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20 Oct DWR in the news

Raising awareness is always a priority and this week you can see debris issues highlighted from our recent and ongoing work in this informative BBC article. BBC: Who cleans up after hurricanes, earthquakes and war?

24 May Emergency Cleaning up in Maiduguri – Early Recovery style!

We are proud of our DWR colleagues in North East Nigeria who have started waste clean up and management in Maiduguri. DWR’s First batch of 500 of 1000 beneficiaries are now removing wastes from the streets and drainage channels, helping to reduce public health risks...

14 Dec Yemen Emergency Waste Assessment

The Yemen Emergency Waste Assessment is publicly available. This summer DWR conducted this study for UNDP Yemen to identify the impact of the ongoing conflict on public authorities' ability to deliver waste collection and to assess the damage to waste and recycling infrastructures.

12 Oct DWR conducts emergency waste assessment in Yemen

Disaster Waste Recovery (DWR) has over July and August carried out an in-depth Emergency Waste Assessment in six governorates of Yemen in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

23 Sep Humanitarian Resource Management at G7

DWR are invited by International Synergies (international-synergies.com) to co-host an event at the forthcoming G7 Alliance meeting in Birmingham (UK) 28th – 30th October 2015. The event: “Sustainable resource management in post disaster situations - Extending the application of industrial symbiosis” will bring together key stakeholders who work directly on the ground both as enablers and funders in the immediate/emergency response phase, and in the longer term recovery phase of a post disaster/post conflict environment.