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How Bill Gates Aims to Save $233 Billion by Reinventing the Toilet
Bill Gates thinks toilets are a serious business, and he’s betting big that a reinvention of this most essential of conveniences can save a half million lives and deliver $200 billion-plus in savings. The billionaire philanthropist, whose Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spent $200 million over seven years funding sanitation research, showcased some 20 novel toilet and sludge-processing designs that eliminate harmful pathogens and convert bodily waste into clean water and fertilizer. “The technologies you’ll see here are the most significant advances in sanitation in nearly 200 years,” Gates, 63, told the ... (full story)
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