James Law is not only the Chair of the ISWA Working Group on Landfill and the Task Force on Closing Dumpsites Initiative, he is also an honorary ISWA member. In a one-on-one interview, he talks about his start at ISWA, his favourite ISWA moment and why he thinks it is important for waste management professionals to join the association.
To achieve a true circular economy a radical system change is essential. This also means that recycling cannot be the major tool to be relied upon, because the problem lies upstream of the bin.