P-BANK

Find us by looking for a toilet – leave as a proud P Donor

Today’s agriculture depends on industrial fertilizers containing P, Phosphorus. This non-renewable is currently still obtained from mined Phosphate Rock which is depleting quickly. To secure our future food supplies we need to start to recover P now.

The P-BANK is a public toilet that aims to close the P-cycle. The sanitation system separates Pee from the waste water which simplifies nutrient recovery. This happens directly in the P-BANK. The recovered P is re-used as fertilizer in the P-BANK garden.

COLLECT

In the donor rooms you can comfortably donate in a no-mix toilet or a waterless urinal.

RECOVER

While washing hands, you can peek into the recovery lab. A process of chemical reactions recovers P from Pee safely and hygienically.

RE-USE

Leaving the P-Bank you’ll discover that the recovered P can be successfully reused as an alternative for mined Phosphorus.

Asoosama | Afaan Oromoo Haaraa

“Ati eessa deemta?” Qulqulluuffichi gaafate.

“Anis akka sii,” Qulqulluuffichi jedhe. “Garuu ani waan sitti himu nan qaba. Dunkaa kana jalaa qullaa saamuu kaa’e. Yoo naaf bishaan fidde, qullaan sun yeroo hundumaa siif bishaan ni argamsiisa.”

Ergasii, Qulqulluuffichi “amma qullaa kana qulqulluu irratti naqadhu” jedhe. Boontu akkuma isa jette hojjette. Qullaan sun amma ifa guddaa baase. Boontu dunkaa ol fuute — bishaan jabduun ishee keessaa yaa’a jalqabe.

Gaarummaan fi tumsa wantoota bareedaa fidu. asoosama afaan oromoo haaraa

Intalli tokko, maqaan ishee Boontu, waan gogaa ta’eef lagichatti deemti. Hanga lafti lagichaa caccabdeetti deemti. Akkuma deemtu, sagalee lallaafaa tokko dhageessi:

“Ani bishaan nan barbaada,” Boontu jette.

Gamoo irratti aduun baate. Bishaanonni lagaa ifaan cal-jedhanii yaa’u. Bara booda, bishaan lagichaa gogee turan. Namoonni naannichaa bishaan hin argatan. “Ati eessa deemta

Waan isin gaafattan mirkanaa’uu hin dandeenye. “Asoosama afaan Oromoo haaraa” jechuun kitaaba, barruu yookiin madda adda ta’uu danda’a. Eeyyee, ani gabaabumatti asoosama (story) haaraa afaan Oromoon isiniif barreessuu nan danda’a:

Yoo waan biraa yaadan (kutaa 2, yookiin asoosama haaraa tokko), na barsiisaa. Ani fayyadamatti nan gammada!

Boontu gammadee mana deebite. Qullaa sana waraabessa fi roobaan mana keessa kaafti. Guyyaa sanas booda, Boontu fi namoonni naannichaa bishaan hin gogan. Dunkaa kana jalaa qullaa saamuu kaa’e

Boontu yeroo xiqqoo yaaddetti. Ergasii, qullaa dunkaa jalaa baafatte. Bishaan cinaa lagaa tolfatte. Yeroo baay’ee bishaanitti ol baaftee Qulqulluuffichaaf kennite. Qulqulluuffichi dhuge. Boontu immoo qullaa dunkaatti deebitee kaafti.

“Bishaan naaf kenni, ani du’utti jira.”

Boontu ofirraa deebitee ilaalte. Qulqulluuffi tokko lafa irrari. Qubaa fi qaama isaa hunduu gogeera.

PROJECT

In 2018 the Bauhaus University Weimar and WERKHAUS destinature received funding from the German Federal Environment Foundation (DBU) to develop the first P-BANK. The concept was developed by Anniek Vetter and Sylvia Debit during a semester project at the Bauhaus University Weimar led by Prof. Jörg Londong back in to 2013.
The P-BANK was first used for several months during the 100th anniversary year of Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany 2019. Later that year the P-BANK was at the Tiny Living Festival. The project was presented at the Antenna platform during the Dutch Design Week 2019.
WERKHAUS destinature built the mobile P-Bank from sustainable materials, based on the service and communication designed by Debit and Vetter, including donor-rooms containing the toilet safe! sponsored by Laufen. The recovering system is developed by the B.is, the department of urban water management and sanitation of the Bauhaus University Weimar led by Prof. Jörg Londong, with the support of Vuna and Eawag. Besides consulting Goldeimer supports getting the story and the out there!