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This World Environment Day we are saying no to plastic pollution and yes to finding lasting solutions together.

In India alone, it is estimated that 15million tonnes of plastic waste is produced each year and only 25% of this is recycled, due to the lack of an effective waste management system. This leads to high levels of plastic waste pollution and poor living and working conditions for millions of informal waste workers, many of whom are women and youth.

A reality which must change and is where our FINILOOP programme steps in.

FINIILOOP is working in partnership with cities and informal waste workers to build more effective waste management systems. The programme brings together services and individuals along the entire waste value chain from the everyday person generating waste, to a new recycled product being created. All helping to ensure the livelihoods of informal waste workers are improved and plastic leakage into the environment is reduced.

Join us over June as we showcase local plastic waste heroes within FINILOOP who are committed to building plastic waste free cities, cleaner environments and sustainable livelihoods for all. In the meantime find out more about FINILOOP here: www.waste.nl/cases/finiloop/

Together we can .

Our programme is ensuring is affordable, accessible, and sustainable 💡 Discover how http://ow.ly/cog250KGWkn

Our initiative is working with small and businesses in India, Uganda, and Kenya, to ensure they don't fail during their growth journey. Learn more: http://ow.ly/Av7o50KGW6v

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💷 Sometimes you need a bit of money to make money: Journey of a Malian waste start-up
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Sometimes you need a bit of money to make money: Journey of a Malian waste start-up - WASTE L’EMPLOI DES JEUNES CRÉE DES OPPORTUNITÉS, ICI AU MALI (Creating jobs for young people and returning migrants in Mali, EJOM) is a four-year programme run by SNV with partners, ICCO, WASTE Foundation and the agency APEJ. The objective of the project is to improve employment opportunities for youn...

"One aspect of understanding how such socio- cultural influences impact waste management systems is through the notion of gender, and how gender interacts with waste."

Read the full article about waste management through gender here: http://ow.ly/vKwt50KYUrY

Understanding waste management systems through gender - WASTE The structure and functioning of solid waste management systems are founded on the behavioral patterns and underlying attitudes of a given population, that in turn are shaped by the socio- cultural fabric of their regions. Given the fluid nature of the concept of waste, it is highly probable that th...

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Today, 29 million Tanzanians (out of a population of almost 60 million!) still lack access to improved . Discover how our programme is working with grassroots financial institutions to help Tanzanians obtain safe sanitation: http://ow.ly/AmXn50KGWoP

Grassroots Financing – A solution for Tanzania - WASTE Nearly half of all Tanzanians lack access to safe sanitation Today, 29 million Tanzanians (out of a population of almost 60 million!) still lack access to improved sanitation. This, as Water.org reports, is largely due to the lack of household sanitation infrastructure. In rural areas, only 10% of t...

Our programme has been employing our mechanisms to catalyse local financing for . Discover how: http://ow.ly/BFpO50KGV8p

We have seen the compounding impacts that has on the total quality of life of the communities we work with including the ability to withstand the detrimental impacts 🌱 Learn more: https://www.waste.nl/is-it-time-for-climate-financing-to-recognize-sanitation-as-instrumental-to-climate-mitigation/

Is it time for climate financing to recognize sanitation as instrumental to climate mitigation? - WASTE When it comes to the links between sanitation and reusing human waste to mitigate all facets of the impacts of climate change, the opportunities are endless.

Check your inbox 📣 This edition mailing comes to you just in time for the ISWA International Solid Waste Association congress in Singapore. The theme of this year's event 'Don't Waste Our Future!' highlights the 'importance of human impact on the environment, with targets to promote economic growth, increase efficiency in production and consumption, sustainably managing waste and resources and taking action to support climate change.' Learn more what WASTE is doing to solve the global plastic pollution crisis https://mailchi.mp/waste.nl/plastics-edition-2022

Plastic pollution and partnerships

Find Sophie van den Berg in Singapore this week discussing all things ♻️ Let's talk and http://ow.ly/H3P050KLcz1

ISWA International Solid Waste Association

Let's talk ♻️ We are partnering to tackle the global waste crisis, ensuring no one is left behind. Learn more: http://ow.ly/usg750KGVEj

ISWA International Solid Waste Association

Find Sophie van den Berg at next week discussing all things ♻️ Learn more about our work in solid waste management including plastics http://ow.ly/BfoX50KLcz3

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ISWA International Solid Waste Association

Fantastic feature of our FINISH-Mondial programme 📣 Urging private entrepreneurs to invest in this potential sanitation sector, Folkert de Jager (1st secretary for Water Management and Food Security at the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands) said that there was "no alternative to financial inclusion in the sanitation sector" stressing the "need for increased private sector funding for water and sanitation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations."

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Our initiative imagines a world with water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and waste supply chains, where small and growing businesses (SGBs) are at the forefront. Learn more: http://ow.ly/Oxsb50KGUH3

We are excited to share that WASTE, together with its partners and in collaboration with the IKEA Foundation, is launching the FINILOOP programme in three cities in India this fall 🤝 Discover how we are joining hands to tackle India's plastic waste challenge: http://ow.ly/fIVj50KF9AP


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Aiming to address entire value chains, our sanitation initiatives are yielding cross-sectoral impact in areas such as agriculture and renewable energy, stimulating local circular economies. Discover how https://www.waste.nl/cases/financial-inclusion-improves-sanitation-and-health-mondial/

Let us know 👇 are you working with faith-based organisations to drive sustainable development?

"Religious institutions directly participate in many social activities and influence the lives of many at all levels of society." 📰 Read full feature here: http://ow.ly/lbzG50KqV6b

Caritas Fort Portal - Hewasa.

Working with faith-based organisations for a holistic approach to urban development - WASTE WASTE first partnered with Caritas Fort Portal-HEWASA in Uganda in 2011, recognising the importance of working with trusted faith-based organisations and religious institutions.

💼 Last month, WASTE adviser and Solid waste expert, van den Berg, paid a visit to a key Dutch university, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education to share some knowledge and take a trip to a plastic recycling plant nearby.

Working with universities and supporting young professionals - WASTE Last month, WASTE adviser and Solid waste expert, Sophie van den Berg, paid a visit to a key Dutch university, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education to share some knowledge and take a trip to a plastic recycling plant nearby. As Sophie is our leading expert on plastics under the solid waste manage...

"One of the most pressing problems with trying to achieve is still the finance gap. Worsened by falling global investments due to COVID-19 pandemic, financial constraints still seem to be one, if not the, major obstacle when it comes to solving global water problems...To make things worse, the positive social impacts these enterprises frequently create are difficult to capture financially. Too small and too big at the same time they end up in a “headache zone” – the soft middle, out of which it is difficult to escape."

More on this crucial issue and our initiative captured in SIWI's WaterFront daily publication http://ow.ly/o26F50KxBW6

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Find our FINISH-Mondial team at discussing all things financing 💧 Discover more: http://ow.ly/a7r450KwlQb

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