Pooping In a Toilet Made From Poop|first=Sean|last=Fallon|date=|publisher=Gizmodo}}

In 2012, the company started a trial project in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

In July 2013, the company received a grant of US$1,269,936 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to design and build a "commodity-generating waterless toilet system".{{cite web|url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/07/OPP1083134|title=Grant - Loowat Ltd. - OPP1083134|author=|date=|publisher=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation}}{{cite web|url=http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/news-and-market-deals/business-news/2462307/waterless-toilet-backed-by-bill-gates-lauded-at-new-energy-and-cleantech-awards.thtml|title=Waterless toilet backed by Bill Gates lauded at New Energy & Cleantech Awards|author=|date=May 2014|publisher=growthbusiness.co.uk}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SSsDAwAAQBAJ&q=Loowatt&pg=PA64|title=How to Design Wastewater Systems for Local Conditions in Developing Countries|first1=David M.|last1=Robbins|first2=Grant C.|last2=Ligon|date=15 March 2014|page=64|publisher=IWA Publishing|via=Google Books|isbn=978-1780404769}}