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Empowering People to Tackle Illegally Dumped Waste & Litter 30.06.2017 12:31 IN DEPTH: Let’s Do It Foundation Mobilises People to Clean Up Waste The Let’s Do It Foundation has already mobilised 16 million people to clean up waste. Kadi Kenk explains that it is aiming for 5% of the world’s population. Read more …
Arnold Schwarzenegger on Climate Change: Less Talk, More Action 21.06.2017 15:02 ISWA Joins Forces with Arnie's R20 in Bid to Terminate Climate Change ISWA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Arnold Schwarzenegger's R20 in a statement of intent to act against climate change. Read more …
Raising Funds to Clothe & Educate Kids on Dumpsites in Nicaragua. 13.06.2017 14:26 SWANA Backs the International Solid Waste Association's Scholarship Programme SWANA has backed ISWA's Scholarship Programme, which funds education for children living and working on open dumpsites in Nicaragua. Read more …
ISWA and International Experts Join Forces at UN to #SaveOurOcean 09.06.2017 13:46 ISWA Task Force to Tackle Marine Litter ISWA is to play a major role in the urgent microplastic emergency threatening the oceans with the launch of its Task Force on Marine Litter. Read more …
Human Ingenuity Wrecks the Oceans – Can It Save Them Too? 08.06.2017 11:28 ISWA: Five Keys Steps to Save to Oceans from Waste Plastic & Marine Debris As thousands of experts convened in New York to discuss the solutions required, ISWA’s Antonis Mavropoulos and Costas Velis explain the organisation’s new global initiative on Marine Litter. Read more …
ISWA Stands with the Rest of the World on Climate Change 02.06.2017 13:27 ISWA: We Should Never Allow Science to be Defeated by Fake News ISWA President Antonis Mavropoulos explains why the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement is an affront to science, our planet, and our future generations. Read more … Calling All Videographers – Get Those Cameras Rolling 28.04.2017 11:08 ISWA Video Awards 2017 - No Time to Waste The International Solid Waste Association is pleased to announce that the 2017 edition of its short video competition, the “ISWA Video Award” is now open for submissions. Read more … Earth Day 2017 Opportunity to Highlight Dumpsite Cause 19.04.2017 12:21 SWANA Joins ISWA’s Call to Close the World’s Biggest Dumpsites In partnership with ISWA, the Solid Waste Association of North America has urged supporters to sign the declaration to close the world’s 50 largest dumpsites. Read more … Estrutural Dumpsite being Replaced with Sanitary Landfill & Recycling 10.02.2017 14:39 First Taste of Success for ISWA’s Close the Dumpsites Campaign Following the recent closure of the Estrutural dumpsite serving 5 million people in Brazil’s capital city, a partnership between ISWA and ABRELPE aims to ensure the closure of further dumpsites in the country. Read more … Baltimore, host city of ISWA 2017 11.01.2017 09:54 ISWA’s 2017 Annual Congress - Keep the Dates Clear Marine Litter, the outcome of a major survey on the 4th industrial revolution and the results of ISWA's campaign to close the biggest dumpsites in the world - and much, much more. Read more … Make Your Voice Heard – Sign Our Petition 20.12.2016 09:34 Closing The World’s Biggest Dumpsites: ISWA Needs Your Support We often talk about a “global waste emergency” and dumpsites represent one of the most shocking aspects of this emergency. ISWA is calling on everyone to sign our petition. Read more … Creating a World Where No Waste Exists 20.10.2016 08:14 ISWA Blog & Video on Contribution to Sustainable Development Goals Gunilla Carlsson, chair of ISWA’s Working Group on Communication and Social Issues explains her task of demonstrating ISWA’s contribution to Sustainable Development Goals identified by a UN Agenda. Read more …
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