In 2022, the CBSA worked with the carbon finance consultancy South Pole on a feasibility study to understand whether carbon credits could become a viable income stream for sanitation providers and help to reduce the funding gap. Our new briefing paper summarises the study’s findings, which found that carbon credits can generate revenue for actively managed sanitation but that several obstacles hinder the full potential.
CBSA is pleased to welcome three new affiliate members with a range of service models operating in francophone Africa, South Africa and the UK.
CBSA welcomes UN-Habitat’s recently published Global Report on Sanitation and Wastewater Management in Cities and Human Settlements and its urgent call to integrate sanitation and wastewater management with wider urban development.
The CBSA and its members are convening several exciting sessions at this year’s World Water Week. We look forward to seeing you there! Sessions co-convened by the CBSA Wed 24 Aug 20:00-21:20 CESTOnline ‘Service Subsidy’ for Water Efficient and Pro-Poor Business ModelsWe will look at decentralized models of service delivery Read more…
The Container Based Sanitation Alliance (CBSA) is excited to announce that our first Executive Director, Rémi Kaupp, has officially started his role with us in June. Rémi comes to us from WaterAid, where he was Urban Sanitation Advisor and has been a CBS-fan for a long time. He says: “I am very excited Read more…
We are happy to announce that Sanitation Ambassadors have become affiliate members of the CBSA. Sanitation Ambassadors are a South Africa-based non-profit company that have developed a hygienic sanitation solution for South African schools. They aim to provide dignity and convenience to students and teachers without impacting their environment. They Read more…
CBSA Coordinator Isabella Montgomery writes for the Devex WASH Works series in advance of this year’s World Water Week conference, at which CBSA is co-convening a session on Catalysing Sustainable Futures for Sanitation? Innovative Financing and Planning Tools.
More than a year into the global spread of Covid-19, the pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on health, economies and livelihoods around the world. Throughout this period, container-based sanitation (CBS) providers have been at the forefront of supporting some of the world’s most at-risk communities. Peer support forums Read more…
New research by EY has revealed that CBS models are lower cost than other traditional forms of provision. This should encourage governments, funders and investors to create the conditions in which CBS can truly thrive and help accelerate progress toward the Sustainable Development Goal of equitable sanitation for all.
This World Toilet Day, we are delighted to launch the first edition of our Container-Based Sanitation implementation guide, which sets down in one place numerous learnings from several CBS-focused organizations with the aim of supporting replication of CBS models and the creation of new variations in new locations.