LET’S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER!

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine is an association of Ukrainian organisations and activists working to solve the waste problem in Ukraine. The main goal of the Alliance is to influence the reform of the waste and resource management system in Ukraine.

We strive to shift the focus from the discourse of ‘how to recycle waste’ to the discourse of ‘how to prevent waste generation’. This means looking for ways to reuse and promote composting first. Only then should we recycle all resource-intensive materials. ZWAU is working to make wasting resources a thing of the past.

OUR TEAM

Sofia-Yulia Sydorenko

Olha Bilonizhka

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ALINA KRAVETS

Alyona Nahayevschuk

Khrystyna Shchuryk

Oksana Mylianyk

Svitlana Karitun

Anastasiia Denys

OUR BOARD

ANASTASIYA MARTYNENKO

Anna prokayeva
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Olha Mashkova

Valentyna Abalmassova

members of the union

There are 7 organisations that are members of the NGO “Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine”: “Zero Waste Society”, “Zero Waste Lviv”, “Centre of Media and Public Initiatives”, “Zero Waste Lutsk”, “Mariupol sorts”, “Ecological News from Kherson” and “Zaporizhzhia Zero Waste”.

Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine represents Ukraine in two international networks.

WHAT WE DO

Advocacy work

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

Cooperation with businesses

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

International engagement

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

Sharing experience

We support public associations and civic activists working in the field of waste management.

HISTORY OF THE UNION

2014–2018

Uniting activists into local communities Zero Waste Lviv, Zero Waste Kharkiv, Ozero (Zero Waste Society).

February 2019

The Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine was founded in early 2019 by three organisations: NGO Zero Waste Lviv, NGO Zero Waste Society, and NGO Centre for Media and Public Initiatives (also known as Kharkiv Zero Waste).

2019

ZWAU becomes the official representative of the European network Zero Waste Europe, which includes 31 other local and national NGOs in Europe

2020

The Union joined the Zero Waste City programme.

September 2020

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

February 2021

Liubotyn (Kharkiv Oblast) officially joins the Zero Waste Transition: One Community at a Time project as part of the Zero Waste Cities programme.

February 2022

he Zero Waste Alliance Ukraine includes three NGOs: ‘Zero Waste Lutsk, Mariupol Sorts and Ecological News (Kherson).

ANNUAL REPORTS

About how we coped with the challenges of the war and countered russia’s environmental crimes on the territory of our country…

About how we coped with the challenges of the war and countered russia’s environmental crimes on the territory of our country…

In 2021, we managed to do a lot of work: we conducted a number of educational campaigns, research, analytical and advocacy work. Details and results can be found in the report.

Despite the global pandemic, the work of our Union continued in 2020. This year we worked on the implementation of the Zero Waste Cities project and other educational projects…