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Sir David Attenborough backs new report revealing stark health impacts of plastic pollution and rubbish on world’s poorest people
A new report finds one person dies every 30 seconds in developing countries from diseases caused by plastic pollution and rubbish.
Sir David Attenborough backs the report saying ‘it’s one of the first to highlight the impacts of plastic pollution…on world’s poorest people’
“The Wonders of Waste” WasteAid Photo Competition 2019
Enter the WasteAid 2019 Photography Competition on the “Wonders of Waste”.
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WasteAid launches UK Aid Match campaign
Help more people benefit from green recycling jobs in some of the world’s poorest places. Empower them to keep plastic out of the ocean and create a healthier future for everyone. On 1 May we launched our UK Aid Match appeal, Widening the Net. We also celebrated the...
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WasteAid partners with waste management company Biffa
WasteAid partners with waste management company Biffa to tackle global waste issues Biffa will share its experience and expertise to make a genuine difference in communities without waste management Biffa plc, a leading UK integrated waste management company, today...
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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 Manchester City...
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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 case...
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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...
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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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Volunteer Voices: My Week with Waste in the Gambia
Jen Robertson, Senior Project Manager at Keep Britain Tidy and WasteAid volunteer has been supporting the UK Aid-funded plastics recycling programme in the Gambia. Whilst still considering myself a relative newbie to the professional waste world, it took...
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Cleaning the poorest communities in Islamabad
It’s always the poorest who live in the dirtiest places and suffer ill health as a result. Why? Because they can’t afford private waste collections and the government tends to ignore them. That’s why the Pakistan Mission Society, supported by Tearfund, has...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=67&v=1CSm4GG2VrU Solid waste management is a universal issue that affects every single person...
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WasteAid 2019 Calendars – on sale now!
Limited Edition Order your 2019 WasteAid calendar today Perfect for home or the workplace, our A3 WasteAid wall calendars are printed in full colour on high quality 100% post-consumer recycled paper. Each calendar is wire bound at the head and...
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Research paper: How to recycle plastic waste into paving tiles
This research paper was published in Waste Management 80 (2018) 112-118. Download the full pdf. Recycling waste plastics in developing countries: Use of low-density polyethylene water sachets to form plastic bonded sand blocks Alexander Kumi-Larbi Jnr (a),...
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“The Wonders of Waste” 2018 photography competition winners
WasteAid's first ever photography competition has been a great success - and now you can buy the WasteAid calendar featuring the 12 images that show the wonders of waste. Thank you to everyone who entered the first ever WasteAid photography...
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