ABSTRACT
An effective and sustainable sanitation service delivery is one that provides products and services across the entire sanitation value chain, interlinks with the agricultural or other sectors to generate benefits to all economic actors in the respective value chains, and creates connectivity of resources among physical, and biological systems. This chapter describes a case from Rwanda which recognized the opportunities in human waste and is gradually playing an important role in leveraging private capital to help provide sustainable sanitation services and realize commercial the value in waste by shifting the focus from treatment for waste disposal to treatment of waste as a resource for reuse for the ultimate benefit of poor farmers and households. The business model on sustainable sanitation service delivery via nutrient recovery from fecal sludge generates the double value proposition of: provision of an affordable, sanitized and nutrient-rich compost product for farmers.
