At the technology exhibition in China, Microsoft founder Bill Gates showed the toilet of the future, which can work without water and connected to the sewer system.. Human waste in such toilets will be processed into fertilizer..

Gates made his report at the exhibition, standing on stage with a can of feces. He noted that harmful bacteria and parasite eggs are often found in feces, which can later be released into drinking water. According to him, about 500 thousand children under five die every year because of them..

Thanks to the toilet to the new type of waste just will not fall into the sewer. This, according to Gates, will not only reduce the number of child deaths, but also save humankind more than $ 233 billion on health care (approximately the same amount each year they spend on the treatment of diarrhea, cholera, and other similar disorders or infections).

Bill Gates believes that the innovations shown at the exhibition have become the main achievement in the field of sanitation over the past 200 years. "10 years ago I couldn’t imagine that I would know so much about poop. And I certainly could not have imagined that Melinda would have to ask me to refrain from talking about toilets and fecal sediments at the dinner table, "Gates said.

He promised that improved toilets would cost about $ 500 and could become a new global standard.. First of all, they are designed for homes and schools..

Meduza.