KSA 3: Water Use and Waste Management
Thrust 4: Saniti
Programme 2: Sanitation Sensitive Design
Title : Strategies to recover resources from sanitation waste: Developing
a national sanitation resource recovery policy based on material
flows (quantity and quality)
ToR ID : 1009831
Contact Person: Dr Sudhir Pillay <sudhirp@wrc.org.za>
Closing Date: 18 January 2021
Total Funds Available: R1 500 000.00 (Year 1: R500,000, Year 2: R500,000, Year 3: R500,000)

Many cities are not considered sustainable as they do not utilise resources efficiently. There is a desire to
transform from linear take-use-dispose consumption of goods and services towards circular economy principles of reducing, reusing and recycling. The generation and subsequent safe treatment of sanitation waste is an integral part of city planning. The sanitation supply chain is critical aspect of the urban water chain and offers several opportunities to recover resources and the close the resource loop in towns and cities. Under conditions of limited natural resources, population growth and rapidly urbanizing populations, a paradigm shift may be required that considers sanitation waste as a resource with potential for material and energy recovery. Opportunities are available for water, organic matter, phosphorus, nitrogen, heavy metals, and energy recovery