This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. A toilet is like a “super vaccine,” says Doulaye Kone of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “It kills disease ...

An international day devoted to toilets? Many people around the world think you're joking when you tell them that 19 November is World Toilet Day. But access to clean water and sanitation is no ...

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This essential space, at the centre of our lives, should be safe and secure. But for billions of people, sanitation is under threat from conflict, climate change, disasters and neglect. ‘Safe ...

Bamboo toilet paper, in particular, has emerged as a sustainable alternative to traditional tree-based options. But what ...

Japan’s Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai bills itself as the “People’s Living Lab – a laboratory for a future society” and challenges the world to imagine a more sustainable future. But news ...