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Here our network is showcasing exciting new statistics, updates, and other findings in the Circular Bionutrient Economy Sector in the comments of this post below. For example:
"In Kenya, twice as much nitrogen is flushed down the toilet or discarded than added as mineral fertilizer to soil; in Rwanda it is eight times more nitrogen" (Devault et al., 2024, in revision)
Do you want to share your stats, info-bites and insights on the topic? Please add any exciting and findings or updates relating to waste-to-nutrient resource economies in the format seen above.
Great news on the currently 85% of the carbon credit market come from biochar carbon removal deliveries, proving this carbon removal product at scale and with more maturity!
At BIOSORRA we are glad to be supported by CBEN and part of CBEN organization as we have built the first industrial biochar carbon removal plant and currently the biggest in Kenya. However the certification process was not an easy path, given current certification methodologies based in EU/ US, we spent 5x more time and money to get certified. Hoping to pave future players coming and collaborate with CBEN to ease the path :)
The topic on nutrients recovery from toilet waste is a great topic today.
In Burundi, we have started an initiative to combine nutrients recovery and improving hygiene at different schools.
We started with pilot source separating blocks of toilets in Muyinga province to see if we can solve two main problems in the same time: the problem of nutrients wastage and the problem of poor hygiene in schools.
We will be able to collect more than 5,000 litters of Urine in one academic year and on one school, plus getting a quantity of fertilizer from the portion of poop that we will know soon.
Looking at how hygiene was improved remarkably at that particular school, i am convinced that once…