We developed the Integrated Sustainable Waste Management (ISWM) approach as a tool to understand the existing and necessary ‘who’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ elements are present and needed in a given [waste management] system. The ISWM approach helps to analyse three important dimensions: We work on understanding each of these dimensions and how they relate to…
This gender guide was designed for project development and implementation and was financed by the Regional Initiative for Inclusive Recycling (IRR) whose objective is to integrate informal recyclers from Latin America and the Caribbean into formal recycling markets. The guide is a tool that: supports the opening of spaces for the participation of women in…
In partnership with the Rural Development Organization (RDO) Trust WASTE developed a model for producing high-quality co-compost from wastewater and faecal sludge for the cultivation of exotic vegetables by women farmers in the district of Nilgiris, India. To enable target consumers to buy the co-compost, WASTE implemented its Diamond Model to provide tools for private financing and…