{"id":30655,"date":"2018-09-04T18:45:04","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T22:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=30655"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:28:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:28:37","slug":"biosaneamento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/community-stories\/member-spotlight\/biosaneamento","title":{"rendered":"Bringing sanitation to Rio de Janeiro\u2019s poorest neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Architect Luiz Alberto Altmann Fazio was volunteering with a well-known nonprofit when he visited a favela in Rio de Janeiro. There he saw for the first time the problems with sewage encountered by many poor communities in Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCompanies won\u2019t build sewage networks in poor communities because they don\u2019t see it as economically viable,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About 50 percent of Brazilian households are not connected to a sewage network, a statistic that disproportionally affects the poor. So Fazio created Biosaneamento, a project to build low-cost biogas toilets in communities that lack basic sanitation.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Biosaneamento | Creator Awards S\u00e3o Paulo 2018\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32qW6xUztLM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A biogas toilet is similar to an eco-friendly composting toilet in that it converts waste to fertilizer. But a biogas system takes things a step farther by also collecting methane gas that can be used by the local community. This gas can be a lifeline for poor families, who have seen the price of canisters of gas rise in recent months in Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite Brazil passing a law guaranteeing all citizens access to a sewage system 10 years ago, Fazio says that in a best-case scenario, the country is still at least 25 years away from fulfilling its promise. The total cost would be more than $100 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But Biosaneamento offers a cheap and quicker solution to the problem. The construction of bio-toilets uses readily available materials and can create jobs in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biosaneamento, with offices at Rio de Janeiro\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/buildings\/almirante-barroso-81--rio-de-janeiro\">WeWork <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/buildings\/almirante-barroso-81--rio-de-janeiro\">Almirante Barroso 81<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a winner in the nonprofit category at the WeWork Creator Awards. With the $18,000 prize the company will be able to build up to 50 systems\u2014enough to serve 150 homes and 600 people.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fazio says that says that their system would cost around a tenth of a traditional sewer system. One of the big benefits would be improving the health of local communities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn poor communities with open sewer networks you have high rates of diarrhea and other diseases,\u201d says Fazio. \u201cFor young children this can be deadly.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biosaneamento brings low-cost biogas toilets to communities that lack basic 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