SAMALEX SOLUTIONS introduced Comfresh toilet with the aim of building toilets in every household in Ghana. The project aims at improving the local community’s level of health, sanitation and promoting hygiene education in Ghana. It is an aerobic bio-digester that utilises the latest research findings on vermiculture composting enhanced by other local organisms readily found in our environment. The
micro flush valve isolates waste from space eliminating odours and flies that flushes in just 150cc of water (1 cup) which comes from washing of hands from the toilet. The SAMALEX Comfresh Toilet is very economical as compared to other types of toilets like the water closet and Kumasi Ventilated Improved Pit (KVIP). It is relatively affordable to acquire and also cost less to maintain. As already indicated, the SAMALEX Comfresh Toilet also flushes in just 150cc of water (1 cup) as compared to the water closet that flushes in 1 bucket of water. Health Benefits;
• It is environmentally friendly as compared to the water closet and KVIP system.
• The comfresh Toilet is odour free, totally no odour from the digester.
• It is fly-free, no house flies or any other flies can be found in this toilet. These flies which seem to be causal agents to diarrhoea and cholera are not found in the toilet.
• Doesn’t pollute the environment with bad odour and can be built freely in the community without any environmental concerns.
• It encourages hand washing among users. THE COMPONENTS
The SAMALEX Comfresh toilet has various components that operate to make the system work. All the various components and parts are locally made by Samalex Solutions onsite and at our workshop. These components are all made from locally sourced materials making the toilet relatively affordable. These are the various components and how they work. HOW SAMALEX COMFRESH TOILET WORKS
It is always recommended that flush water (water from hand washing) is left on the valve under the toilet seat. The water from a users’ hand washing goes to flush the next users’ toilet. After using the toilet the user has to flip a lever to turn the valve to release the toilet into the digester for decomposition. The waste water and the faecal matter enter into the upper compartment of the digester where the water is filtered into the lower chamber of the digester and then drained further into the soak hole. The faecal matter is then decomposed into organic soil (manure) which can be used for agricultural purposes. The comfresh toilets come in various sizes including the standard sized digester which can takes between 15-20 uses per a day and a large sized digester which takes 20-30 uses a day. When the digesters get the maximum per day uses, it will take up to 3 years for the digester to be filled up and ready for dislodging which involves scooping out the faecal matter from the digester with a shovel at a very minimal of between GHC 200-250.
