Jan Spit from WASTE presented the DIAMOND model at the IRC event in the Hague, 9 september 2015.

1. WORKING TOWARDS
SUSTAINABLE URBAN
SANITATION
DIAMOND MODEL
THE HAGUE, 9 SEPTEMBER 2015
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Jan Spit

2. 01
CONTENT
1. What?
2. How?
3. Diamond approach
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3. 01
CONTENT
1. What?
2. How?
3. Diamond approach
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4. 01
THE SANITATION SERVICE CHAIN
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Households Collection Disposal

5. 01
THE SANITATION VALUE CHAIN
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Factory Process Product Customer

6. 01
WHAT?
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Households Collection Disposal
Factory Process Product Customer
Service Chain
Value Chain

7. 01
WHAT?
service chain:
• Minimum level
• For all (scale)
• Forever (sustainability)
• value chain:
• Ideal level
• Industrial size processing (supply…)
• Re-use: nutrient recovery
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8. 01
CONTENT
1. What?
2. How?
3. Diamond approach
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9. 01
HOW? DIAMONDS….
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Business
Environment
Enabling
Environment
Business: Supply
Government: Regulation
(Local) Financing
Household: Demand

10. 01
HOUSEHOLDS
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Business
Environment
Enabling
Environment
Demand
Supply
Regulation
Financing
• Marketing
• Persuasion
• Enforcement
• Options
• Supply

11. 01
GOVERNMENT
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Business
Environment
Enabling
Environment
Demand
Supply
Regulation
Financing
• Enabling environment
• Policy, enforcement
• Vulnerable

12. 01
• Scale
• Medium size business
• Quality
• Freedom products/pricing
• Acknowledgement
municipality : Service
Level Agreements
Business
Environment
Enabling
Environment
Supply
Regulation
Financing
Demand
BUSINESS
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13. 01
(LOCAL) FINANCING
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Business
Environment
Enabling
Environment
Supply
Regulation
Demand
Financing
• People pay themselves
• Special arrangement for
the vulnerable
• Local financing options:
o Out of pocket
o Loans
o Savings
o Supplier credit
o ..etc.

14. 01
ROLE OF THE NGO
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Business
Environment
Enabling
Environment
Business
Regulation/
Government
Household
Financing
Sanitation
Marketing
Business
Support
Municipal
Support
Process
Facilitation

15. 01
SUMMARY DIAMOND APPROACH
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#households
Time
10k
Sustainability
Diamond
40k
5 yr 20 yr

16. 01
KEY MESSAGES
• Build chains & markets, not toilets
• Build on what is already there
• Build local systems: diamonds are forever!
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17. 01
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WASTE
Lange Houtstraat 26
2511 CW Den Haag
The Netherlands
T: +31 70 2051025
www.waste.nl

18. 01
DIAMOND VIDEO
• https://vimeo.com/99321519
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