Exploiting the co-benefits of ecological sanitation

► Global food production will need to meet the demands of an increasing population. ► The Millennium Development Goal aims to alleviate poverty, improve access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. ► Human excreta pose a threat to human health and wellbeing especially in the developing world. ► Ecological sanitation proves an integrated approach that prevents pollution, sanitises faeces and urine and recovers nutrients for food production. ► The co-benefits of nutrients recovery need to be fully exploited if multiple environmental and social challenges in the developing world are to be addressed.