SPLINTERS & OFFCUTS: Is the UK's recognition of right to sanitation half-hearted?

Sunday, 1 July 2012

Is the UK's recognition of right to sanitation half-hearted?

http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/uk-recognition-of-right-to-sanitation-half-hearted/

Interesting post in sanitation updates. The collection and transportation part are important issues which iDE recognising and is seeking to address in future work, because it relates to treatment and safe disposal. Without treatment and safe disposal, for on-site latrines, you are merely postponing dealing with a major issue and potentially putting people off using toilets altogether. You may also create more of a health hazard due to improper disposal/emptying. I am wondering if the choice to not include collection and transportation is in recognition of laws in India where there are laws against the transportation of human waste.

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This blog cover a variety of issues in international development - mainly related to politics of development, urban infrastructure, and watsan.

I first called it "Item One" because I wanted the focus to remain on issues which I believe should be at the top of the agenda, politically speaking. Whilst I still like the idea, the name was a bit too grandiose sounding, and what it's turned in to is more of a collection of offcuts of information gathered during the course of my studies and work experiences to date. 'Splintering' is a term I've come across to describe the nature of modern urban growth. I like to use it here because it holds the imagery of issues that stick like thorns in your side or pricks in your fingers and won't leave you alone until you address them.