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The Circular Economy for Sanitation

Aguasan - June 2017 Cheryl Hicks - Executive Director

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DAY ONE< MEET THE MAKERS, MOVERS & SHAKERS IN THE SANITATION BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM >

A GLOBAL PLATFORM FOR THE BUSINESS OF SANITATION FOR ALL

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Business LeadershipOUR GOAL:

To catalyse a robust business sector to deliver smart, sustainable and resilient sanitation 4 all.

OUR MISSION:

To accelerate innovative business solutions that deliver sanitation at scale, to those who need it most - by innovating at the at the social, environmental, economic & organisational levels.

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Delivering universal access to sanitation is the Business Opportunity of the Decade

We can’t wait

2.4 billion people are being

held back because of poor sanitation.

1 billion suffer the daily

indignity of open defecation.

Delivering sanitation at scale requires innovative sustainable & resilient solutions

Business models that can deliver sanitation at scale need to be supported and accelerated.

We believe…


We support The Global Goals

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Corporate investment in sanitation in low-income markets

The design of future sustainable sanitation systems for all

✓Accessing the growing BoP customer base (2.4 billion)

✓Innovation for improved, aspirational sanitation products & services

✓Meeting sustainability targets - resource constraints

✓Activating the circular economy - waste inputs - closing the loop

✓Leveraging mobile & digital & smart megatrend for sanitation

The Business Case


What we do

Run a business accelerator to de-risk scalable sanitation business models

Provide pre-investment capacity building, access to finance, and post-investment technical assistance for selected sanitation businesses with a focus on innovation and scale in the BoP

Engage coalition members in co-innovation to address identified gaps

Work with the global sanitation community to curate a global pipeline of sanitation business models serving low-income markets

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We are facilitating business to business partnerships to win!

supporting sanitation business needs for scale & accessing business experts

partnerships between large & small businesses with mutual business interest to create new value

cross sector partnerships for access & distribution between businesses targeting the same customers in the BoP

Accelerating

Co-innovating

Bundling

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Human waste

Toilet Resources

LANGUAGE MATTERS!

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What is the Circular Economy?

• A replacement for the Take – Make – Dispose (or Linear) system

• About value, and therefore about business opportunity

• A combination of old (nature!) and new ideas (technologies).

• About two distinct cycles:

– Technical – maintaining stocks of finite resources (metals, plastics, fossils)

– Biological – managing flows of renewable resources (agriculture, food, renewable energy)

• About changing business models - leasing, service models, performance models, sharing economy

• A new conversation – capable of shifting the context at scale – e.g. regulation

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What does the Circular Economy mean for sanitation?

• While dealing with the essential health objectives of removing human waste safely from

communities…

– Achieve maximum value from “waste” - selling combinations of nutrients, other materials, fuel, energy, clean water

– Facilitate investment, and giving new facilities maximum chance of sustained success – maximum community ownership, effective maintenance, odour prevention etc

– Integrate with better models for solid waste, which can prevent communities suffering from mounting issues such as plastic waste

• Regulation – in essence, protecting citizens but not by insisting that everything is new

• Standards – finding the “USB plug” in the system which allows innovation to go ahead with maximum inter-operability

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What can the Multinationals bring?• Buy outputs – nutrients, oils, energy etc.

• Provide a range of products and services which could enable success for entrepreneurs, for example:

– Cleaning products

– Odour prevention

– Collection and transport solutions

– Digital enablement

• Adapt their mainstream products to fit new systems – eg cleaning products, diapers, compostable packaging

• Investment

• Help with scale-up and knowledge transfer

• Influence over regulators and standards

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Infographic

INDUSTRIAL PLANT / CROPS / TRANSPORT UP-CYCLED WASTE

PRODUCT REUSE

Consumer biological waste• toilet waste • kitchen waste• animal waste • compostable packaging

Industrial biological waste• toilet waste, • food / market waste,• agricultural & food waste• farm waste• compostable packaging

Agricultural products Compost, organic fertilisers, nutrients such as nitrogen

and phosphorus

PRODUCT 1• Non-food crops :

forest free fibre crops, flower crops etc

• Food crops

Reuse helps companies meet

SDG Targets

New products from up-cycled

waste

Collection of biological waste• human waste• food waste • agricultural waste• farm waste

TECHNOLOGY 2

VERMI DIGESTIO

N

TECHNOLOGY 3

INTERNET OF THINGS SENSO

RS

TECHNOLOGY 1

AN

AEROBIC DIGESTION

SME WASTE RECOVERYPLANT IN EMERGING MARKETS

SUPPLIER:Currently small waste recovery plants in emerging markets run by innovative entrepreneurs using different technologies and producing different products from the waste

H2Water

Water recovery and purification of

wastewater

PRODUCT 2

• Local agricultural irrigation

• Water intensive factory processes

• Further treatment to produce drinking

water

BUYER: Industrial plant, agriculture, transport as re-user of up-cycled waste products & raw materials

REFINER/MANUFACTURER: Produces new products from up-cycled waste to sell back to consumers and industry - thus completing the loop!

Protein rich materials such as oils and

protein meal

PRODUCT 5

• Protein oils for consumer toiletry goods and potentially cosmetics

• Protein “meal” for pet and farm animal feed

PRODUCT 4

Materials forinnovative products

• Faecal matter for pharmaceutical (biome)

regenerative health products and procedures

• Bio-plastics

Health data & information Sampling and monitoring human waste can produce

valuable basic health data

PRODUCT 6 • Public health: early warnings for

disease outbreaks or health deficiencies • Private health: basic

health diagnostics for individuals and basic health products/ pharmaceuticals

Energy products Fuel, electricity, heat

PRODUCT 3

• Biogas for local factories & electricity to the grid

• Bio diesel for transport• Bio Charcoal to replace wood/ coal

UNLOCKING THE SELF-SUSTAINING BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM

Human waste + cleansing materialOther biological wasteTechnical waste (plastics, metals etc)

40 kg 17 kg

29 kg

Lowincome

countries26 kg

246 kg 55 kg

Highincome

countries

26 kg

161 kg 101 kg

Alternativefuture for developingcountries

Leapfrog opportunity: A holistic biocycle enables biological substitutes for technical materials (i.e. plastic and paper), reducing waste as the system and economies grow.

kg per capita per year (dry weight)

Pet food

SANITATION & THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

Transformation to a Commercially Valuable, Self-Sustaining System The Toilet Board Coalition SANITATION IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

2016 - Circular Economy for Sanitation

Feasibility Study & Report

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Sanitation in the Circular Economy: key findings

#1 Toilet resources are a major part of the biocycle that are mostly

unexploited

#2 The Circular Economy could transform sanitation from a costly service to

a self-sustaining and value adding system of resources

#3 There are 3 Circular Economy opportunity cycles for sanitation

#4 There are renewable resources available for corporate supply chains

today

#5 There are innovative applications for industry in the future

#6 There are significant leapfrog opportunities for low income economies

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GREE

NHOUSE

DEW

ATERING

GAS E

NGI

NE GENERATOR

WIN

DROWS

DRYING

VERM

I D

IGESTION

ANAER

OBIC

DIGESTION

Industrial plant/crops/

transport up-cycled waste

product reuse

BUYERIndustrial plant, agriculture, transport as re-user of up-cycled waste products & raw materials

REFINER/MANUFACTURER Produces new products from up-cycled waste to sell back to consumers and industry - thus completing the loop!

SMART CITIES& HOMES

SMARTSUSTAINABLE

SANITATIONFOR ALL

TOILETS & PRODUCTSDESIGNED FOR REUSE

OF RESOURCES

CONSUMER USE DATAHEALTH DATA

CIRCULARTOILET RESOURCE

FLOWS

TOILETSACCESS & ADHERENCEPRODUCTS & SERVICES

New products from up-cycled waste

IN

TERNET

OF T

HINGS SENSORS

SMEwaste recovery

plant in emerging markets

PROCESSINGCurrently small waste recovery plants in emerging markets run by innovative entrepreneurs using different technologies and producing different products from the waste

COLLECT & TRANSPORTCollection of biological waste• human waste• food waste • agricultural waste• farm waste

PROTEIN RICH MATERIALS

AGRICULTURALPRODUCTS

Compost, organic fertilisers, nutrients such as nitrogen and

phosphorus• Non-food crops: forest free fibre

crops, flower crops, etc.• Food crops

such as oils and protein meal



Water recovery and purification of wastewater

• Local agricultural irrigation• Water intensive factory processes

• Further treatment to produce drinking water

H2WATER

Fuel, electricity, heat• Biogas for local factories

& electricity to the grid• Bio diesel for transport

• Bio charcoal to replace wood/coal

ENERGYPRODUCTS

• Faecal matter for pharmaceutical (biome) regenerative health

products and procedures• Bio-plastics

Materials forINNOVATIVEPRODUCTS

• Public health: early warnings for

disease outbreaks or health deficiencies

• Private health: basic health diagnostics for

individuals and basic health products/pharmaceuticals

PAN

SHELTER& PORTABLE

CONTAINER TOILETS& SERVICING

PUBLIC &COMMUNITY TOILETS

BIOTOILETS

Sampling and monitoring human waste can produce


HEALTH DATA & INFORMATION

Telecom Tower

Energy Hub

Minigrid

TelecomTower

Collection Service

Home toilet & waste monitoring

Distribution Network Sales

Mobile Agent’sKiosk

Two way communication

platform to collect & disseminate

critical user information

Warehouse

Village Entrepreneur

Toilet broken

I’m on my

way!

Order for five units

BIOLOGICALWASTE INPUTS

TECHNOLOGIES

PRODUCTS

Mobile Infrastructure

SENSORS/TOILETS

COGNITIVECOMPUTING

COGNITIVECOMPUTING

PUBLIC/CONSUMER& E-HEALTH

HEALTHCARE

GOVERNANCE/PRIVACY/TRANSPARENCY

Mobile payments for toilet &

servicing costs

ACCOUNTPAID

ANALYSE & STORESensor captures data with each use:• Molecular characterisation of the waste creates a health signature specific to the user/patient• Point of care diagnostic in the sensor could send basic health assessment direct to the user’s smartphone

MAP & MATCHSensor sends molecular characterisation data to cloud based health cognative computing platform to match basic health assessment to potential treatment advice

ACCESS & COMPUTEThe results are saved to the cloud so doctors & public health monitoring can quickly access information. Cloud could also send advice directly to user’s smartphone

TREATDoctors are able to administer treatment to the patient & public health officials can act on outbreak early warning signals before escalation

REFINEThe results are put back into the database to further refine treatments for other patients

Mobile applicationsfor sanitation

Sanitation & IoT Scenario:Powered by cloud technology

COLLECTSensor embedded in toilet

SMART SUSTAINABLESANITATIONBUSINESS SOLUTIONS

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SMARTSUSTAINABLE

SANITATIONFOR ALL


OF RESOURCES




OF T

HINGS SENSORS

PAN

SHELTER& PORTABLE

CONTAINER TOILETS& SERVICING


BIOTOILETS






Warehouse


Toilet broken

I’m on my

way!



Mobile payments

ACCOUNTPAID

SMART SUSTAINABLE

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GREE

NHOUSE

DEW

ATERING

GAS E

NGI

NE GENERATOR

WIN

DROWS

DRYING

VERM

I D

IGESTION

ANAE

ROBIC

DIGESTION

Industrial plant/crops/

transport up-cycled waste

product reuse

BUYERIndustrial plant, agriculture, transport as re-user of up-cycled waste products & raw materials

REFINER/MANUFACTURER Produces new products from up-cycled waste to sell back to consumers and industry - thus completing the loop!

SMARTSUSTAINABLE

SANITATIONFOR ALL


OF RESOURCES


CIRCULARTOILET RESOURCE

FLOWS



IN

TERNET

OF T

HINGS SENSORS

SMEwaste recovery

plant in emerging markets

PROCESSINGCurrently small waste recovery plants in emerging markets run by innovative entrepreneurs using different technologies and producing different products from the waste

COLLECT & TRANSPORTCollection of biological waste• human waste• food waste • agricultural waste• farm waste

PROTEIN RICH MATERIALS

AGRICULTURALPRODUCTS

Compost, organic fertilisers, nutrients such as nitrogen and

phosphorus• Non-food crops: forest free fibre

crops, flower crops, etc.• Food crops

such as oils and protein meal



Water recovery and purification of wastewater

• Local agricultural irrigation• Water intensive factory processes

• Further treatment to produce drinking water

H2WATER

Fuel, electricity, heat• Biogas for local factories

& electricity to the grid• Bio diesel for transport

• Bio charcoal to replace wood/coal

ENERGYPRODUCTS

• Faecal matter for pharmaceutical (biome) regenerative health

products and procedures• Bio-plastics

Materials forINNOVATIVEPRODUCTS

• Public health: early warnings for

disease outbreaks or health deficiencies

• Private health: basic health diagnostics for

individuals and basic health products/pharmaceuticals


BIOTOILETS




TelecomTower

Collection Service


BIOLOGICALWASTE INPUTS

TECHNOLOGIES

PRODUCTS


servicing costs

ACCOUNTPAID

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SMART CITIES& HOMES

SMARTSUSTAINABLE

SANITATIONFOR ALL



IN

TERNET

OF T

HINGS SENSORS• Public health:

early warnings for disease outbreaks or

health deficiencies • Private health: basic

health diagnostics for individuals and basic health

products/pharmaceuticals




Telecom Tower

Energy Hub

Minigrid

TelecomTower

Collection Service







Warehouse


Toilet broken

I’m on my

way!


Mobile Infrastructure

SENSORS/TOILETS

COGNITIVECOMPUTING

COGNITIVECOMPUTING

PUBLIC/CONSUMER& E-HEALTH

HEALTHCARE



servicing costs

ACCOUNTPAID

ANALYSE & STORESensor captures data with each use:• Molecular characterisation of the waste creates a health signature specific to the user/patient• Point of care diagnostic in the sensor could send basic health assessment direct to the user’s smartphone

MAP & MATCHSensor sends molecular characterisation data to cloud based health cognative computing platform to match basic health assessment to potential treatment advice

ACCESS & COMPUTEThe results are saved to the cloud so doctors & public health monitoring can quickly access information. Cloud could also send advice directly to user’s smartphone

TREATDoctors are able to administer treatment to the patient & public health officials can act on outbreak early warning signals before escalation

REFINEThe results are put back into the database to further refine treatments for other patients

Mobile applicationsfor sanitation

Sanitation & IoT Scenario:Powered by cloud technology

COLLECTSensor embedded in toilet

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The economic case for sanitation is strong…

Source: https://www.wsp.org/content/economic-impacts-sanitation

$260 billion global impact

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Connecting large domains…

… with an action-focused

approach

SanitationWater EnergyWaste

Food / Agriculture

FMCG Health

Circular Economy for Sanitation

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But the financial case is less clear for business investmentFor most sanitation businesses, the economic benefits are externalities. The Circular Economy for Sanitation can help in 3 ways: • Increased revenue from additional product streams • Increased efficiency from circular provision of equipment and facilities • Building shared best practice to monetise some of the externalities

In 2017 the Toilet Board is directly addressing these: • Helping the cohort businesses win new, higher-value, revenue streams • Detailed financial analysis to prove the pathway to profitability • Building the wider business case, sector by sector

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The Circular Economy for Sanitation - Potential Opportunity for Food / Agriculture• Organic Fertilisers enhance agricultural productivity, with cost and environmental benefits

• Short and long term benefits • Reduced fertiliser requirement, reduced carbon footprint and water contamination

• Toilet Resources can yield other products and services: • Already proven - proteins (animal/fish feed), usable water • Innovative new products, information driving health/nutrition programmes

• A holistic biological waste system could directly and indirectly help the food supply chain • dealing with food waste throughout the chain, returning nutrients to the soil • creating opportunities for packaging, reducing plastic waste

• A sanitation business could be set up alongside a food plantation or facility, optimising flows of nutrients, energy, and water, and benefitting employees and the community

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The Circular Economy for Sanitation - Potential Opportunity for Water / Waste

• CE4S is a new business-led approach reaching the 2.5 Bn lacking sanitation, meaning increased volumes and revenues for all businesses handling the resulting resource flows. Plus, it can be a value-creating business as opposed to a public cost, creating new value beyond traditional government and aid-funded infrastructure contracts.

• Decentralised sanitation would create a composite of solid waste management (collection / transport) ,and wastewater management (treatment). So this is a new model with opportunities for both waste and water/wastewater businesses - and energy too!

• CE4S could create a holistic biological waste system. This could change the resource balance of the economy by allowing substitution of problem waste (eg plastic) with bio alternatives.

• This would be particularly (not only) an opportunity in developing markets. • This would be an opportunity to work alongside entrepreneurs with a common interest in

innovation in new business models and technologies in your sector

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The Circular Economy for Sanitation - Potential Opportunity for FMCG• A widely implemented sanitation system based on the circular economy could create multiple

opportunities for compatible products - toilet cleaners, fragrances, tools, personal cleaning and hygiene, tissues, nappies

• Sanitation facilities can create a hub for digital marketing, other services, and product sales

• Toilet Resources could yield new raw materials & information, enabling new products & services

• A holistic biological waste system could finally create the return pathway needed for full use of biological materials - compostable packaging, paper, textiles, bio-plastics - so enables innovation opportunities which reduce other forms of waste, especially low-value plastic

• A sanitation business could be set up alongside a major facility, optimising flows of nutrients, energy, and water, and benefitting employees and the community

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The Circular Economy for Sanitation - Potential Opportunity for Cities• The Circular Economy model could allow your city to build a sanitation system at lower

capital cost, and with lower ongoing operational costs. And it would still achieve the health and environmental goals you expect from a sanitation system.

• The model could not only solve your sanitation problem, but also take other forms of organic waste too - food and other waste from from citizens, markets, farms, restaurants etc.

• This model could provide products needed by your community - safe fertilisers which enhance crop production; water for industrial / agricultural use, renewable energy.

• The model could work flexibly to meet your city’s needs, with individual or shared toilet facilities, and either built from scratch or working with existing sanitation systems.

• The model could create a range of jobs in a safe responsible industry.

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Challenges & Risks

• Achieving health AND resource outcomes means different toilet and system designs, even compared with many contemporary projects

• Overcoming “human waste” taboos • The economics… versus previous experience • Eliminating pathogens and other contaminants • Overcoming the real and perceived “Yuk factor” • Overcoming malodour • Security & quality of supply • Maintenance of equipment and facilities • Achieving continuous improvement in SMEs • Existing economics and incumbents

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