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kate327's review
4.0
This is an informative look at human waste management (or lack thereof) globally. George covers many topics including current sanitation realities in various parts the world, the effects on health of inadequate waste management, the need for a coordinated effort to address lack of adequate waste disposal/treatment, differing cultural practices, and issues regarding water-based sanitation. Also covered are technological advances such as toilet innovation (Japan has it figured out!) and biogas digesters.
Billions of people worldwide still have no access to a toilet. This book was written in 2008, so I need to look for information on what progress has made globally in the last decade.
Although I didn’t find the content of this book new or startling, this was a good synopsis of global human waste management and the need to raise the profile of this public health issue.
Billions of people worldwide still have no access to a toilet. This book was written in 2008, so I need to look for information on what progress has made globally in the last decade.
Although I didn’t find the content of this book new or startling, this was a good synopsis of global human waste management and the need to raise the profile of this public health issue.
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