Small-scale plastics recycling in Africa
Recycling plastic is not easy. 🫣 Spoiler alert: The value of recycled plastic rarely covers the cost of collecting and processing it. This means plastic waste represents an endless financial burden for communities and countries. 🚚 In more remote areas, transport costs...
Beyond Cities: Transforming Rural Waste Management
In our recent be Waste Wise webinar on rural waste management we learned about two very effective models: 🏝️ Yayasan Rijig Pradana Wetan in Indonesia, with Diana Luckyta Sari 🏜️ The Barefoot College (Social Work and Research Centre) in India, with Gurpreet Singh...
A radically human approach to the circular economy
🌞 Bright and early this morning I joined the UNEP Global Dialogue and Youth Day to talk about how collaborative policymaking can unlock the hidden benefits of a circular economy. Hidden benefits? 🕵♀️ 🔎 The hidden costs of waste and poor waste management are huge, but...
You wouldn’t knowingly eat contaminated food… would you?
👉 Whenever I work with waste management practitioners I always highlight the necessity to collect food waste separately from other wastes. Why? 🥑🧴🥔🍾🥖🍶👕👞 🤢 Once food waste is mixed with other materials, it is unsuitable for agricultural purposes 🌱 📉 Soils around the...