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one toilet every 4 minutes in toilet construction alone by households investing in sanitation improvements converted to compost prevented from dumping/open burning LATEST NEWS More than 11 million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped in India annually As with much of the world, India’s growing plastic pollution is reaching a critical mass. According to UNDP, India creates 15 million tonnes of plastic waste per year, and only 25% of this is recycled. The unmanaged rest most often ends up […] Approximately 2.5 billion people still do not have access to safe sanitation. Furthermore, in 2022, almost 670 million people still practice open defecation. To address these challenges, we must look at under-development in sanitation as an opportunity and even as a business. If we can transform waste into a resource, then sanitation challenges would reduce […]
WASTE employs a holistic approach to this work, addressing (at household, enterprise, and institutional levels) demand generation, capacity development, government engagement, business development, with an increasing focus on circularity (circular economy). Interventions prioritise sustainability, not only facilitating that infrastructure and business models are set up but are maintained and continue to be used long after WASTE and its partners step away. Our work works to address the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), focusing on SDGs 11 (sustainable cities & communities), 6 (clean water & sanitation), 8 (decent work & economic growth) and 5 (gender equality).
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million toilets are constructed
10
million workdays
133
million € generated locally in 5 years
25,000
tonnes of human waste
2,000
tonnes plastic waste
India’s dire plastic problem
“Financing is like baking a cake” and more from the historic World Water Forum 9 in Senegal
