The stunt was an effort to draw attention to a problem affecting developing countries around the world: not enough toilets. So it came as a surprise when the founder of Microsoft brandished a jar of ...

Placing a jar of feces on a pedestal next to him, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates made a plea Tuesday for the safe disposal of human waste as he kicked off a "Reinvented Toilet" Expo in China.

The founder of a charity that works to deliver low-cost sanitation solutions to the developing world takes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to task for its tech-centric Reinvent the Toilet ...

A solar-powered commode that treats waste products electrochemically won first prize in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s competition to design a toilet that can help improve sanitation and ...