Taking Container-Based Sanitation to Scale: Opportunities and Challenges

Container-Based Sanitation (CBS) has rapidly progressed from its inception less than a decade ago to its recent classification as a type of improved sanitation facility by the Joint Monitoring Programme. CBS in many ways represents a sustainable service, as it addresses the entire sanitation service...

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Published inFrontiers in environmental science Vol. 7
Main Authors Russel, Kory C., Hughes, Kelvin, Roach, Mary, Auerbach, David, Foote, Andrew, Kramer, Sasha, Briceño, Raúl
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lausanne Frontiers Research Foundation 29.11.2019
Frontiers Media S.A
Subjects
Agricultural production
Business
container-based sanitation
Containers
Cost control
Developing countries
Emission standards
Emissions
Environmental science
Greenhouse gases
Infrastructure
innovative financing
LDCs
Low income groups
safely managed sanitation
Sanitation
Sanitation facilities
Sanitation services
scale-up
Sewer systems
sustainable sanitation system
Toilet facilities
urban sanitation
Kenya
Haiti
Ghana
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Summary:Container-Based Sanitation (CBS) has rapidly progressed from its inception less than a decade ago to its recent classification as a type of improved sanitation facility by the Joint Monitoring Programme. CBS in many ways represents a sustainable service, as it addresses the entire sanitation service chain; offers a variety of service-based business models; and is affordable to people living in marginalized and informal urban settlements. At the same time, CBS services which have been operating for a number of years have grown relatively slowly. Taking CBS to scale will require solving several diverse challenges, particularly the need for government mandates; regulation; and innovative financing. This paper presents the collective views of some of the world’s leading CBS practitioners in an effort to summarize the potential, research gaps, and major challenges to scaling CBS.
ISSN:2296-665X
2296-665X
DOI:10.3389/fenvs.2019.00190