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sanitation

Environment 7 years ago

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.

Opinion 7 years ago

The overlooked role of sanitation in development

“In rural areas, where sanitation at schools is wanting, female students are more likely to be absent during their menstrual days."

Opinion 7 years ago

PREMIUM
Access to water, sanitation and hygiene to save children from stunting

The prevalence of stunting should make us all wake up. We are all affected, not only our children.

People 7 years ago

Matt Damon visits Jakarta for clean water, sanitation project

Hollywood actor Matt Damon visited Jakarta on Tuesday for the WaterCredit program.

City 7 years ago

City allocates Rp 9.6 billion for garbage bins from Germany

The Jakarta Environment Agency has sealed a deal to purchase 2,600 garbage bins from a German manufacturer. The agency has allocated Rp 9.6 billion (US$691,200) for the procurement.

National 7 years ago

China supports sanitation in West Java

Chinese Ambassador to Indonesia Xiao Qian and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Said Aqil Siradj signed on Wednesday an agreement to build sanitation facilities in West Java.

Business 8 years ago

Sanitation, drinking water projects progress slowly, minister says

Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono has revealed that nationwide sanitation and drinking water projects progressed at a slower rate than other infrastructure projects handled by the ministry.

City 8 years ago

Jakarta's river water severely polluted: Bappenas

River water in Jakarta may put people’s health at risk if consumed, as 96 percent of the water is severely polluted, the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) has said.

National 8 years ago

Communal septic tank built to curb open defecation in Jambi

The Batanghari regency administration in Jambi has disbursed Rp 2.8 billion (US$213,000) it received from the 2017 state budget to develop sanitation systems in seven subdistricts and villages in the regency.