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Everybody deserves to live in a clean environment with access to sustainable sanitation and waste services

WASTE is an international development organisation catalysing sustainable solutions to urban challenges.

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We strengthen local systems for long-lasting impact

WASTE develops and manages innovative, multi-stakeholder programmes in low- and middle-income countries striving for impact that is locally relevant and continues long after we are gone. We specialise in the fields of:

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Sanitation & faecal sludge management

We employ a market-based approach to addressing local sanitation markets’ supply and demand side challenges. We develop integrated solutions for the entire life and re-use cycle of human and organic waste management.

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Solid waste management, including plastics

With a focus on business development, circular economy, and inclusion of the informal sector, our experience builds upon nearly four decades of experience working with a broad network of local partners.

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Innovative financing

We catalyse private investments, local government funding, and investments in sanitation and waste by households and local enterprises for maximum leverage. We have been unlocking commercial, non-grant-based financing for development for more than two decades.

An inclusive approach for sustainability

The Diamond Model is a multi-stakeholder approach developed by WASTE to strengthen total systems that prioritise inclusive governance and build local capacity.

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Improving cooperation for cross-sectoral impact

Our core work focuses on SDGs 11 (sustainable cities), 8 (decent work and economic growth), and 6 (clean water and sanitation).

Discover how our expertise links to the SDGs
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in the last 5 years alone

What we’ve achieved together

5,785
sanitation businesses supported
1 M
safe sanitation systems
>€150 M
generated locally by households investing in sanitation improvements
2,000
tonnes of plastic waste prevented from dumping and/or open burning
>48 M
kg of CO2 eq. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions saved through solid waste and faecal sludge treatment and reuse

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