Peepoo the Year conscious product

Publicerad: 2010-11-15
The self-sanitizing and biological degradable disposable toilet Peepoo was awarded the weekend of the year prize-conscious product of live gala in Stockholm.


The self-sanitizing and biological degradable disposable toilet Peepoo was awarded the weekend of the year prize-conscious product of live gala in Stockholm.
- We think it's great that "Leva här i Sverige"  attentions the life in slums and the work that Peepoople spend to improve people's lives and health, said Peepoo promoter, architect Anders Wilhelmson.

The jury motivation was: "An inexpensive product with smart technology that provide solutions for one of the world's leading health and environmental problems."

- It is of course extremely inspiring with this kind of honor and something that pleased both me and my colleagues. We work hard to let Peepoo be able to help as many people as possible, not only by being a health sanitary solution, but also by creating a functioning ecosystem that can contribute to sustainable livelihoods for all involved, such as female micro entrepreneurs, "says Wilhelmson.

It is the third consecutive year that the magazine Leva (Living) distributes the Leva Bättre (Living Better) price in the categories, The Year's blowtorch, The Year's conscious product, The Year's Net enthusiast and for The Year's surprise.

Peepoo, the self-cleaning, biodegradable toilet was developed by Wilhelmson to solve the sanitation deficiency for the world's poorest. After several years of persistent work on product development and successful field tests in both Kenya, Bangladesh and Haiti, Peepoo is now on the market. The first Peepoo toilets went on sale in October, in Kibera in Nairobi, one of Africa's largest slums. Peepoo also offered to the disaster areas, refugee camps, schools and hospitals in developing countries.

About  Peepoople

2.6 billion people worldwide lack access to toilets. Peepoople ambition is that all people who wish to have access to a dignified and hygienic toilet. Today, over 1 billion people in extremely densely populated slums, where lack of sanitation has very serious health and environmental impacts. Each year 1.8 million people die due to diarrheal diseases, of which 90 percent are children under five. Peepoople bring their innovative and patented disposable toilet Peepoo an entirely new approach to solve the sanitation problems in developing countries. Peepoo is a self-sanitizing and bio-degradable toilet after use, which acts as fertilizer. It is an advanced, low-cost product that does not require initial investments, access to water or fixed infrastructure. Peepoo concept is based on research from SLU and the Royal Institute of Technology, and Industrial partners include, inter alia, Billerud and BASF. The author is Anders Wilhelmson, architect and professor at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology)  in Stockholm. Peepoople was founded in 2006 and is based in Stockholm. www.peepoople.com

For further information contact:
Anders Wilhelmson, Founder e-mail: mobile: 070-638 11 91
Karin Ruiz, CEO e-mail: mobile: 070-645 78 04
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