Walk for WasteAid 2019 Manchester 6 July
Join the sponsored Walk for WasteAid and help save the oceans from plastic waste. We are raising money to train people to recycle plastics in the poorest parts of the world. We’ll be walking between two iconic Manchester sites, starting from the home of...
WasteAid Eyewitness Campaign
Your stories of waste around the world are powerful. Let’s join together to influence decision-makers and help sort the waste crisis for future generations. To harness people power, we have decided to launch the Eyewitness campaign. The aim is to gather...
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...
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...
UK Aid funds WasteAid to recycle ocean-bound plastics in the Gambia
WasteAid has received grant funding from UK Aid to run a two-year plastics recycling programme in the Gambia. The project will capture plastic waste from the coastal town of Gunjur and turn it into useful products to stop it reaching the ocean.Local partner...
Mapping the future of waste management in Uganda
How do you go about mapping the waste of an entire country, where formal waste management only exists on a small scale? WasteAid spoke with Taremwa Sam, who is leading the programme to map Uganda’s waste management service delivery. After completing his degree in...
WasteAid collects international award for toolkit, Making Waste Work
The WasteAid toolkit, Making Waste Work, was awarded third place in the prestigious International Solid Waste Association’s annual publication prize.This year’s edition of the ISWA Publication Award attracted 15 strong submissions tackling a variety of pressing...
BBC: Drowning in plastic
BBC One has broadcast its feature-length documentary Drowning in Plastic. Liz Bonnin reveals the full scale of the world’s plastic problem and its impact on wildlife, exploring ways in which science can offer a solution. Our blue planet is facing one its biggest...
World Bank: Here’s what everyone should know about waste
World Bank Sustainable Cities blog by Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Sameh Wahba, Silpa Kaza (view original blog post here) Solid waste management is a universal issue that affects every single person in the world. As you can see in our new report, What a Waste 2.0: A Global...From the Land to the Sea, CIWM & WasteAid report
Walk for WasteAid 2018 raises over £10k
Making Waste Work: A Toolkit
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