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Global Waste Lab
Growing local leadership and resilient waste systems.
About Global Waste Lab
Global Waste Lab works with funders, governments and practitioners across the Global South to build the people and systems behind effective, sustainable waste management. We take a practical, people-centred approach grounded in decades of experience. Our work strengthens local leadership, improves decision-making and helps teams design waste and circular economy systems that communities can run, afford and maintain. Through the Global Waste Lab Academy, we train and support emerging waste managers, giving them the skills and confidence to lead change where they live. Through the Global Waste Lab Studio, we partner with funders and institutions to design and strengthen waste systems using our Seed · System · Scale method - a simple, structured way to create clarity, build capacity and support long-term resilience. Our mission is to ensure that waste solutions are locally led, financially realistic and built to last - reducing risk for funders while improving outcomes for communities.
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Presence & Recognition
Global Waste Lab is contributing as a Knowledge Partner for the ISWA World Congress 2026 through its Built to Last webinar series delivered with be Waste Wise, endorsed by CIWM for CPD.
Reported by Zoë Lenkiewicz
Presence & Recognition
Global Waste Lab hosted Federico Parra of WIEGO - Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing to explore what Colombia can teach us in the Built to Last series on Wednesday 9 September.
Reported by Zoë Lenkiewicz
Research & Knowledge
Global Waste Lab produced Built to Last as a Knowledge Partner for the ISWA World Congress 2026, endorsed by CIWM for CPD, and formed part of the contribution.
Reported by Zoë Lenkiewicz
Research & Knowledge
Global Waste Lab developed the Seven Foundations of a Resilient Waste Project as Knowledge Partner for the ISWA World Congress 2026.
Reported by Zoë Lenkiewicz
Presence & Recognition
Global Waste Lab is hosting a webinar titled Built to Last featuring Zoë Lenkiewicz and Federico Parra, WIEGO's Waste Picker Programme Coordinator for Latin America, on Wednesday 9 September 2026 at 2pm UTC.
Reported by Zoë Lenkiewicz