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TÜV SÜD | Jan 8, 2025
TÜV SÜD to develop specialist network of test and certification laboratories
In January 2025, TÜV SÜD achieved a major milestone by certifying the first ISO 30500-compliant sanitation system, developed by Ecosan.
Gates Foundation | Oct 30, 2024
The next sanitation breakthrough: Making reinvented toilets more affordable
Nearly half the world's population lacks access to safe sanitation. Read how we're developing solutions to meet community needs and build climate resilience.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
