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Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine is a coalition of Ukrainian organizations and activists working on the resolution of the waste problem in Ukraine. Our main goal is to influence the reform of waste and resource management systems in Ukraine.

We aim to shift the focus from “how to recycle waste” to “how to prevent waste from being created in the first place.” This means prioritizing ways to reuse and promoting composting, followed by recycling all valuable materials. ZWAU is committed to making resource waste a thing of the past.

OUR TEAM

Sofia-Yulia Sydorenko
Chairwoman and Co-founder

Olga Bilonizhka
Project and Program Manager

Roksoliana Panster
SMM-MANAGER

Alona Kholodova
Communications Manager

Yulia Rovenska
Website Content Manager

Oksana Mylianyk
Legislative Expert

Yaryna Badik
ADMINISTRATOR

Svitlana Karytun
manager of zero waste city

OLHA KUDYK
accountant

Anastasiya Denys
FINANCIAL MANEGER

OUR GOVERNANCE

Anastasiya Martynenko
Head of the NGO Zero Waste Society and board member of the Public organization Ukrainian Zero Waste Alliance.

Anna Prokayeva
Executive Director of Kharkiv Zero Waste, and board member of the Public organization Ukrainian Zero Waste Alliance.

natalia pasenko
Board member of the NGO Environmental News, and board member of Public organization Ukrainian Zero Waste Alliance.

Valentyna Abalmasova
Representative of the Mariupol Zero Waste initiative group, and board member of the Public organization Ukrainian Zero Waste Alliance.

ALIANCE MEMBERS

There are 7 organisations that are members of the NGO “Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine”: “Zero Waste Society”, “Zero Waste Lviv”, Zero Waste Kharkiv, “Zero Waste Lutsk”, “Mariupol Zero Waste, “Ecological News” from Kherson, “Zero Waste Ivano Frankivsk” and “ Zero Waste Zaporizhzhia.

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine represents Ukraine in two international networks.

What we do

Advocacy activities 

We work with local and national authorities in the field of waste management.

Collaboration with business

We consult and support the implementation of innovative practices that reduce waste.

International involvement

We represent Ukraine in the international community and receive up-to-date information from international partners.

Experience exchange

We support non-governmental organizations and activists working in the field of waste management.

HISTORY OF THE UNION

2014–2018

Activists have united into local communities: Zero Waste Lviv, Zero Waste Kharkiv, Ozero (Zero Waste Society).

February 2019

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine has been founded. It has bben created at the beggining of 2019 by three organisations: NGO “Zero Waste Lviv,” NGO “Zero Waste Society,” NGO “Center for Media and Civic Initiatives” (also known as Kharkiv Zero Waste)

2019

ZWAU has become the official representative of european network Zero Waste Europe, which includes 31 other local and national civil society organizations from across Europe.

2020

The community has joined the Zero Waste Cities programm.

вересень 2020

Lviv has officially become the first city outside the European Union to join the project “Transitioning to Zero Waste: One Community at a Time” as part of the Zero Waste Cities program.

February 2021

Lyubotyn (Kharkiv region) has officially joined the project “Transitioning to Zero Waste: One Community at a Time” as part of the Zero Waste Cities program.

February 2022

Three civil society organizations have joined Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine: “Zero Waste Lutsk,” “Mariupol Sorts,” and “Eco News” (Kherson).

ANNUAL REPORTS

Про підтримку органів місцевого самоврядування в межах проекту “Міста нуль відходів в Україні”, законопроекти, адвокаційну роботу по сміттєспалюванню, наші проекти, фінансову звітність за цей рік, та багато іншого можна прочитати у файлі.

Про те, як ми впоралися з викликами війни та протидіяли екологічним злочинам Росії на території нашої держави…

Про те, як ми впоралися з викликами війни та протидіяли екологічним злочинам Росії на території нашої держави…

За 2021 ми встигли зробити чимало роботи: провели ряд просвітницьких кампаній, досліджень, аналітичну та адвокаційну роботу. Деталі та результати можна переглянути у звіті.

Попри світову пандемію, робота нашої Спілки продовжувалась і у 2020 році. Цього року ми працювали над втіленням проєкту Zero Waste Cities та іншими просвітницькими проєктами…