James Law is the new ISWA President. In his welcoming remarks he talks about ISWA's mission, the importance of waste management in mitigating climate change and how he wants to start his presidency.
While reducing emissions is crucial, reaching net-zero goals will also require substantial carbon removal initiatives. Innovation in every...
Circular waste management offers the potential for a net gain of more than USD 100 billion per year by 2050. To achieve this, a...
The use of anaerobic digestion for the treatment of wastewater (and other effluent streams) has increased steadily in recent years. Guest...
Till Schwering explains how Westeria organised the development process for its revolutionary AirStar Evolution. Focus on difficulties,...
Rainer Flaute, Westeria’s Head of Sales talks about the highlights of Westeria’s Innovation Days in January – and reveals how the flagship...
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...
Until June 2nd the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC) is held in Paris. ISWA Managing...
Current events are clearly showing that we need to change the way (or ways) in which we move, produce and consume, says ISWA president...
Nickolas J. Themelis of the Earth Engineering Center at Columbia University tries a new way to calculate the expected methane emissions...
In January Zero Waste Europe published an article on dioxin emissions in three European waste-to-energy plants. Here Prof. Nickolas J....
To be able to achieve net-zero it is essential to concentrate on the treatment - and avoidance - of biowaste. Waste is the third largest...
112 world leaders gathered in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27). ISWA General Manager...
ISWA is leading the way in putting sound waste management on the high-level agenda and spreading the message that waste management must...
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...
We cannot afford to waste our waste. The waste management sector therefore is key to real sustainability and a circular economy.
The era of local containment is over. In order to really improve waste management worldwide combined efforts and joint initiatives are key,...
The amount of medical waste and PPE waste has increased through the pandemic. Operators within the resource industry play a crucial role in...
As ISWA recognises the need for and supports the endeavour to prepare an international agreement on monitoring, controlling, mitigating,...
Climate and the Circular Economy are the major matters of our time. Waste prevention and waste management, done in a responsible and...
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