Resource Recovery from Waste

Miriam Otoo is a Research Economist, leading the Research Group on Resource Recovery and Reuse at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). Pay Drechsel is a Principal Researcher at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), leading IWMI’s Strategic Program, on Rural-Urban Linkages and the related Research Flagship of the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).

• Foreword Part I Business models for a circular economy: Introduction 1. Business Models for a Circular Economy: Linking Waste Management and Sanitation with Agriculture 2. Defining and Analysing RRR Business Cases and Models Part II Energy Recovery from Organic Waste 3. Business Models on Solid Fuel Production from Waste 4. Business Models for in-house Biogas Production for Energy Savings 5: Business Models for Sustainable and Renewable Power Generation 6. Business Models on Emerging Technologies/Bio-fuel Production from Agro-Waste Part III Nutrient and Organic Matter Recovery 7. Business Models on Partially Subsidized Composting at District Level 8. Business Models on Subsidy-Free Community Based Composting 9. Business Models on Large-Scale Composting for Revenue Generation 10. Business Models on Nutrient Recovery from own Agro-Industrial Waste 11. Business Models on Compost Production for Sustainable Sanitation Service Delivery 12. Business Models for Outsourcing Fecal Sludge Treatment to the Farm 13. Business Models on Phosphorus recovery from Excreta and Wastewater Part IV Wastewater for Agriculture, Forestry and Aquaculture 14. Business Models on institutional and regulatory pathways to cost recovery 15. Business Models beyond Cost Recovery 16. Business Models for Cost sharing and Risk Minimization 17. Business Models on Rural-Urban Water Trading 18. Business Models for increasing Safety in Informal Wastewater Irrigation 19. The Enabling Environment and Finance of Resource Recovery and Reuse Frugal Innovations for the Circular Economy – An Epilogue

"The catalogue fills a significant gap in the literature and should prove useful not only for today’s investors and policy makers but also for the curricula of engineering, economics, environmental and business schools. This will help sensitize the next generation of decision makers to the opportunities inherent in the Circular Economy." - taken from the Foreword, Guy Hutton, Senior Advisor at UNICEF, and previously a Senior Economist at the World Bank "It is my strong belief that this handbook is a vital resource for all those seeking to help the world grow sustainably and equitably through the 21st century and beyond. I am confident that it will soon become the standard reference for all those who study and practice these important issues, in developed and developing countries alike." - taken from the Epilogue, Professor Jaideep Prabhu, Professor of Business and Enterprise at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, UK, and author of Jugaad Innovation (Wiley, 2012)