Pit emptiers in Gazipur district collect waste from a village toilet. The process of transforming waste into compost begins when collectors empty pit toilets and transport the waste to a central composting site. Typically, rural households pay for their toilets to be emptied. But with few facilities for disposing of the waste after collection, it is often either buried or dumped into waterways. Collection and transportation of the waste is the most challenging part of the compost-making process, partly due to cost, poor roads and inadequate equipment