Realizing the circular economy for sanitation: assessing enabling conditions and barriers to the commercialization of human excreta derived fertilizer in Haiti and Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMoya, Berta
dc.contributor.authorSakrabani, Ruben
dc.contributor.authorParker, Alison
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-14T13:46:18Z
dc.date.available2019-06-14T13:46:18Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-04
dc.description.abstractEfficient fecal sludge management solutions are especially challenging in densely populated urban informal settlements, where space is limited and land tenure uncertain. One solution is to collect and treat human excreta to produce soil conditioners for use in agriculture, through container-based sanitation, thus realizing the circular economy for sanitation. This study focused on container-based sanitation ventures that produce and sell fertilizers from human excreta. Stakeholder interviews showed that challenges faced by these ventures were similar: unclear regulations on the use of fertilizers derived from source-separated excreta, undeveloped markets for organic fertilizers, difficulties in securing secondary sources of organic matter for composting as well as complex transport and distribution logistics. The findings of this study emphasized the need for clear policies with respect to human excreta derived fertilizer, as well as institutional involvement in order to incentivize the sale and use of human excreta derived fertilizer locally to ensure that sustainable and safely managed sanitation systems are available in urban areas.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationMoya B, Sakrabani R, Parker A. Realizing the circular economy for sanitation: assessing enabling conditions and barriers to the commercialization of human excreta derived fertilizer in Haiti and Kenya. Sustainability, Volume 11, Issue 11, 2019, Article number 3154en_UK
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su11113154
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/14247
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherMDPIen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectfertilizeren_UK
dc.subjectsanitationen_UK
dc.subjectfecal sludgeen_UK
dc.subjectbusiness modelsen_UK
dc.subjectcertificationsen_UK
dc.titleRealizing the circular economy for sanitation: assessing enabling conditions and barriers to the commercialization of human excreta derived fertilizer in Haiti and Kenyaen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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