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World Service,1 min

The toilet that makes clean water and ash from human waste

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Sanitation expert Dr Alison Parker from Cranfield University in the UK is helping to develop a nano-membrane toilet that can transform poo into ash and wee into clean water. The project's in response to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation鈥檚 challenge to scientists around the world to 鈥榬e-invent the toilet鈥�. (Image: Two toilet rolls with faces Credit: Getty Images)

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