We’re excited to reveal Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall as our newest WasteAid champion! The respected chef, environmentalist, and journalist will share our story on BBC Radio 4 next Sunday as part of a fundraising appeal.
Read more here wasteaid.org/wasteaid-teams…
#r4appeal #fundraising #wastecrisis

We're looking forward to expanding our activity in South Africa thanks to a new partnership with
John Lewis Partnership News Foundation. We'll be empowering 100 waste collectors and artisans, giving them skills and resources to improve their income potential.
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Hear from Binta Barry, a waste collector in The Gambia, who attended our 12-week training course to gain essential skills to improve their income from waste.

WasteAid, with funding from the NREF, is running a plastic recycling initiative in the country.

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We’re having a greater impact than ever before ♻

We have ambitious plans to increase that further during the year ahead with several exciting projects in the pipeline.

Find out more about the work we do here: wasteaid.org/why-waste/

We can't wait to share some of the inspiring projects that we have lined up for 2024!

To enable us to achieve our aims we need to raise £1 million in time for our 10th anniversary next year.

If you’d like to become a WasteAid partner visit: wasteaid.org/support-us/

We have 24 hours left to raise £3,000 for the Big Give #ChristmasChallenge – can you help us reach our target?

We are aiming to raise £10,000 which will be match-funded meaning your donation will have twice the impact!

Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569…

The Big Give #ChristmasChallenge starts today and we need your help!
We’ve got just 7 days to raise £10,000 - which will be matched up to that amount meaning your donation can have twice the impact!
Click the link below to donate - thank you.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a0569…

Can you help us raise £1 million to support even more communities facing the daily threat of toxic waste?
We're marking the countdown to our 10th anniversary in 2025, with our biggest fundraising campaign.
Find out more bit.ly/3QNHxpU
#wastecrisis #CharityTuesday

A privilege to meet the Hon Minister of Environment and Climate Change Minister Rohey John Manjang and her team today in The Gambia to present the Handelens Miljøfond #NREF and CIWM projects! Excited to continue our collab to support The Gambia to meet its climate commitments.

This #RecyclingWeek we're celebrating our wastepreneurs who are turning waste into business opportunities. ♻️

Mpho Motatinyane in South Africa turns discarded cardboard into educational cards for children. 

Read her story: wasteaid.org/case-study/tur… 

#wastemanagement #charity

If anyone is visiting #Interplas today at the NEC in Birmingham, make a beeline to listen to Ceris Turner-Bailes at 10.30 this morning! Speaking about how industry partnership with WasteAid is delivering for corporate sustainability goals

Long-term solutions to the #plastic and #wastecrisis rely on empowering the communities living its impact. That’s why programmes such as our Entrepreneurial Fund Challenge in #SouthAfrica are so critical. Read Mpho’s story on how she became a waterpreneur bit.ly/3OzS4UH

We’ve been working with the Masibambisane community in #SouthAfrica to tackle their #plasticpollution crisis, thanks to funding from UK Research and Innovation through @WRAP. Read more
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We’re proud to be @WRAP’s campaign to develop a #circulareconomy in #plastic pollution hotspots. With funding from UK Research and Innovation through @WRAP, we worked with a community in South Africa to identify low-cost, low-tech solutions for reducing and reusing low-value plastic.

No child should have to play near burning plastic.  Our new blog explores how wer’e supporting a community in Cameroon to tackle its plastic crisis.  #PlasticFreeJuly

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We're excited to have launched a new plastic recycling initiative in The Gambia. Funded by the Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fund (Handelens Miljøfond). The project aims to empower young people while improving how plastic waste is collected and recycled.
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To mark World Environmental Day, we’re sharing some of our projects where of our mantra Think Global, Act Local is making an impact.
Read our blog to find out how... wasteaid.org/world-environm…
#worldenvironmentday2023 #PlasticPollution #CommunityPower

WasteAid is proud to be supporting local innovations, such as the winners of the Environment Sustainability Social Enterprise Award in Egypt. Supported by our partners Dow as part of #ProjectREFLEX , together we are creating local value chains for flexible plastics

To mark #AfricaDay2023 WasteAid would like to share how proud we are to support African initiatives to deliver an inclusive circular economy that works for everyone.

We're delighted to announce that Jonathan Straight has become Chair of our Board of Trustees. Our sincere thanks to Sarahjane Widdowson who has led the board since 2015 and who will continue as a trustee.
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