Estrutural Dumpsite Success for #CloseDumpsites Campaign 2018-07-13 11:45:03 ISWA: Largest Open Dump in Latin America Finally Closed Located around 20 km from the Esplanade of the Ministries, the heart of the Brazilian national government, next to an important environmental preservation area, the Estrutural Dumpsite is now closed. read more ...
Estrutural Dumpsite Success for #CloseDumpsites Campaign 2018-07-13 09:58:36 ISWA: Largest Open Dump in Latin America Finally Closed Located around 20 km from the Esplanade of the Ministries, the heart of the Brazilian national government, the Estrutural Dumpsite is next to one of the most important environmental preservation areas of the Cerrado biome, the National Park of Brasilia. read more ...
Five Day Bio-Waste Tour in Vienna 2018-05-10 17:20:51 ISWA Study Tour Bio-Waste Management 2018 The International Solid Waste Association is conducting a Study Tour & Practitioner Training Course in Vienna from 9 - 14 September 2018. read more ...
ISWA World Congress Heads to Asia 2018-03-19 17:17:41 A Brief History of the International Solid Waste Association’s World Congress With its 2018 World Congress taking place in Asia for the first time in seven years, the International Solid Waste Association’s Daniel Purchase looks back at the history of the event. read more ...
New CIWM President Urges Global Action to Tackle ‘Waste Emergency’ 2017-10-18 10:14:27 New CIWM President Urges Global Action to Tackle ‘Waste Emergency’ The incoming President of the CIWM, Professor David C. Wilson, has highlighted how critical resource and waste management is to public health and the environment on a global scale. read more ...
Empowering People to Tackle Illegally Dumped Waste & Litter 2017-06-30 12:31:55 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 2017-06-21 15:02:47 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. 2017-06-13 14:26:29 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 2017-06-09 13:46:56 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? 2017-06-08 11:28:09 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 2017-06-02 13:27:08 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 2017-04-28 11:08:46 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 ...
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