Americas · South America
4 projects · 4 organizations
Plan Ceibal, the agency that put a computer in the hands of every Uruguayan schoolchild, handles just 1% of the country's imported electronics yet accounts for 14% of the e-waste Uruguay actually processes.
On 17 September 2025 Uruguay's wage councils created Subgroup 6.3, giving the people who collect and sort commercial and industrial waste a labor and wage framework for the first time.
Uruguay's oldest bird conservation NGO maps and defends the grasslands and wetlands that keep 450 species aloft.
Uruguay's only dedicated sea turtle NGO runs two rehabilitation centers on the Atlantic coast where stranded, plastic-choked and cold-stunned turtles get a second chance.