Waste & methaneActive

Sanergy (Nairobi organic and fecal-waste-to-value)

Operating 'Fresh Life' toilets across Nairobi's informal settlements, Sanergy collects human and organic waste and, in its funder Finnfund's words, co-composts waste with sawdust, other carbon sources, and effective micro-organisms to produce fertiliser, while separately feeding organic matter to black soldier fly larvae for animal-feed protein.

Nairobi informal settlements; Kinanie facility, south of Nairobi, KenyaFecal-sludge and organic-waste compostingNone (uncertified; operator/funder-documented)
Image credit
Sanergy Fresh Life sanitation facilities in Mukuru Kwa Reuben, Nairobi.Project photograph · SuSanA Secretariat · CC BY 2.0 · 2013 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorSanergy Inc.
EcosystemFecal-sludge and organic-waste composting
StandardNone (uncertified; operator/funder-documented)
StatusActive
LocationNairobi informal settlements; Kinanie facility, south of Nairobi, Kenya
Overview

Inside the project

It operates over 2,250 toilets serving more than 90,000 residents daily.

Sanergy operates without carbon-registry certification, financed in part by a $1.25 million Finnfund investment signed in 2017, within $12 million of total project financing.

2,250+
Active toilets
90,000+
Residents served daily
12,000,000 USD
Total project financing

Objectives

  • Operate sanitation toilets across Nairobi's informal settlements
  • Compost organic and fecal waste into fertiliser
  • Produce animal-feed protein from black soldier fly larvae

Approach

  • Waste is co-composted with sawdust and micro-organisms into fertiliser, while separately fed to black soldier fly larvae for animal-feed protein.

Sources

Inspect 1 source
  1. finnfund.fi ↗https://www.finnfund.fi/en/hankkeet/sanergy-inc/

Documented by one public source so far.

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