Dry Toilet Award

2008 The "Golden pitchfork" is given to Restaurateur Ari Aaltonen from Restaurant "Patakukko". Mr Aaltonen runs a banquet restaurant for 100 people and a summer cafeteria at an old farm house near Kirkkonummi. The facilities are equiped with modern dry toilet units.

2007 the award was presented to Mr Jukka Lindroos from Pikku Vihreä Ltd for his long term work in the dry toilet sector. The company Pikku Vihreä was founded in 1992 and for a long time it was the only dry toilet and composter specialised store in Finland. Mr Lindroos is also a founding member of the Global Dry Toilet Association of Finland.

2006 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland - International environment politics unit of the glogal affairs department. The award is presented especially to Mr Kari Karanko and Mr Jyrki Nissilä for their help in making it possible for delegates from developing nations attend the Dry Toilet Conferences.

2005 Tampere Polytechnic was awarded for its work on promotion of Dry Toilet Technology. Tampere Polytechnic has selected development of onsite waste water management as one of their main themes of R&D. They have included dry sanitation in their research in exemplary way.

2004 "The Golden Pitchfork" was given to Mrs Sirkka Malkki from the Work Efficiency Institute for her extensive research on dry toilets and composting.

2003 award was given to the municipality of Västanfjärd for their dedication for dry toilets and non-discharge community program.

2002 the first ever award was presented to "The Makki-team" of the state owned enterprise Metsähallitus, who manages over 12 milj. hectares of state owned land. "The Makki-team" has developed and managed dry toilets in the nature conservation and forest recreation areas of Finland.