Earth Day 2021 – your donation doubled!
This Earth Day, have your donation to WasteAid doubled by The Big Give! It’s easy to take a rubbish collection for granted, but in many places there are no binmen. Rubbish accumulates in streets and riverbeds and makes people ill. By donating you can...
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...
Growing WaRM for climate resilience in Africa
WasteAid‘s senior technical advisor and head of communications, Zoë Lenkiewicz, says waste and resource management (‘WaRM’) has an important role in building climate resilience in Africa, and with COP26 on the horizon WasteAid is aiming to put it on the agenda. Most...
Community waste management in Malawi: a feasibility study
WasteAid recently partnered with International Conservation and Clean-up Management (ICCM) to identify ways to improve waste management in Malawi. The study set out to understand what activities are already taking place and to provide recommendations to develop...
“The Wonders of Waste” 2020 photography competition winners
WasteAid’s third annual photography competition attracted fascinating entries from across the world – thank you to everyone who entered! The 2021 WasteAid calendar showing “The Wonders of Waste” is on sale now. We would like to take this...
WasteAid calls on the PM to retain commitment to aid funding
WasteAid stands with our colleagues across the international development sector in calling for the Prime Minister not to renege on the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7% GNI on aid and development. To that end, WasteAid’s CEO, Ceris Turner-Bailes, signed this...
WasteAid and Bunzl partner for progress in Indonesia
The island of Bali at the eastern fringe of Indonesia has long been considered a “paradise island”, but lately, locals have noticed its natural beauty eroding beneath an endless wave of plastic waste. Findings from The Bali Partnership show that just 48 per cent of...
WasteAid appoints Michelle Wilson to lead Global Circular Economy Network
WasteAid, the charity that shares waste management and recycling skills around the world, has appointed Michelle Wilson to lead its Circular Economy Network project funded by global sustainable food packaging leader Huhtamaki. The two-year, £800,000 partnership...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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