Sanivation Container-Based Sanitation (CBS) Waste Collection Service

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Sanivation

Manufacturing/Building Method

Locally manufactured contracting a local carpenter.^{Interview with representative}

Intellectural Property Type

Trade Secret

User Provision Model

Sanivation services can be purchased in Naivasha, Kenya from sanivation's marketing and sales agents, offices and distributing points.^{Interview with representative}

Distributions to Date Status

90 ^{Interview with representative}

Design Specifications

Sanivation operators install the toilet in the customer’s household. Customers receive training on how to use the toilet. Twice a week a Sanivation toilet service representative services every customer toilet in their respective households. In servicing the toilet, service representatives place a lid on both the urine and feces containers. New empty, clean containers are replaced in the toilet. Feces containers are lined with plastic bags. Sanivation’s community health promoters speaks with the families about how the week went and checks the toilets to make sure they were used properly. By developing a personal relationship with each household, Sanivation can ensure that our customers are always satisfied. In addition, during installation Sanivation gives each household a contact card for additional questions or concerns. ^{Interview with representative}

Technical Support

Technical support is provided by the collection service providers.

Replacement Components

Replacement components are provided as part of the service contract.

Lifecycle

Service providers recover any toilets that are defective or at end-of-life and recycle and dispose of them appropriately.

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

100% of excreta safely removed on a weekly basis.

Vetted Performance Status

Unknown

Safety

Handling of waste requires protective clothing.

Complementary Technical Systems

Sanivation's Blue Box toilet

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

None

Other Information

A short film about Sanivation can be seen here. UN released a report titled Vast Energy in Human Waste about the market potential of waste to charcoal at $9.8 billion that references Sanivation's work in Kenya. Huffington Post covered the released: Human Waste Could Light up More than 138 Million Homes: Study Case study about Sanivation is available in the Spring 2016 issue of DEMAND, the ASME Global Development Review