Compost team pictured with SOIL’s organic, agriculture-grade compost made from human waste.

The Potential of Human Waste: SOIL Featured in Newswise

Compost team pictured with SOIL’s organic, agriculture-grade compost made from human waste. Our world creates an enormous amount of waste, and that waste exists in many, many different forms. There’s food waste, liquid waste, hazardous waste, solid waste, and what we at SOIL care most about, human....

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BNEE staff visiting Konpòs Lakay customer’s coffee plantation

SOIL Receives Stamp of Approval from Haitian Ministry of Environment

BNEE staff visiting Konpòs Lakay customer’s coffee plantation When SOIL first started out building our composting waste treatment facility in the northern Haitian community of Mouchinette in 2012, the only thing on the property was a big mango tree. Since then, the SOIL team has completely....

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Job Post: Konpos Lakay Consultant

INTRODUCTION Le but de cet appel d’offre est de trouver un consultant qui pourra aider SOIL à bien positionner son produit Konpos Lakay afin qu'il puisse être vendu en quantite en Haïti. À la suite du travail de ce consultant, SOIL aura un rapport avec des recommandations soumis par le consultant....

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SOIL’s HR Director, Director of Operations and Compost Manager

Field Day for the Directors: Launching a New Research Project

SOIL’s HR Director, Director of Operations and Compost Manager We at SOIL are always working to develop innovative approaches to support our growth strategy and further expand our reach to provide accessible, sustainable and reliable sanitation to those that need it the most. Research plays a....

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May Day festivities

May Day Celebrations Kick off in Cap-Haitien This Year with EkoLakay, Compost and More!

SOIL was excited to have the opportunity to participate in the vibrant (and delicious!) May Day Celebrations that kicked off in Cap-Haitien over this past weekend. The 3-day event, typically hosted in southern Haiti, made its first appearance on the north coast with much delight and pride. The....

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Composting

Better, Cheaper, Faster: Researching Ways to Improve SOIL's Composting Process

Over the last six months, SOIL has made exciting and significant progress in expanding access to dignified and reliable sanitation for vulnerable communities in Haiti. In order to continue on this upward trend, we at SOIL are working hard to produce innovative approaches to support our growth....

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photo courtesy of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Celebrate World Soil Day!

photo courtesy of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agriculture is Haiti’s main industry and makes up over 60% of the workforce nationwide. However, food production can be quite challenging for many farmers in Haiti due to heavily degraded soils as a result of exploitative....

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UN Environment Programme

A Vision for the Future: The Circular Economy Model

In 2006, SOIL began working to provide safe, dignified access to in-home sanitation in Haiti, through our EkoLakay toilet service. Since then, the situation in Haiti, and the world at large, has become increasingly complicated. The dread of climate change has become an indisputable reality....

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green

Increasing Climate Resilience: How Konpòs Lakay Helps Agriculture Producers During Drought

Haiti is currently ranked third in the Global Climate Risk Index as being particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Climate change impacts Haiti in a number of ways: increases in the intensity and frequency of hurricanes, flooding, landslides due to soil erosion, and also drought....

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SOIL garden

Composting to Restore Soil Health with Konpòs Lakay

In rural areas of Haiti, agriculture production and farming are important occupations for many people. Agriculture is Haiti’s main industry and makes up over 60% of the workforce, with main global exports including mangoes, coffee, papayas and spinach. However, food production can still be quite....

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