x-runner

Peru / District de Lima

Improving sanitary conditions and living standards of slum dwellers through dry and ecological toilets

Lima

Central & South America

Who ?

Isabel Medem

Themes

Waste management Housing & Public places Health

Reported by

Zoe Moulin

Paris

Elodie

Quatre Bornes

xrunner-venture.org xrunner.venture?fref=ts

In the slums of Lima, the capital of Peru, many households do not have toilets at home. This represents a major health and insalubrity problem, with the appearance of infectious diseases and epidemics. To address this issue, the social enterprise X-runner has designed innovative, low-cost dry, portable and eco-friendly toilets, which it installs in homes, while teaching them how to use them. Once a week, X-runner comes to collect the excrement to make compost. A hygienic and ecological solution!

Meet the founder(s)

Founder tips

"Do not be in love with your project, be in love with the problem you are trying to solve!" "Anyone can act on his scale, run!" {Translated by Google}

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