Name: Sanitation is a basic human right
Uploaded: 2014-09-29T15:10:48Z
Duration: 8 min 11 s
Description: Warning: This talk might contain much more than you'd ever want to know about the way the world poops. But as sanitation activist (and TED Fellow) Francis de los Reyes asks — doesn't everyone deserve a safe place to go?

Warning: This talk might contain much more than you'd ever want to know about the way the world poops. But as sanitation activist (and TED Fellow) Francis de los Reyes asks — doesn't everyone deserve a safe place to go?

Francis de los Reyes: Sanitation is a basic human right

Sanitation is a basic human right

Environmental engineer, sanitation activist

Rethinking toilets: A leap towards separating urine and feces can transform waste into valuable fertilizers, revolutionizing sanitation.

Inadequate sanitation leads to 1.5 million child deaths annually—a crisis solvable by innovative, locally adapted sanitation solutions.

Investing in sanitation yields a $3-34 return for every $1 spent, emphasizing the need for government-backed infrastructure improvements.