Poo power: Turning human waste into clean energy

A place for waste: The Kibera slum in Nairobi is fouled by sewage as most homes do not have toilets. A new project that offers public toilet facilities and converts human waste into power has been successful in partially cleaning up the place. — AFP

Bio-centres which transform human waste into electricity prove that faeces is the ultimate source of renewable energy.

They call them “flying toilets” – the bags of human poo that are thrown out of the windows of the thousands of small shacks that make up Nairobi's slums.