Generation II Reinvented Toilet (G2RT)
An estimated 3.6 Billion people lack access to safely managed and inclusive sanitation
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities.
Inadequate sanitation and hygiene are estimated to have caused more than 500,000 deaths from diarrhea alone in 2016
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have made this a central goal of their efforts to enable the widespread use of safely managed, sustainable sanitation services that contribute to positive health, economic, and gender equality outcomes for the world’s poorest people.
A great introduction to this area and the Foundations work on this global challenge can be found in Episode 1 of “Inside Bill’s Brain”.
Safe sanitation is essential to a Healthy and Sustainable future for developing economies
The STEEL Team is leading an international effort to address this challenge through the development of off-grid sanitation solutions that can be deployed in developing countries.
Find out more about the G2RT Mission and Team here:
Further Reading and Resources
We are Re-inventing the Toilet to prevent the next pandemic
September 2021
Fortune Magazine
Reinvent the Toilet Challenge: A brief history
July 2021
BMGF
Generation II Reinvented Toilet
November 2022
Georgia Tech Research Podcast
Reinvented Toilet Gives Students Hands-On Sanitation Experience
November 2022
Georgia Tech Research
50 Shades of Green LIVE: The Innovation Episode
Climate Group
Flush With Innovation: 10 years of Reinventing the Toilet
July 2021
Gates Notes
Restroom Deserts: where to go when you need to go
May 2022
AARP International
SUSTAINABLE SANITATION: HOW GREEN TECH AND A PARADIGM SHIFT CAN BRING THE CHANGE WE NEED
October 2022
Green Economy
Georgia Tech Students on a Mission to Reinvent the Toilet
November 2022
Georgia Tech Research
LIXIL Named First Commercial License Partner For Georgia Tech Reinvented Toilet Technologies
March 2024
PR Newswire
I Need to take a Yee
July 2021
Gates Notes
Engineers Are Unsung Heroes Of Global Health
May 2022
Forbes
Looming sanitation crisis in the face of climate change
September 2022
Afrik21
Turning sanitation infrastructure into a BATHROOM APPLIANCE
October 2022
Water Institute of South Africa
Reimagining the Toilet
November 2022
Georgia Tech Research
The future of sanitation: 10 years of reinventing the toilet
July 2021
BMGF
Generation 2 Reinvented Toilet (G2RT) begins field-test in South Africa
October 2022
Engineering News
Global Research Team Reinvents the Toilet
November 2022
Georgia Tech Research
Half the world needs a toilet. The other half needs a better one.
November 2022
Georgia Tech Research
This off-the-grid toilet turns waste into sanitary palm-size patties
March 2024
FastCompany
Rallying Call to Manufacturers on World Manufacturing Day to Help Solve the Global Sanitation Crisis
October 2022
PR Newswire
Everybody poops, but not everybody’s poop gets spontaneously combusted under water
October 2022
FastCompany
World leaders launch plan aimed at addressing water security
November 2022
CGTN Africa
Raise the Bar
January 2023
Manufacturing Today
Make Me Care About...Poop
March 2023
BIll & Melinda Gates Foundation