Waste Management World magazine

Woman in Waste Management

“I want to make an impact”

As CEO of Finnish emissions monitoring company Gasmet, Nenne Nordström is pursuing her dream of making a difference in the world ‒ both for the industry and for women.

Dec 12, 2024

Reading time: about 5 minutes

Young Professionals Group

Transforming Waste Management: Insights from the ISWA YPG workshop in Cape Town
Circular Economy

CALC Handbook on Assessing Circularity in Cities
Closing the loop

Bollegraaf and Dansk Retursystem: Building the future of recycling
Veolia's bold plan

Leading the path to net zero
ISWAatCOP

Impressions from the Waste and Resources Pavilion in the Green Zone at UNFCCC COP29
ISWA President James Law

Being the voice of waste management

Latest News

Plastic Recycling

Purecycle and Machinex open new pre-processing plastics facility

Machinex announced its partnership with PureCycle Technologies Inc. to deliver a fully automated sorting system in Denver, PA, dedicated to...
Dec 12, 2024

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#collection and handling
Plastic Waste

Bakcycle recycles flexible packaging with TOMRA tech

Bakcycle Recycling has established itself as a leader in producing premium granules from post-consumer LDPE packaging waste, utilizing...
Dec 11, 2024

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#collection and handling
Plastic Waste

New market research: Plastics recycling capacity stagnating

These new figures raise concerns about the feasibility of meeting the EU's recycling and recycled content targets, as they show a general...
Dec 3, 2024

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#plastic waste

COP29

ISWA’s interventions in the Blue Zone at COP29

At COP29 in Baku, ISWA is contributing to the global climate agenda. Waste management is now part of the conference's climate action strategies. Sustainable waste management is key to reducing emissions and achieving climate goals.

Nov 20, 2024

Reading time: about 3 minutes

Guest commentary

As the plastic waste treaty collapses, the recycling industry must step forward to address plastic pollution in 2025

As global leaders falter in their efforts to tackle plastic waste, the recycling industry faces a pivotal moment. Following the collapse of...
Dec 20, 2024

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#legislation

#opinion
Lithium Ion Batteries

Call for better collection systems for batteries

Lithium Ion batteries are a serious fire hazard in waste management facilities. Operators and industry representatives therefor call for...
Nov 28, 2024

Reading time: Less than a minute
#battery recycling

#business news
Circular Economy

"Cork by Cork" campaign launches in Valongo to promote cork recycling

Cork recycling is reduces waste, conserves natural resources, and supports sustainability. For those reasons a new campaign called "Cork to...
Nov 28, 2024

Reading time: Less than a minute
#biowaste

#circular economy
Recycling

WEIMA America marks its 25th anniversary in North America

WEIMA America, Inc. held an event in its Fort Mill headquarters to mark 25 years in North America. Team members, partners and guests,...
Nov 21, 2024

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#collection and handling
Sustainability

FUTURE FORWARD: Circular Economy and Waste Management Conference at ENVIRONTEC

The Circular Economy and Waste Management conference at ENVIRONTEC featured presentations on circular economy and waste management...
Nov 21, 2024

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#biogas

#business news
Recycling

REDWAVE and TOMRA announce agreement to provide complete solution for Zorba sorting

Two top sorting solutions providers, REDWAVE and TOMRA, have teamed up to offer customers a seamless supply of sorting systems based on XRF...
Nov 21, 2024

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#collection and handling