Carlos Silva Filho

Circular waste management offers the potential for a net gain of more than USD 100 billion per year by 2050. To achieve this, a...

A call for action to catalyse collective efforts towards an improved waste management system based on a holistic 3D perspective.

The Paris Agreement was adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference in 2015. We are exactly at the halfway point to 2030 now to achieve the...

To achieve a circular economy, it is not enough to focus on recycling. A shift towards product design and the sustainability of products is...

Current events are clearly showing that we need to change the way (or ways) in which we move, produce and consume, says ISWA president...

To be able to achieve net-zero it is essential to concentrate on the treatment - and avoidance - of biowaste. Waste is the third largest...

ISWA is leading the way in putting sound waste management on the high-level agenda and spreading the message that waste management must...

ISWA president Carlos Silva Filho talked at the recent ISWA World Congress about the triple planetary crisis we are currently facing and...

Inadequate waste management poses a direct threat to the environment, to biodiversity and to human health, both locally and globally,...

To tackle the planetary crisis and move towards a better and cleaner future, we have to reach outside our bubble, says ISWA president Carlo...

The era of local containment is over. In order to really improve waste management worldwide combined efforts and joint initiatives are key,...

As ISWA recognises the need for and supports the endeavour to prepare an international agreement on monitoring, controlling, mitigating,...

The scale of human interference on Earth has reached unprecedented levels, affecting the structures of the planet and possibly creating a...

ISWA’s campaign for the Closure of the World’s Biggest Dumpsites has reached a new stage as it has delivered a concrete result with the...