Nairobi Waste Transformer

The small scale and modular Waste Transformer perfectly fits within African megacities and other dense contexts. By embedding a Waste Transformer within communities it envisions that communities generate their own energy, secure clean and safe environments, win back nutrients from their waste, grow wholesome long lasting food, while ensuring that nothing is wasted.

Currently 80% of waste in developing contexts is organic, most of which travels on diesel to dumps or landfills. This practice causes extensive loss in nutrients, energy and financial value with a negative environmental impact. By addressing waste locally it will provide entrepreneurs the opportunity to create positive change. The placement of a network of Waste Transformers in Nairobi, will equate to a buzzing community of thriving urban environments and a blueprint for African mega-cities and other contexts. The green electricity (transformed from biogas through a CHP) will power the installation itself. The residual heat will be used to keep fridges cool for food storage. The liquid in the waste will be transformed into a highly nutritious fertilizer that will be used to feed the plants growing in the urban farm.