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
Energy access: Old challenges – new rhetoric?
When the UN announced its target 'Energy for All by 2030', I thought the opportunity for billions...
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Sustainable energy - a great conversation
Today Practical Action, together with One and Christian Aid, organised what's called a “civil soc...
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Energy lies at the heart - Clean Energy Ministerial
I’ve just put up a blog railing at poor communicators - now my team have come back to me and sa...
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