Research

Launched at IFAT

CALC Handbook on Assessing Circularity in Cities

At IFAT members of the Circular and Low Carbon Cities (CALC) project team pre-launched the final CALC publication, Assessing Circularity in Cities, A Handbook for Local and Regional Authorities on Tracking Progress Towards City Circularity. It offers a practical approach that meets their criteria of circularity indicators.

Jul 11, 2024

Reading time: about 3 minutes

Break Free From Plastic Brand Audit 2023

The Top Plastic Polluters

In its annual report, Break Free From Plastic ranks the world's top plastic polluters. Here are the results from the global brand audit.
Jun 13, 2024

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#circular economy

#marine litter
Packaging Waste

New study: Are alternatives to plastic packaging automatically more sustainable?

Plastics have been more and more replaced by alternative materials believed to be more sustainable. A new study looks at the life cycle...
May 30, 2024

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#bio plastic

#circular economy
Plastic Recycling

How can a chemical process help recycle PET waste?

US scientists focused their work on PET recycling. Their recently published report suggests key areas for researchers to focus on to...
May 24, 2024

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#circular economy

#plastic waste
ISWA and UNEP present

The Global Waste Management Outlook 2024

A call for action to catalyse collective efforts towards an improved waste management system based on a holistic 3D perspective.
Apr 5, 2024

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#climate change

#pollution
Reuse

System Change to Circular Economy and its Impact on the Waste Management Sector

To achieve a true circular economy a radical system change is essential. This also means that recycling cannot be the major tool to be...
Mar 28, 2024

Reading time: about 17 minutes
#circular economy

#collection and handling
The evolution of waste management

Learning from the past to plan for the future

Career consultant, Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and ISWA Honorary Life Member, David C. Wilson, introduces his witness...
Mar 19, 2024

Reading time: about 11 minutes
#collection and handling

#recycling

Textile Recycling

Do a circular economy and fast fashion go together?

At a superficial glance, one might conclude that fast fashion, when combined with the circular economy, could create a fantastic symbiosis....
Mar 1, 2024

Reading time: about 11 minutes
#circular economy

#recycling
UNEP’s Global Waste Management Outlook 2024

UN report: World must move beyond waste era and turn rubbish into resource

The Global Waste Management Outlook shows the urgent need to decouple waste generation from economic growth and shift to zero waste and...
Feb 28, 2024

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#circular economy

#climate change
Research

Laboratory high-intensity magnetic separator for battery recycling research

A European mining and technology university has purchased a laboratory-scale Bench Induced Roll Magnetic Separator (BIRS) from Bunting for...
Feb 21, 2024

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#collection and handling
ISWA study

Potential for women to tackle climate crisis - with the right support

The solid waste management (SWM) sector attracts well educated, highly motivated, impact driven and ambitious women, according to the...
Feb 1, 2024

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#circular economy

#climate change
New research on landfill leachates

How detection wells converted to low-discharge pumping wells can help stabilise leachate plumes from landfills

Dr. Paul Hudak from the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of North Texas writes about a study on detection...
Jan 26, 2024

Reading time: about 7 minutes
#landfill

#research
PFAS

Water Treatment: Perfectly filtered

Researchers from Germany and the USA have found a way to filter hazardous perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) from water....
Dec 12, 2023

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#hazardous waste

#sludge waste
Pollution

Global Waste Index: Ranking the biggest waste polluters worldwide

The comprehensive analysis ranks 38 member states of the OECD according to the environmental impact of their waste management.
Nov 8, 2023

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#press release
Integrating sustainability and circularity into purchasing decisions for greater transparency in the value chain

The ConCirMy configurator informs about the sustainability aspects of products

The Configurator for the Circular Economy (ConCirMy) is a digital tool to provide information on environmental compatibility to various...
Sep 6, 2023

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#collection and handling

#digitisation
Packaging waste

Project praxpack – making e-commerce more sustainable by reusable packaging

The majority of products purchased in e-commerce are packaged in disposable packaging. The praxPACK project aims to contribute to the...
Aug 29, 2023

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#circular economy

#collection and handling
Plastic recycling

Fully recyclable fiber composite plastics for the circular economy

Turning the plastics industry into a circular economy requires innovation. The All-Polymer project aimed to develop fully recyclable...
Aug 29, 2023

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#circular economy

#innovation
Opportunities to overcome barriers in waste management:

Innovative product cycles for a circular economy

How can a circular economy solution be more effective than traditional waste management? How can money be made with circular business...
Aug 28, 2023

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#circular economy

#innovation
Material and energetic use of biowaste

Biogas: An important contribution to climate and resource protection

This article discusses the current and future role of material and energetic uses of biogenic residues and wastes. Climate and resource...
Jul 31, 2023

Reading time: about 11 minutes
#anaerobic digestion

#biogas
Transboundary movement of discarded EEE

Global e-waste flows monitor 2022

E-waste is the fastest growing waste stream worldwide. And it is amongst the top three waste categories illicitly traded. Researchers from...
Jul 24, 2023

Reading time: about 7 minutes
#e-waste

#pollution
Examination of environmental concerns

National Environmental Services Survey urges collaborative action at Environmental Services & Solutions Expo

The National Environmental Services Survey was conducted in close collaboration with experts and stakeholders from across the UK.
Jul 3, 2023

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#event
Plastic Waste

ISWA report: How to beat plastic pollution

At the recent second session of the INC, the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) presented a new report highlighting the key...
Jun 7, 2023

Reading time: Less than a minute
#business news

#plastic waste