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ANSI | Mar 21, 2024

LIXIL Named First Commercial License Partner for Georgia Tech Reinvented Toilet Technologies

Commercialization Follows Successful Collaboration with Georgia Tech and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Bring Technology to Pilot.
LIXIL, maker of pioneering water and housing products, today announced it has been named the first commercial license partner for Georgia Tech’s Generation 2 Reinvented Toilet (G2RT) Consortium’s technologies.

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ANSI | 27 February 2023

ANSI and Partners Host Session on Innovative Sanitation Technologies in West Africa

In recognition of the importance of non-sewered sanitation system standards, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) participated in the 21st African Water Association International Congress & Exhibition and 7th International Fecal Sludge Management Conference held in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, on February 19-23, 2023.

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ISO | 12 August 2020

The Wait is Over – ISO 31800 Published

Safe and clean sanitation is a human right, yet over half of the world’s population is denied this right, meaning they hazard life-threatening illnesses every day. Emerging technologies for stand-alone systems that treat waste and turn it into clean water have the potential to restore this right and save lives. The much-awaited International Standard for such systems has just been published.

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ISO | 7 May, 2020

Sanitation Innovation Animation

ISO’s member for the USA, ANSI, recently created a video that points out the importance of toilets and proper sanitation. It couldn’t have come at a better time

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ARSO | January-April 2020

ARSO Quarterly Newsletter, January-April 2020

The African Organisation for Standardisation’s Quarterly Bulletin mentions engagement with ANSI on non-sewered sanitation standards on pages 4, 8, and 31.

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ANSI | 22 April, 2020

On Earth Day 2020, ANSI Celebrates Standards that Support a Cleaner, More Sustainable World

On April 22, 2020, millions of people across the globe will forgo public gatherings and turn to digital devices at home to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Cap-Net | April 2020

Cap-Net and ANSI Partner to Support National Adoption of Non-Sewered Sanitation Standards in Africa and Asia.

A new partnership between Cap-Net UNDP and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) will deliver blended training in 17 countries in Africa and Asia to encourage the national adoption and use of two international non-sewered sanitation standards, ISO 24521 and ISO 30500.

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ANSI | 7 April, 2020

On World Health Day, a Look at Standards that Support Global Sustainable Sanitation Solutions

On World Health Day, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recognizes the important role of international standards supporting improved global health and sanitation.

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WRC | April 2020

The Water Wheel – Water Research Commission

The inaugural SANS 30500 awareness workshop was held on November 19, 2019 in Pretoria. The workshop targeted policymakers in the South African national government departments as well as other national bodies such as the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and...

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ANSI | 20 March, 2020

New ANSI Video: International Standards Support Safe Sanitation during World Water Day

In support of United Nations initiative World Water Day on March 22, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has released a new animated video—available in French and Mandarin—that demonstrates how international standards ISO 30500 and ISO 24521 can help improve global sanitation.

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IAPMO | 5 December, 2019

IAPMO Publishes IAPMO/ISO 30500 as National Adoption Standard for the US and Canada

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) has published ANSI/CAN/IAPMO/ISO 30500:2019, Non-Sewered Sanitation Systems — Prefabricated Integrated Treatment Units — General Safety and Performance Requirements for Design and Testing as an identical National Adoption Standard for both the United States and Canada

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DailyMaverick | 19 November, 2019

New Toilet Paradigm for South Africa

On 19 November the world observes the UN’s World Toilet Day. There are many reasons to celebrate a hygienic toilet, chief among them that it is one of the most important health devices in a house, along with clean water supply.

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