Preparing for a plastics recycling training centre in Cameroon
While it may seem like all has been quiet since the end of our summer appeal, plenty has been going on behind the scenes to get ready for the January kick-off of our new project. At WasteAid we have been working together with UK Aid to finalise the financial...
Two Years of the WasteAid Toolkit
This article was written for Circular Online, a daily news and insights resource for sustainability professionals working in resources and waste. Zoë Lenkiewicz, Head of Programmes and Engagement for WasteAid, looks back at two years since launching the WasteAid...
Winners of the 2019 photo competition “The Wonders of Waste”
WasteAid’s annual photography competition attracted a incredible amount of talent and passion for showing “The Wonders of Waste”. The twelve winning photos have been compiled into the 2020 WasteAid calendar which is available to pre-order now. We are...
WasteAid supporters raise £168,000 to fight ocean plastic pollution and climate change
WasteAid’s Widening the Net appeal has raised more than £168,000, including £80,076 of matched funding from the UK government, to help stop plastic pollution in the Cameroon estuary. The matched funding will be used to build a plastics recycling training centre in the...
WasteAid waste management toolkit launched in Spanish
We are delighted to announce that the award-winning WasteAid toolkit for community waste management, Making Waste Work, is now available in Spanish: Residuos Útiles: Una caja de herramientas. The WasteAid toolkit is a free online guide to setting up simple waste...
Creative upcycling in Kenya
Moses Noah is the WasteAid project officer in Kenya, helping deliver sustainable waste management solutions in his community of Kwa Muhia. The project is funded by UK Aid for two years under the Small Charities Challenge Fund. Read more about the context and goals of...
WasteAid Volunteers
We want to thank our inspiring volunteers fighting poverty, pollution and climate change at events, in schools and in your communities. You are the beating heart of the organisation and we would like to thank you for your support, now and in the future. There are...
Meet WasteAid in Birmingham, UK
We are only 6 weeks away from the UK’s largest Recycling and Waste Management show, RWM Exhibition. And WasteAid are thrilled to announce we will be speaking at the event! Mike Webster, our CEO, will hold a seminar focused on: Turtles vs child health – why does...
WasteAiders are amazing!
WasteAiders are doing incredible things! You have found so many ways to make a positive impact on global plastic pollution. The 2019 UK Aid Match appeal brought out fundraising heroes galore… Although the campaign ended on 31 July, all donations to WasteAid will...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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