Piloting a low-cost hardware intervention to reduce improper disposal of solid waste in communal toilets in low-income settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Farzana Yeasmin (Author), Stephen P. Luby (Author), Ronald E. Saxton (Author), Fosiul A. Nizame (Author), Mahbub-Ul Alam (Author), Notan Chandra Dutta (Author), Abdullah-Al Masud (Author), Dalia Yeasmin (Author), Anita Layden (Author), Habibur Rahman (Author), Rachel Abbott (Author), Leanne Unicomb (Author), Peter J. Winch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bangladesh faces daunting challenges in addressing the sanitation needs of its urban poor. Maintaining the cleanliness and functionality of communal toilets is dependent upon periodic emptying of fecal sludge, and cooperation between users of communal toilets. Trash disposal into...