Biodegrading toilets to be set up on Mt. Fuji summit

Biodegrading toilets to be set up on Mt. Fuji summit

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Photo shows biodegrading lavatories which a Shizuoka-based nonprofit organization commissioned to protect the environment on Mt. Fuji. The lavatories will be installed at the mountain's summit in late June to decompose human waste. Officials of the nonprofit Fujisan Club said May 23 that they installed a biodegrading lavatory at the mountain's fifth station last year.

Biodegrading toilets to be set up on Mt. Fuji summit

Biodegrading toilets to be set up on Mt. Fuji summit

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Photo shows biodegrading lavatories which a Shizuoka-based nonprofit organization commissioned to protect the environment on Mt. Fuji. The lavatories will be installed at the mountain's summit in late June to decompose human waste. Officials of the nonprofit Fujisan Club said May 23 that they installed a biodegrading lavatory at the mountain's fifth station last year.

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FEATURE: Improvements in emergency lavatories a must for disasters

FEATURE: Improvements in emergency lavatories a must for disasters

Photo taken in April 2011 shows temporary lavatories in Minamisanriku town in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Miyagi, one of the hardest-hit areas in the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. Improving the situation with toilets when natural disasters strike is as an urgent task, with the issue one of the biggest headaches for many regions affected by the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

FEATURE: Improvements in emergency lavatories a must for disasters

FEATURE: Improvements in emergency lavatories a must for disasters

Participants (R side) listen to an explanation of various kinds of emergency lavatories during a seminar held by the research center Japan Toilet Labo in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2015. Improving the situation with toilets when natural disasters strike is as an urgent task, with the issue one of the biggest headaches for many regions affected by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo