Improving the world one flush at a time!

Dirty toilets attract the wrong crowd

OUR SPECIALTY:

A series of certified sanitation programmes including Restroom Specialist Training Course (RSTC), Sustainable Sanitation Course (SusSan), Restroom Design Course (RDC), School Sanitation and Hygiene Education Course (SSHEC) and Disaster and Emergency Sanitation Course (DESC).

THE INNOVATIVE IDEA:

The first and only brave soul to professionalize the sanitation and restroom industry and ensure that the needs, design, maintenance and cleanliness of restrooms receive mainstream attention. The World Toilet College by the World Toilet Organisation addresses the needs of both the urban and rural toilets in a holistic manner, an essential hygiene problem often overlooked.

BRIEF BACKGROUND:

After attaining financial independence at the age of 40, founder Jack Sim decided to devote the rest of his life to social work. He established the Restroom Association of Singapore (RAS) in 1998 to break the taboo of toilet and sanitation and legitimize it for mainstream culture. In 2001, Jack created the World Toilet Organization (WTO) as a global network and service platform wherein the various toilet associations, academia, government, UN agencies and toilet stakeholders can learn from one another and leverage on media and corporate support to influence governments to promote sound sanitation and public health policies.

Later established in 2005, the World Toilet College (WTC) was started as a social enterprise, with the belief that there is need for an independent world body to ensure the best practices and standards in Toilet Design, Cleanliness, and Sanitation Technologies are adopted and disseminated through training.

“Today’s market for sanitation is dysfunctional, mainly due to muted demand and low priority among individuals. Market based approach is required to address the problem at the grass roots level and at a larger scale…”
- Jack Sim, founder, World Toilet Organisation

Contact Details:

Tel: 63528921 / 63529178
Fax: 63521392
Email: info@worldtoilet.org

Address:

19 Toa Payoh West
Singapore 318876

For more information:

www.worldtoilet.org

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