The worlds richest man Bill Gates is funding development of an odour-blocking perfume for toilets as part of an ambitious project to develop stink-free toilets and improve poor sanitation across India and Africa.
According to latest media reports, The billionaire philanthropist's 'The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation' partnered with a Swiss-based perfume company Firmenich to create a poop smell blocker with the hope to make smelly toilets a thing of past and make a difference in communities with poor sanitation.
Noting that one billion people had no access to toilets and defecate in the open, 61-year-old Gates said three billion have toilets but their waste is dumped untreated, seeping into water and food supplies, leading to many diseases and slow economic growth.
According to Mirror, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have a proud history of donating to projects that aim to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty.
The project, led by family-owned fragrance company Firmenich, is part of an elaborate scheme to help improve sanitation in the world's poorest countries - by developing odour-free toilets.
Comments
Comments are closed for this article.