While the MDGs focussed on reaching 50% of the population without sanitation, the focus of the SDGs, the Sustainable Development Goals is to reach 100% PLUS the criterium that the sludge needs to be managed safely. Hence, toilets need to be emptied in urban areas and sludge to be treated. This is illustrated in the SDG Sanitation Ladder.
Sustainable Development Goals
Towards safely managed sanitation
While the MDGs focussed on reaching 50% of the population without sanitation, the focus of the SDGs, the Sustainable Development Goals is to reach 100% PLUS the criterium that the sludge needs to be managed safely.
