The Economic Times

In 2015, Bill Gates backed a Seattle-based company that turned human waste into drinking water and Electricity. Now it has secured $500 million from investors, and earns nearly $100 million a year

The Omniprocessor, developed by the Seattle-based Janicki Bioenergy with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, came to the limelight in 2015, when it successfully transformed human waste into drinking water and electricity. Capable of processing up to 14 tonnes of waste daily, the innovative system separates water and dry waste, burns the latter for energy, and generates clean, healthy water, ready for consumption.