Social Sustainability
Sanitation
Facilities and systems for the safe management of human waste — toilets, collection, treatment and disposal — a foundation of public health.
Definition
Sanitation is the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal and management of human excreta and wastewater, spanning the full service chain: containment (toilets and latrines), emptying, transport, treatment and safe disposal or reuse. The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme tracks a service ladder from open defecation through basic to safely managed sanitation; billions of people still lack safely managed services, and hundreds of millions practise open defecation.
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