Comments on: Peepoo bag by Anders Wilhelmson http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:39:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Lisa (Columbus, Ohio) http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/comment-page-1/#comment-925087 Lisa (Columbus, Ohio) Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:37:03 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/#comment-925087 My 6th grade class and I read the article about Peepoo bags in Scope magazine. They were facinated to learn what Peepoo bags can offer to approximately 40% of the world's population who do not have access to modern toilets. I do not believe using a Peepoo bag in the areas where it is being used & utilizing it as fertilizer is any more degrading than the other options in such places. Certainly the health benefits provided by the Peepoo's technology is a superior option to allowing 1.5 million children to die annually from diahrea, often contracted from contamination from human waste. My 6th grade class and I read the article about Peepoo bags in Scope magazine. They were facinated to learn what Peepoo bags can offer to approximately 40% of the world’s population who do not have access to modern toilets. I do not believe using a Peepoo bag in the areas where it is being used & utilizing it as fertilizer is any more degrading than the other options in such places. Certainly the health benefits provided by the Peepoo’s technology is a superior option to allowing 1.5 million children to die annually from diahrea, often contracted from contamination from human waste.

]]> By: Audreyjimjack Ellis http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/comment-page-1/#comment-818623 Audreyjimjack Ellis Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:57:28 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/#comment-818623 Stupid idea. Surely people will go into the bush - dig a hole - do their business then bury it as people have do traditionally.... After a few weeks - its broken down into fertiliser anyway. This is really a solution for overcrowded slum cities with no sanitation. Sanitation would be a better option. As for the bag...But surely they'd prefer to spend thier money on FOOD? Stupid idea. Surely people will go into the bush – dig a hole – do their business then bury it as people have do traditionally…. After a few weeks – its broken down into fertiliser anyway. This is really a solution for overcrowded slum cities with no sanitation. Sanitation would be a better option. As for the bag…But surely they'd prefer to spend thier money on FOOD?

]]> By: Sara, Toronto, ON http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/comment-page-1/#comment-815155 Sara, Toronto, ON Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:27:46 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/#comment-815155 You're not dumb - I thought the same thing until I realized one could turn the bag inside out to catch and wipe, much like when picking up after one's dog. Actually, this kind of product would come in handy for use by first world citizens camping with limited/no access to outdoor latrines... You're not dumb – I thought the same thing until I realized one could turn the bag inside out to catch and wipe, much like when picking up after one's dog.

Actually, this kind of product would come in handy for use by first world citizens camping with limited/no access to outdoor latrines…

]]> By: rb http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/comment-page-1/#comment-386914 rb Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:55:21 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/#comment-386914 The Peepoo will not work in the context of Indian slum. Check out the analysis of that case <a href="http://rahulbrown.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/will-the-peepoo-disposable-toilet-work-for-indian-slums/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. http://rahulbrown.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/will-the-peepoo-disposable-toilet-work-for-indian-slums/ The Peepoo will not work in the context of Indian slum.

Check out the analysis of that case here.

http://rahulbrown.wordpress.com/2010/03/04/will-the-peepoo-disposable-toilet-work-for-indian-slums/

]]> By: Wolfgang http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/comment-page-1/#comment-342437 Wolfgang Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:58:04 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/03/16/peepoo-bag-by-peter-thuvander/#comment-342437 amazingly strong reactions from negative comments, surely a proper decent sanitation with composting toilets availabel to every body would be the aim, but who in fact implies these in "slum" neighborhoods anywhere? So it is very simple to put this sani-bag solution down as "degrading and shameful" but seeing that the usual alternative in these places is: bad latrines and defacation in open places, massive hygienic problems due to this circumstances - then one can come to the conclusion that comments like: "how bad, how disgraceful" this possible solution may be are cynical in its own way. They suppose that there are better, more dignified and healthier options are readily available or should just be realized. In fact nothing happens. amazingly strong reactions from negative comments, surely a proper decent sanitation with composting toilets availabel to every body would be the aim, but who in fact implies these in “slum” neighborhoods anywhere? So it is very simple to put this sani-bag solution down as “degrading and shameful” but seeing that the usual alternative in these places is: bad latrines and defacation in open places, massive hygienic problems due to this circumstances – then one can come to the conclusion that comments like: “how bad, how disgraceful” this possible solution may be are cynical in its own way. They suppose that there are better, more dignified and healthier options are readily available or should just be realized. In fact nothing happens.

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