PUNE: On the occasion of World Toilet Day on November 19, Geneva-based Toilet Board Coalition (TBC) is hosting the Global Sanitation Economic Summit in Pune from November 18-21.
The inauguration will see eminent keynote speakers including Secretary P Iyer, Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Government of India; Cheryl Hicks, Executive Director and CEO, Toilet Board Coalition; and Rajendra Jagtap, Chief Executive Office, Pune Smart City.
The delegates will include representatives from prominent entities like Tata Trusts, Unilever, Kalyani Group, Lixil, Kimberly-Clark, Veolia, Firmenich and USAID as well as Indian Smart Cities.
Speaking about the summit, Executive Director and CEO of Toilet Board Coalition Cheryl Hicks said, “Applying Sanitation Economy approaches that are circular and digitised enables new solutions for water security, energy security, food security and health. With Sanitation Economy approaches, the current cost of providing sanitation can be reduced from about USD 200 per person to a net value of USD 10 per person.”
Through the summit, the coalition will focus on the rising population and corresponding demand for robust sanitation systems and policies, and how this creates waste-to-value opportunities for multiple applications, including energy products, agricultural products and water recovery.