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Use of human feaces fertiliser gains traction

A team of people takes away canisters of human waste from a Sanergy Fresh Life toilet in Mukuru Kwa Reuben, south of Nairobi. REUTERS

Kenyan farmer Victor Kyalo’s chickens have doubled the number of eggs they are laying. The reason: Human excrement.

He is feeding them food from a Nairobi-based organics recycling company. Sanergy harvests waste from toilets it operates in a franchise network in Nairobi’s sprawling slums and feeds it to fly larvae, which become high-quality animal feed.

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