A Toilet Made out of Poop?

Check out this innovative low-cost, low-tech concept waterless toilet system created by industrial designer Virginia Gardiner.

This waterless toilet, aptly named LooWatt, is a closed-loop management system that will recycle human waste and eventually turn it into energy.

Here’s how it works. After defecating, you turn the crank on the toilet which, instead of flushing, magically pushes the waste down into a receptacle that is lined with a carbon-rish biodegradable film. Once this prototype sealed container is full, it is removed and the compressed waste is taken to an anaerobic digester which, in turn, will produce cooking gas from the methane.

It sounds a little gross but makes a whole lot of sense…