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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 develop waste collection and recycling programmes to build a cleaner and healthier future. You can help.
Latest news and updates
CEO’s blog – April 2021
We must embrace 2021, the year of COP26, as an opportunity to highlight the links between poor waste management and climate change. The start of 2021 has been frustrating at times for the WasteAid team, as I am sure it has been for many of our friends, supporters, and...
Celebrating Global Recycling Day 2021
Recycling: an untold story Zoë Lenkiewicz of WasteAid and Ranjit Baxi of Global Recycling Day Celebrating Global Recycling Day 2021 with a live webinar discussing the huge, yet often under-recognised, benefits of recycling: Preventing climate change emissions...
Bunzl plc and WasteAid to close the loop on plastic waste in Douala, Cameroon
PRESS RELEASE Thirty young unemployed people will secure long-term jobs in the green economy Collecting and recycling 8 tonnes of plastic waste will reduce health problems, climate change emissions and marine plastic pollution Partnership between Bunzl plc and...
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
SPECIAL RESOURCES – COVID-19 and waste management
WasteAid safety guidance for waste collectors in lower-income countries
Ready to print posters
Working with waste? COVID-19 Manage the risks
Respect your waste collection crew
Thanks to friends at ISSL, Open University and Barefoot College for help developing these guidelines.
UNEP Factsheets on COVID-19 and Waste ManagementWasteAid welcomes the COVID-19 and Waste Management factsheets published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP):
The United Nations Environment Programme COVID-19 Waste Management Factsheets provide guidance on how to mitigate the adverse impacts of the pandemic on the global environment.
Partnerships
WasteAid works with governments and businesses to help stop plastic pollution and climate change emissions from waste.
New partnership in Malawi centres on capacity building
Learn about our UK Aid Match programme in Cameroon
WasteAid partners with waste management company Biffa
UK Aid funds WasteAid to recycle ocean-bound plastics in the Gambia
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!
Join in
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.
Support our new appeal: Waste Collectors Rock!
Try out our craft library and turn trash into treasure
Help solve a WasteAid challenge
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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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