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10 Jul, 7 tweets, 4 min read
Using a special sustainable toilet in South Korea can get you books, fruit, and even freshly brewed coffee. 🚽

Here’s how.

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Professors at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology have designed a toilet that converts methane from one's faeces into an energy source. 💩

insider.com/south-korean-u… Photo shows a glowing ball on top of a toilet. It is overlai
BeeVi uses a vacuum and a small amount of water to send poop from the toilet into an underground tank and bioreactor, prompting its creators to call it a "super water-saving vacuum toilet."

insider.com/south-korean-u… Photo shows UNIST professor Cho Jae-weon standing next to a
Methane from the faeces is turned into a power source for the appliances in the building, including a gas stove, a hot-water boiler, and a fuel cell that produces electricity. 💡

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Students who use the toilet are rewarded with 10 units of digital currency called Ggool per day.

Ggool can be used at a market on campus to buy items like bananas, stationery, and instant cup noodles. 🍜

insider.com/south-korean-u… Photo shows two girls looking at items in the Ggool market.
One of the toilet's designers, urban and environmental engineering professor Cho Jae-weon, told @Reuters that the average person's poop for one day can power a car for three-quarters of a mile. 🚗

insider.com/south-korean-u… Photo shows a glowing ball on top of a toilet. It is overlai
A postgraduate student purchasing items at the Ggool market said he now sees poop as a "treasure" because of the new toilet. 💩 = 💎

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