{"id":63626,"date":"2015-10-26T03:52:05","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T08:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=63626"},"modified":"2015-10-26T03:52:05","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T08:52:05","slug":"inventor-aims-to-revolutionize-waste-removal-with-bio-toilet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/10\/26\/inventor-aims-to-revolutionize-waste-removal-with-bio-toilet\/","title":{"rendered":"Inventor aims to revolutionize waste removal with bio-toilet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ASAHIKAWA, JAPAN &#8211; A dry bio-toilet invented in Japan&#8217;s Hokkaido has created a solution to odor and sanitation problems in remote or disaster-hit areas where no suitable sewage system is available, and its creator hopes that the device might one day revolutionize human waste disposal worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Developer of the &#8220;Bio-Lux&#8221; toilet, Toshihiro Kitsui, 68, president of Seiwa Denko Co., says that with only sawdust and a screw mixing mechanism, the system can be almost a permanent personal waste solution, with little odor or upkeep.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">&#8220;The sawdust will remain dry even after use and the mixture can be used as fertilizer,&#8221; the Asahikawa-based Kitsui said. &#8220;Our toilet is as capable as a flush toilet.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASAHIKAWA, JAPAN &#8211; A dry bio-toilet invented in Japan&#8217;s Hokkaido has created a solution to odor and sanitation problems in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":63627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[9230],"class_list":["post-63626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-uploads","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}