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WasteAid shares waste management and recycling skills in the world’s poorest places.
1 in 3 people worldwide have to dump or burn their waste, causing the spread of disease, polluting the oceans and adding to the climate crisis.
Together with our partners, we make useful products from waste to build a cleaner and healthier future. You can help.
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
Watch: How to turn plastic bags into paving tiles (youtube)
Explore the full WasteAid toolkit and 12 how-to guides
Spanish toolkit: Residuos Útiles: Una caja de herramientas
Celebrating two years of the WasteAid toolkit!
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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.
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WasteAid welcomes new team members
With our growth plans well-underway, we are excited to welcome recent additions to the team.At the end of 2019 Ray Georgeson MBE moved from the WasteAid board into the leadership team as Interim Executive Support, bringing decades of experience to help prepare us for...
Final training session in the Gambia, turning plastic waste into paving tiles
We enjoyed our final visit to the Gambia on the WasteAid programme funded by UK Aid Direct. What an adventure we've had! Trained 90 people from the coastal village of Gunjur in the problems caused by plastic pollution, and practical alternatives to open dumping...
An African’s Guide to going Zero Waste, as told by a Nigerian in the diaspora
Tobi Ade-Odiachi is a Risk Analyst at KPMG. Originally from Nigeria and now living in Bristol (UK), Tobi has kindly shared her insights into how we can all move towards a more 'zero waste' life. We are masters of repurposing: everything definitely has another...
Partnerships
WasteAid works with community-based organisations to help develop waste collection and recycling businesses.
Learn about our UK Aid Match programme in Cameroon
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
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A school built from plastic bottles in Cambodia
The bigger picture
Unmanaged 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
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With your support more people can create recycling jobs, building a healthier future for everyone.