WasteAid shares recycling skills around the world
Did you know that up to 70% of the plastic in the oceans comes from places with no waste management?
1 in 3 people globally do not have a waste management service and have to burn or dump their waste, much of it ending up in the oceans.
WasteAid helps people turn their waste into useful products. We share recycling skills to create green jobs, improve public health, and protect the environment.
Stop ocean plastic pollution: make an impact today!
From 1 May to 31 July public donations to the Widening the Net appeal will be doubled by the UK government, empowering people in the poorest parts of the world to turn ocean-bound plastic waste into useful products.
With a little training, people can build the foundations of sustainable change.
UK Aid Match means we can create twice as many green recycling jobs and double our positive impact on the oceans.
Our Widening the Net programme will train people living in poverty to recycle ocean-bound plastic into paving tiles and other useful products.
Trainees will create green jobs, keep the environment healthy and prevent marine plastic pollution.
All donations we receive by 31 July will help train people around the world to stop plastic pollution, and will be doubled by the UK government, up to £2 million.
Join the Walk for WasteAid
On 6 July we’ll be rising to the challenge of a 25km walk through the iconic city of Manchester.
Sign up today and start fundraising – all donations received by the end of July will be doubled by UK government, so your support will go twice as far.
WasteAid toolkit for community waste management
Our award-winning WasteAid toolkit, Making Waste Work, helps people start up community waste management and recycling businesses, keep neighbourhoods clean, and generate an income. Visit the toolkit for technical and safety tips and more ideas for turning waste into useful products. #makingwastework
Partnerships
WasteAid works with community-based organisations to help develop waste collection and recycling businesses.
WasteAid partners with waste management company Biffa
WasteAid awarded UK Aid funding for community recycling in Kenya
UK Aid funds WasteAid to recycle ocean-bound plastics in the Gambia
Inspiration and ideas
Be inspired by stories of people making waste work in their communities. Send us your ideas and stories about transforming waste materials into something useful. #makingwastework
Take part! Join the Eyewitness campaign
A school built from plastic bottles in Cambodia
The bigger picture
Solid waste is fast becoming one of the biggest issues of our time.
Marine Plastic Pollution: From the Land to the Sea
Single-use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability
Waste and the Sustainable Development Goals
Sir David Attenborough backs new report revealing stark health impacts of plastic pollution and rubbish on world’s poorest people
A new report finds one person dies every 30 seconds in developing countries from diseases caused by plastic pollution and rubbish.
Sir David Attenborough backs the report saying ‘it’s one of the first to highlight the impacts of plastic pollution…on world’s poorest people’
“The Wonders of Waste” WasteAid Photo Competition 2019
Enter the WasteAid 2019 Photography Competition on the “Wonders of Waste”.
WasteAid launches UK Aid Match campaign
Help more people benefit from green recycling jobs in some of the world’s poorest places. Empower them to keep plastic out of the ocean and create a healthier future for everyone. On 1 May we launched our UK Aid Match appeal, Widening the Net. We also celebrated the...
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Be part of the WasteAid movement calling for better waste management for all. By acting now we can help protect future generations from serious pollution, the spread of diseases, and the harmful impacts of climate change.
Join the Walk for WasteAid, Manchester, 6 July
Waste Aid in Australia works with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island (ATSI) communities to create sustainable solutions to inadequate waste management in disadvantaged communities. Waste Aid Australia assists ATSI partners to leverage their own skills and expertise to manage environmental problems on their own land. Find out more at wasteaid.org.au
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