A value proposition: Resource recovery from faecal sludge - Can it be the driver for improved sanitation?

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 88, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-38

  Diener, Stefan ^a   Semiyaga, Swaib ^b   Niwagaba, Charles B ^b   Muspratt, Ashley Murray ^c   Gning, Jean Birane ^d   Mbéguéré, Mbaye ^d   Ennin, Joseph Effah ^e   Zurbrugg, Christian ^a   Strande, Linda ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Waste Enterprisers   (Ghana)

^d Office National de l'Assainissement du Sénégal CitéTP SOM   (Senegal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Business models; Energy; Faecal sludge management; Reuse; Sanitation; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COMMERCE; NATURAL RESOURCES; PROFITABILITY; SOIL CONDITIONERS;

BUSINESS MODELS; ENERGY; FAECAL SLUDGE; REUSE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

SANITATION;

BIOGAS;

BUSINESS; FECES; SANITATION; SLUDGE; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION FUEL; FECAL SLUDGE; MARKETING; SANITATION; SLUDGE; SOIL CONDITIONER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

ACCRA; DAKAR [SENEGAL]; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; KAMPALA; SENEGAL; UGANDA;

EID: 84901984037     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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