Waste management
- Home composting Introducing home composting bins to poor families in order to turn generated waste into useful ri...
- Plastics recycling Waste plastics are washed in specially designed machines before being sold on for commercial recy...
- Access to sanitation Practical Action shares the global concern on the lack of sanitation in developing countries.
As is the case with so many countries in the developing world, rapid urbanisation has placed a considerable strain on urban services, such as solid waste management.
We work with some of the poorest communities to improve waste management and collection methods, creating safer and healthier places to live and work.
Blog listing
Proud to be ODF
If you’re squeamish about poo, look away now! Open defecation is not something people in the deve...
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Providing better health services for waste workers
Large numbers of people in the developing world rely on other people’s waste to make a living. I...
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Ecological sanitation for sustainable sanitation
2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to improved sanitation facilities. Most of the...
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