Agriculture
August 30, 2019
Updated on August 20, 2019
·Created on August 27, 2015
Sanergy Fresh Life Waste Management Service is a daily waste collection service through subscription.
The Fresh Life Waste Management Service is a waste collection subscription service provided by Sanergy for the Fresh Life toilet franchise. Waste is collected daily and transported to a treatment facility where it is turned into organic fertilizer – a valuable asset for farmers in East Africa.
Market Suggested Retail Price
$106.00
Distributors / Implementing Organizations
Manufacturing/Building Method
N/A
Intellectural Property Type
Trademarked
User Provision Model
Fresh Life Toilets (FLTs) are operated by Fresh Life Operators – local residents who purchase and operate the hygienic sanitation facilities. As franchise partners, the operators receive FLT, training, access to financing, ongoing operational and marketing support, and the daily waste collection service. Interested Fresh Life Operators can obtain the Fresh Life Waste Management service directly from Sanergy by contacting the Communications Team.
Distributions to Date Status
Sanergy has 732 active Fresh Life Toilets in informal settlements (8/7/2016)
Toilet type
Container-based service
Evacuation method
Dry
Storage conditions
Container storage
Capacity (L)
Unknown
Time until emptying
Daily collection frequency
Design Specifications
Fresh Life Toilets (FLTs) are operated by Fresh Life Operators – local residents who purchase and operate the hygienic sanitation facilities. As franchise partners, the operators receive FLT, training, access to financing, ongoing operational and marketing support, and the daily waste collection service. The Sanergy Fresh Life Frontline collect the waste on a daily basis from FLTs. The Fresh Life Frontline is trained and properly equipped to remove the filled cartridges and replace them with clean empty cartridges. The waste is safely removed from the community by wheelbarrow, handcarts, and/or truck. The wheelbarrows and handcarts ensure that FLTs can be installed deep in informal settlements where there are only narrow, unpaved roads as access points. Collected waste is processed at a centralized facility into useful end-products such as organic fertilizer, insect-based animal feed, and renewable energy. To produce the fertilizer, Sanergy co-composts the waste with sawdust, other carbon sources and effective micro-organisms, which eliminates pathogens. Then, they let the compost mature in windrows. Once ready, they test every batch of fertilizer by third parties to ensure compliance with World Health Organization standards. To produce the insect-based animal feed, Sanergy uses a colony of Black Solider Flies, whose larvae consume organic waste, removing the pathogens and converting the waste into protein. Boiled and sun-dried to eliminate any pathogens, the larvae make a sustainably produced, nutrient-rich protein input for animal feed. Sanergy is investigating ways to re-use the urine and capture the biogas released by the waste. 100% of the waste is safely treated.
Technical Support
N/A
Replacement Components
Sanergy employees replace soiled containers daily with clean, empty containers.
Lifecycle
Waste management service is renewed anually
Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters
100% of the waste is safely treated
Vetted Performance Status
N/A
Safety
Handling human waste can spread disease, waste is safely collected and removed by Sanergy employees daily
Complementary Technical Systems
Sanergy has partnered with SweetSense a low-cost remote monitoring technology enterprise to include sensor in their toilets. The result is a network of waterless toilets in urban slums that tell Sanergy’s waste collectors how full they are. Details available in this report.
Academic Research and References
Auerbach, D. (2016) Sustainable Sanitation Provision in Urban Slums – The Sanergy Case Study
Keefe, M. et al. (2015). Opportunities and limits to market- driven sanitation services : evidence from urban informal settlements in East Africa
London, T.; and Esper, E. (2014)Â Assessing poverty-alleviation outcomes of an enterprise-led approach to sanitation
Likoko, E. (2013). Ecological Management of Human Excreta in an Urban Slum: A Case Study of Mukuru in Kenya.
Compliance with regulations
According to the website, the cartridges are removed to Sanergy's waste management center and solid waste is treated in accordance with WHO, industry, and Kenyan government standards. Fertilizer is tested by third parties to ensure compliance with World Health Organization standards. Third party testing organization and testing methods not specified.
Other Information
Featured press and articles can be found on the Sanergy website The Sanergy blog also has information divided into the following categories: Awards, Environment, Fellows, Fresh Life Operators, Government, Learning and Development, Partners, Policy, Press, Sanergy Team, schools, Technology, Uncategorized, Women, and Youth.
Agriculture
August 30, 2019
Agriculture
August 20, 2019
Agriculture
August 20, 2019
Agriculture
August 20, 2019
Agriculture
August 4, 2020
Agriculture
August 31, 2020
Agriculture
July 9, 2021
Agriculture
August 31, 2021
Agriculture
December 6, 2022
Agriculture
July 5, 2019
Have thoughts on how we can improve?
Give Us Feedback