Archive for August 16, 2018

This Startup Turns Used Dialysis Filters Into Cheap Water Purifiers

Approximately 2.1 billion people around the world lack access to safe and clean water, and more than 250 million kidney dialysis filters are thrown away every year.

Israeli professor Yoram Lass has a solution that could help address both problems.

Lass developed a process for cleaning water using dialysis filters that led to the creation of NUFiltration, an Israel-based startup.

NUFiltration’s flagship device is a portable gadget that relies on a hand-crank and can purify up to 500 liters of water an hour. The device, a kind of filter, only needs to be replaced once every few years. Read more