wasteaid

We connect vulnerable communities to waste management resources and expertise

© 2014 WasteAid, watermark picture courtesy of PCF

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The Problem…….

• 3.5 billion with out access to basic waste management services (D-Waste)

• Up to 60% of urban waste is uncollected in many developing world countries (World Bank)

• African-Americans are 79% more likely to live in close proximity to industrial pollution (DS.org)

• 50% of North American Native Communities live in an area with an uncontrolled dump site (DS.org)

• 80% of the children in the city of Guiyu in China, exhibit breathing distress, the significant e-waste recycling that occurs in that city is thought to be a key causal factor (PRB)



http://youtu.be/b-mOKiJSdD0

A report by CNN on the work of the Philippine Community Fund.PCF kindly agreed to let us use their images such as the one in this slide.This report underlines the extreme poverty that many of the communities

we hope to work with experience on a day to day basis.



What are vulnerable communities?

• They can be anywhere• They are economically impoverished• They experience ecological injustice• Many are socially deprived• They are often isolated from expertise• Some are struggling with long-term recovery after

natural or man made disasters• Immediate disaster recovery (Already carried out by

Disaster Waste Recover


What resources and expertise are there across the global waste management industry?

• Financial Support• Training and Capacity Development• Technical expertise• Institutional and Business Development• Equipment• Networking and Virtual Support


Our approach

• We run pilot projects that can be rolled out on a much larger scale

• We will identify ways in which we can partner with other organizations on much bigger projects.

• We will tell the stories of the people involved


Benefits to Communities

• We will help to turn waste from threat into opportunity

• Increase awareness and knowledge about waste within such communities

• Build capacity and institutional strength to deal with waste issues

• Improve environmental, social and economic conditions within these communities

• Mitigate key risks posed by waste to these communities


Benefits to You

• WasteAid can play a significant role in your Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy

• WasteAid can aid in the development of your human resources

• WasteAid may open your eyes to new market opportunities and technologies

• WasteAid may give you the opportunity to think and look outside the box

• WasteAid allows you to network globally with the very best waste management professionals

• You can radically change the lives of men, women and children around the world.


About WasteAid

• Initial idea presented at 2008 ISWA conference in Singapore

• LinkedIn group – Waste Management for Development since 2010

• Now 430 members from around the world• WasteAid formally set up in 2013• Social Media presence (Twitter, FB, 000’s)• Growing membership• Board, Council of Reference, Membership• Incorporating in BC, Canada• Looking at incorporating in US and UK


Ways to get involved

• WasteAid Membership • Financial Support• Technical Support• Project Sponsorship• Staff Involvement and CPD• Personal Membership• Become a Fundraiser, Ambassador• Become an Associate WasteAid Expert

or Council of Reference Member


Initial Projects (2014/2015)

• Twinning of Municipal Waste Departments• Twinning of Community and Informal Sector• Material and Recycling Conference – Africa• NGO and Waste Conference• Vancouver/Online Store for Up cycled Products• Livelihood Projects in Kenya, India• Database of Development and Waste Work• Documentary on Waste Communities• Open to Other needs


Initial Supporters Include,

• Solid Waste Association of North America (sponsored WasteAid at WasteCon 2013 in Los Angeles USA)

• SWANA young professional networks• CIWM in the UK (supported us with a major

article in their professional journal)• Resource Association in the UK (sponsored

us at RWM Birmingham 2013)



https://vimeo.com/75256781

This video has a message from the Chief Executiveof the CIWM in the UK and also reviews WasteAid atRWM 2013 in Birmingham, UK



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