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.
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.
Africa’s first community waste management conference 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
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
WasteAid awarded UK Aid funding for community recycling in Kenya
The British government has awarded WasteAid funding from UK Aid to deliver a second project as part of the Small Charities Challenge Fund. Working with local partners, WasteAid will set up a waste and recycling centre that will create green jobs and contribute towards...
The Recycling Event is sponsoring WasteAid
Why we are backing WasteAid as our charity partner at The Recycling EventBy Paul Sanderson From the very beginning of the development process for The Recycling Event, it was clear that it had to be different from other conferences.We wanted...
Visualising Rivers of Plastic
Most of the plastic in the oceans comes from land-based sources in parts of the world without decent waste management.John Nelson of ESRI has produced a unique, vintage-themed map that visualises the amount of plastic polluting major rivers around the world. Plastic...
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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.
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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