Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain

Recovering nutrients, water and energy from domestic waste streams, including wastewater and faecal sludge, is slowly gaining momentum in low-income countries. Resource recovery and reuse (RRR) offers value beyond environmental benefits through cost recovery. An expected game changer in sanitation s...

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Main Authors: Rao, Krishna C., Otoo, Miriam, Drechsel, Pay, Hanjra, Munir A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83457
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author Rao, Krishna C.
Otoo, Miriam
Drechsel, Pay
Hanjra, Munir A.
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description Recovering nutrients, water and energy from domestic waste streams, including wastewater and faecal sludge, is slowly gaining momentum in low-income countries. Resource recovery and reuse (RRR) offers value beyond environmental benefits through cost recovery. An expected game changer in sanitation service provision is a business model where benefits accrued via RRR can support upstream sanitation services despite the multitude of private and public stakeholders involved from waste collection to treatment. This paper shows options of how resource recovery and reuse can be an incentive for the sustainable sanitation service chain, by recovering costs where revenue can feed back internally or using generated revenues from reuse to fill financial gaps across the service chain to complement other supporting mechanisms for making waste management more attractive.
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spelling CGSpace834572025-02-24T06:54:18Z Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain Rao, Krishna C. Otoo, Miriam Drechsel, Pay Hanjra, Munir A. resource recovery sanitation public health incentives faecal sludge business management cost recovery waste treatment wastewater treatment nutrients private sector public sector stakeholders excreta pit latrines waste disposal composting organic matter Recovering nutrients, water and energy from domestic waste streams, including wastewater and faecal sludge, is slowly gaining momentum in low-income countries. Resource recovery and reuse (RRR) offers value beyond environmental benefits through cost recovery. An expected game changer in sanitation service provision is a business model where benefits accrued via RRR can support upstream sanitation services despite the multitude of private and public stakeholders involved from waste collection to treatment. This paper shows options of how resource recovery and reuse can be an incentive for the sustainable sanitation service chain, by recovering costs where revenue can feed back internally or using generated revenues from reuse to fill financial gaps across the service chain to complement other supporting mechanisms for making waste management more attractive. 2017 2017-09-11T04:48:24Z 2017-09-11T04:48:24Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83457 en Open Access Rao, Krishna C.; Otoo, Miriam; Drechsel, Pay; Hanjra, Munir A. 2017. Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain. Water Alternatives, 10(2):493-512.
spellingShingle resource recovery
sanitation
public health
incentives
faecal sludge
business management
cost recovery
waste treatment
wastewater treatment
nutrients
private sector
public sector
stakeholders
excreta
pit latrines
waste disposal
composting
organic matter
Rao, Krishna C.
Otoo, Miriam
Drechsel, Pay
Hanjra, Munir A.
Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
title Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
title_full Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
title_fullStr Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
title_full_unstemmed Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
title_short Resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
title_sort resource recovery and reuse as an incentive for a more viable sanitation service chain
topic resource recovery
sanitation
public health
incentives
faecal sludge
business management
cost recovery
waste treatment
wastewater treatment
nutrients
private sector
public sector
stakeholders
excreta
pit latrines
waste disposal
composting
organic matter
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