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Accelerating the adoption of circular sanitation demonstration systems for improved health outcomes (ACTUATE)

加速采用循环卫生示范系统以改善健康结果（ACTUATE）

基本信息

批准号：
EP/T015608/1
负责人：
Philip Barker
金额：
$ 89.74万
依托单位：
Lancaster University
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2019
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2019 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT015608%2F1
关键词：
Accelerating adoption circular sanitation demonstration

项目摘要

ACTUATE will co-deliver two community-based pilot demonstration bioenergy systems in Ghana and Nigeria that will support an accelerated uptake of a safe circular water economy connecting waste, human health and energy, food and soil security. It will to grow transformational impact from the current Lancaster GCRF funded portfolio with West African partners and provide practical evidence that working with, in and for communities will deliver the most sustainable solutions for waste management in sub-Saharan Africa.Africa generates thousands of tons of solid waste daily, most of which ends up in open dumps and wetlands, contaminating surface and ground water and posing major health hazards. Waste is culturally seen 'not in my backyard (NIMBY)' issue. The mindset of considering waste as a 'please in my backyard (PIMBY) philosophy is at its infancy, if exists at all. Most people do not know, hence undervalue, the energy, food production and soil enrichment potential of waste. They also are unaware of the health danger of invisible enemies such as drinking water and food contamination from poorly managed waste. There is a critical need to show that small scale, off-grid bioenergy systems do work, that they are sustainable and are capable of delivering solutions to waste management, power generation, food and soil security and improve people's health and well-being in peri-urban/informal and rural communities. The demonstrator pilots will encompass the collection of waste materials, their sustained processing through AD and the realisation of product values. They will be integrated into 2 distinct community-based settings: a small, domestic system associated with a community school in Accra, Ghana and a larger university campus-based activity in UniBen, Nigeria. Evidence from the demonstration pilots will enable potential investors and policy makers in both Nigeria and Ghana to have the technical and social evidence and confidence that these systems can work in situ beyond the laboratory. They represent the first and vital step for our partner organisations (CGE Nigeria, UNiBen, CSIR and LU Ghana) to take a lead in commercially growing business opportunities through entrepreneurial leadership in this domain.The ambition, objectives and workplan for ACTUATE emerge from Lancaster's deep engagement with researchers and research users in sub-Saharan Africa through several GCRF-funded research and capacity-building projects. Africa is a strategic priority for Lancaster which is currently the only UK University to have a campus on the continent. In addition to our long-standing partnership building in Ghana and Nigeria, Lancaster University has grown national leadership in eco-innovation - innovation supporting both business growth and the environment. It has the capacity to translate high quality research into "real world impacts" as demonstrated by Lancaster's double award-winning Centre for Global Eco-innovation (CGE) http://www.globalecoinnovation.org . CGE has demonstrated that eco-innovation can deliver positive benefits to both the economy and the environment and is fundamentally underpinned by the need for end-user driven research. At the heart of our eco-innovation vision for Africa is the needs to promote medium-to-long term economic growth that is both resilient to future climate and where possible able to mitigate the impact of environmental change.

ACTUATE将在加纳和尼日利亚共同提供两个以社区为基础的试点示范生物能源系统，这将支持加速采用连接废物、人类健康和能源、粮食和土壤安全的安全循环水经济。该项目将扩大目前由兰开斯特全球气候变化基金资助的与西非合作伙伴的项目组合的转型影响，并提供实际证据，证明与社区合作、在社区内合作和为社区合作将为撒哈拉以南非洲提供最可持续的废物管理解决方案。非洲每天产生数千吨固体废物，其中大部分最终进入露天垃圾场和湿地，污染地表水和地下水，并造成重大健康危害。浪费在文化上被视为“不要在我的后院（邻避）”的问题。将浪费视为“请在我的后院（PIMBY）哲学”的心态还处于起步阶段，如果存在的话。大多数人不知道，因此低估了废物的能源、粮食生产和土壤富集潜力。他们也没有意识到无形敌人的健康危险，如饮用水和管理不善的废物造成的食品污染。迫切需要表明，小规模、离网生物能源系统确实有效，它们是可持续的，能够为废物管理、发电、粮食和土壤安全提供解决方案，并改善城市周边/非正规和农村社区人民的健康和福祉。示范试点将包括废物收集、通过AD进行持续处理以及实现产品价值。它们将被整合到两个不同的社区环境中：一个是与加纳阿克拉的一所社区学校相关的小型家庭系统，另一个是在尼日利亚的UniBen的一个更大的大学校园活动。示范试点的证据将使尼日利亚和加纳的潜在投资者和决策者能够获得技术和社会证据，并相信这些系统可以在实验室以外的地方发挥作用。这是我们的合作伙伴组织（CGE尼日利亚、UNiBen、CSIR和LU Ghana）通过在这一领域的企业领导力在商业上扩大商业机会方面发挥领导作用的第一步，也是至关重要的一步。ACTUATE的雄心、目标和工作计划源于兰开斯特通过几个GCRF资助的研究和能力建设项目与撒哈拉以南非洲的研究人员和研究用户的深入接触。非洲是兰开斯特的战略重点，兰开斯特是目前唯一一所在非洲大陆设有校园的英国大学。除了我们在加纳和尼日利亚的长期合作伙伴关系建设，兰开斯特大学在生态创新方面的国家领导地位不断提高，支持企业增长和环境。它有能力将高质量的研究转化为“真实的世界影响”，如兰开斯特的双获奖中心全球生态创新（CGE）http://www.globalecoinnovation.org所证明的那样。CGE已经证明，生态创新可以为经济和环境带来积极的利益，并从根本上支持最终用户驱动的研究。我们对非洲生态创新愿景的核心是需要促进中长期经济增长，这种经济增长既能适应未来的气候，又能在可能的情况下减轻环境变化的影响。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（9）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Assessment of sociocultural acceptability of biogas from faecal waste as an alternative energy source in selected areas of Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria

DOI：
10.1007/s10668-020-01205-y
发表时间：
2021-01
期刊：
Environment, Development and Sustainability
影响因子：
0
作者：
M. Ajieh;E. Isagba;N. Ihoeghian;V. Edosa;A. Amenaghawon;C. Oshoma;N. Erhunmwunse;I. Obuekwe;I. Tongo;C. Emokaro;L. Ezemonye
通讯作者：
M. Ajieh;E. Isagba;N. Ihoeghian;V. Edosa;A. Amenaghawon;C. Oshoma;N. Erhunmwunse;I. Obuekwe;I. Tongo;C. Emokaro;L. Ezemonye

Resource Recovery from Wastes - Towards a Circular Economy

废物资源回收 - 迈向循环经济