Sanergy Fresh Life Toilet and Sanergy Fresh Life Waste Management Service

Target SDGs

Market Suggested Retail Price

$588.00

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Household, Community, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Sanergy

Competitive Landscape

Direct competitors include Sanima Waste Management Service, EkoLakay toilet, Blue Box Toilet and Sanivation Container-Based Sanitation (CBS) Waste Collection Service, Sanivation Container-Based Sanitation (CBS) Waste Collection Service, Peepoo Personal Toilet and Peepoo Collection System, and Enviro Loo Domestic D2010.

Manufacturing/Building Method

The Fresh Life Toilet is pre-fabricated in local, in-country workshops. The toilets are transported to the site and assembled in one day. Walls are fabricated in panels to provide easy transport through narrow passageways.

Intellectural Property Type

Select Type

User Provision Model

Users can obtain the Fresh Life Toilet (FLT) from Sanergy and become a franchised Fresh Life Operator (FLO). FLO's can operate the toilet for commercial use on a pay-per-use model, or as a shared community toilet for residential and institutional use. As franchise partners, the operators receive FLT, training, access to financing, ongoing operational and marketing support, and the daily waste collection service. Interested Fresh Life Operators can obtain the Fresh Life Waste Management service directly from Sanergy by contacting the Communications Team.

Distributions to Date Status

As of 2016, 732 Fresh Life Toilets have been distributed.

Design Specifications

The structure has a 3' x 5' footprint and can accommodate waste from approximately 120 uses per day. Fresh Life Toilets (FLTs) are operated by Fresh Life Operators – local residents who purchase and operate the hygienic sanitation facilities. As franchise partners, the operators receive FLT, training, access to financing, ongoing operational and marketing support, and the daily waste collection service. The Sanergy Fresh Life Frontline collect the waste on a daily basis from FLTs. The Fresh Life Frontline is trained and properly equipped to remove the filled cartridges and replace them with clean empty cartridges. The waste is safely removed from the community by wheelbarrow, handcarts, and/or truck. The wheelbarrows and handcarts ensure that FLTs can be installed deep in informal settlements where there are only narrow, unpaved roads as access points. Collected waste is processed at a centralized facility into useful end-products such as organic fertilizer, insect-based animal feed, and renewable energy. To produce the fertilizer, Sanergy co-composts the waste with sawdust, other carbon sources and effective micro-organisms, which eliminates pathogens. Then, they let the compost mature in windrows. Once ready, they test every batch of fertilizer by third parties to ensure compliance with World Health Organization standards. To produce the insect-based animal feed, Sanergy uses a colony of Black Solider Flies, whose larvae consume organic waste, removing the pathogens and converting the waste into protein. Boiled and sun-dried to eliminate any pathogens, the larvae make a sustainably produced, nutrient-rich protein input for animal feed. Sanergy is investigating ways to re-use the urine and capture the biogas released by the waste. 100% of the waste is safely treated.

Product Schematics

Technical Support

Sanergy employees collect liquid and solid waste containers daily and replace them with clean containers. At the time of collection Sanergy employees also clean the Fresh Life Toilet. Fresh Life Operators are responsible for maintaining a clean FLT between collections.

Replacement Components

Replacement squat plates are available from Sanergy.

Lifecycle

5-6 years for the toilet and the waste management service is renewed anually.

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

100% of the waste is safely treated

Vetted Performance Status

Unknown

Safety

Not specified. Waste is not handled by the Fresh Life Operator, however the FLO is responsible for maintaining the toilet in between daily waste collection services. The FLO is provided with training upon franchise purchase. Handling human waste can spread disease, waste is safely collected and removed by Sanergy employees daily.

Complementary Technical Systems

Sanergy has partnered with SweetSense a low-cost remote monitoring technology enterprise to include sensor in their toilets. The result is a network of waterless toilets in urban slums that tell Sanergy’s waste collectors how full they are. A solar powered lantern is mounted to the roof to provide light at night. A hand-washing station is included inside the Fresh Life Toilet.

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

According to the website, the cartridges are removed to Sanergy's waste management center and solid waste is treated in accordance with WHO, industry, and Kenyan government standards. Fertilizer is tested by third parties to ensure compliance with World Health Organization standards. Third party testing organization and testing methods not specified.

Evaluation methods

Field trials.

Other Information

Details available in this report.