Events
EARTH DAY: WasteAid launches Virtual Safari
WasteAid has created a Virtual Safari into the Kenyan wilderness, an immersive experience with science, culture, art, cookery and lots of wildlife to help lift spirits, and to raise money for waste collectors in low-income countries. Virtual safari around lake...
Fundraising at home? We’re in!
WasteAiders are amazing! That's nothing new, but right now we are so impressed with the genius fundraising ideas people have come up with for our Spring 2020 appeal. WasteAid Appeal: Waste Collectors Rock! Like many charities, we have postponed our Spring 2020...
Support Nicole Garofano in her eXXpedition plastic marine debris journey
“My name is Nicole Garofano. I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Queensland. My research is focused on plastic food and beverage packaging material in small island developing states. My case study countries are Vanuatu, Barbados, St Vincent & the Grenadines,...
Walk for WasteAid 2020 postponed. Please support our urgent appeal.
*** THE WALK FOR WASTEAID 2020 IS POSTPONED, PLEASE CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES *** Due to the coronavirus outbreak, we have had to postpone some of our biggest fundraising events of the year. Waste collectors around the world are putting themselves at risk to...
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 really grateful to...
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...
WasteAid photography exhibition at RWM
The WasteAid photography exhibition will be on display at RWM, in partnership with CIWM. Images on display will include entries to the 2019 Photography Competition "The Wonders of Waste", plus some of the striking photos taken for the current UK Aid Match campaign in...
“The Wonders of Waste” WasteAid Photo Competition 2019
Enter the WasteAid 2019 Photography Competition on the “Wonders of Waste”.
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...
Walk for WasteAid 2019 Manchester 6 July
Join the Walk for WasteAid and help save the oceans from plastic waste.Join us on our epic fundraiser and help to stop ocean plastic pollution. Your sponsorship will go directly towards training people living near the Cameroon estuary to stop plastic waste reaching...
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...
The Recycling Event is sponsoring WasteAid
Why we are backing WasteAid as our charity partner at The Recycling EventBy Paul Sanderson From the very beginning of the development process for The Recycling Event, it was clear that it had to be different from other conferences.We wanted...
Meet WasteAid at RWM
by Laura Hollingsworth RWM is the UK’s leading trade show for recycling and waste management, providing the biggest platform for the latest innovations shaping the sustainability sector. Since changing owners at the start of 2018, RWM has grown to attract over 12,000...
“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...
WasteAid’s programme for RWM
RWM, the UK's largest recycling and waste management event takes place at Birmingham’s NEC, 12-13 September. Waste Matters Theatre Alongside our generous sponsors Dsposal, WasteAid will be co-hosting the Waste Matters Theatre and digging deep into...
Meet WasteAid at RWM, 12-13 September 2018
As an official partner of RWM, WasteAid is pleased to share information about the exhibition. We hope to meet you there, where we will have a dedicated stand and seminar theatre, in partnership with our sponsors Dsposal. The UK’s largest recycling and...
Second WasteAid webinar LIVE on 11 July
Zoë Lenkiewicz and Mike Webster of WasteAid are to be hosting the second in their series of webinars in partnership with be Waste Wise. Sign up for free to participate and have the opportunity to put your questions to the WasteAid team. Can't make it? No problem - all...