Business Models and Economic Approaches Supporting Water Reuse

Rao, Krishna C.; Hanjra, Munir A.; Drechsel, Pay; Danso, George K.

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9545-6_11

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“…This signals the need for further investments in the infrastructure for collecting FS and SS. The insights revealed hereby could enable urban decision-makers to embark on a paradigm shift from waste treatment for disposal to waste treatment for resource recovery, and it could encourage investments in sustainable waste and resource management which could address the challenge of growing urban populations and the consequent energy, food and water demands (Andersson et al, 2016;Rao et al, 2015).…”

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The circular economy potential of urban organic waste streams in low- and middle-income countries

Ddiba

Andersson

Rosemarin

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Environ Dev Sustain

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There is growing recognition of the potential environmental and socio-economic benefits of applying a circular approach to urban organic waste management through resource recovery. Decisions around planning and implementing circular urban waste systems require estimates of the quantity of resources available in waste streams and their potential market value. However, studies assessing circular economy potential have so-far been conducted mostly in high-income countries, yet cities in low- and middle-income countries have different challenges when developing a circular economy. This paper addresses this gap by estimating the resource recovery potential of organic waste streams in the context of low- and middle-income countries, illustrated with the case of Kampala, Uganda. A simplified material flow analysis approach is used to track the transformation of waste streams, namely faecal sludge, sewage sludge and organic solid waste into the resource recovery products biogas, solid fuel, black soldier fly larvae and compost. Findings indicate that even at current rates of waste collection, the three waste streams combined could annually yield 135,000 tonnes of solid fuel or 39.6 million Nm3 of biogas or 15,000 tonnes of black soldier fly larvae or 108,000 tonnes of compost and revenues from the products could range from 5.1 million USD from compost to 47 million USD from biogas. The results demonstrate how complex information describing urban waste can be presented to facilitate decision making and planning by stakeholders. By highlighting different resource recovery opportunities, application of this approach could provide an incentive for more sustainable urban sanitation and waste management systems.

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Section: Implications For Sanitation Waste and Resource Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

The circular economy potential of urban organic waste streams in low- and middle-income countries

Ddiba

Andersson

Rosemarin

et al. 2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…Private stakeholders neighbouring the groundwater recharge zone can benefit as well by gaining access to higher groundwater levels (and they can potentially sell the water through private tankers) (Rao et al, 2015).…”

Section: Business Models and Economic Approachesmentioning

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“…duckweed) that can in turn feed the fish. The business model combines a low-cost treatment solution with potentially high revenue generation, thus allowing for a move beyond cost recovery (Rao et al, 2015).…”

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“…The concept is to match future water 'buyers' with suppliers of treated wastewater by trading water entitlements, thus securing parts of the investment capital beforehand for wastewater treatment projects (Rao et al, 2015).…”

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“…The availability of end users who can absorb the supply of product and are willing and able to pay for it (i.e. the market) represents the most critical condition for implementing any given water reuse and by-product recovery and use scheme (Rao et al, 2015).…”

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