“iThrone” portable toilet (Environment, Energy and
Water) By Dr. Diana Yousef (Egypt)Dr. Diana Yousef (PhD, MBA) is a serial entrepreneur with
strong expertise in commercializing technology in the clean-
and bio-tech sectors. Her professional portfolio extends from
McKinsey, to IFC/World Bank’s Life Sciences Investment
Group and UNDP’s Inclusive Markets incubator, as well as
WeCyclers, Immerse Global and SachSiSolar.
Her innovation responds to poor sanitation and health
conditions, as well as pollution caused by sewage. It is a
disruptive yet low-cost composite polymer membrane that
essentially “shrink-wraps crap” aggressively evaporating or
“flushing” away the full water content of daily sewage output
without need for added heat, energy or flush water.
This revolutionary portable toilet, the “iThrone” eliminates
~95% of daily onsite sewage volumes, with no discharge to
the environment, replacing the need for tanks, power,
plumbing or peripheral components. The toilet is compact,
drop-in deployable, stand-alone and self-operating—ideal for
homes without sewers in crowded urban settings. It cuts off
a significant amount of methane emissions generated by
unmanaged/uncollected sewage.