Verified · Jan 20261 min read
● projectScaled · subnational · 2011
Fresh Life Toilets (The Sanergy Collaborative)
A network of container-based sanitation toilets operated under a franchise model in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kisumu and Eldoret.
illustrative atlas image · Alex Kolundzija / UnsplashTSThe Sanergy Collaborative (Fresh Life / Regen Organics)DADavid AuerbachLSLindsay StradleyAVAni Vallabhaneni
Part of this project? Claim your place
01 The context
Local entrepreneurs (Fresh Life Operators) buy and install the toilets and charge for their use; Sanergy collects the waste and, at Regen Organics, converts it into organic fertilizer and insect-based animal feed input, closing a circular economy loop. More than 6,000 toilets provide daily service to more than 250,000 people.
02 How it works
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceDifferentiated and conflicting incentives across the sanitation value chain: the case of Sanergy in NairobiJournal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, IWA Publishing, vol 14(7):543-551. Autores: Zaqout, Mdee, Barrington, Agol, Evans · 2024
EvidenceSanergy: Tackling Sanitation in Kenyan Slums (case study)Berkeley Haas Case Series, UC Berkeley · 2016