X-Runner: Providing Portable, Safe, and Hygienic Dry Toilets

Sanisol Association Peru ("X-runner") provides a sanitation alternative in low-resource communities. The business model - the feasibility of which was demonstrated under a Stars grant - is based on a sanitation subscription service. When a customer subscribes, X-runner installs a waterless toilet in the home and the customer then pays for weekly pick-up of solid waste that X-runner processes into nutrient-rich compost. Approved TTS funding will enable X-runner to increase its service coverage and feces removal uptake in low-income communities within Peru, helping to reduce exposure to diarrheal disease pathogens that are among the leading killers of children under five.