Bill Gates unveils futuristic toilet in China

U.S. billionaire Bill Gates on Tuesday unveiled a futuristic toilet during a trip to China.

The toilet uses chemicals to turn human waste into fertilizer and does not need water or sewers.

The toilet was the brainchild of research projects funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

“The current toilet simply sends the waste away in the water, whereas these toilets don’t have the sewer. They take both the liquids and solids and do chemical work on it, including burning it in most cases,” Gates told Reuters.

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