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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 …
How Romania Can Turn its Recycling Rate Around 24.03.2017 14:42 COUNTRY PROFILE: Waste Management in Romania ISWA Board Member, Dr.eng. Alexei Atudorei, shares his in depth knowledge of the waste and recycling industry in Romania as it aims to improve on its 6% recycling rate in 2016 to achieve 30% by 2025. Read more …
US waste sector had about 50 worker fatalities last year 24.01.2017 17:00 SWANA Blog: Safety Must be Key Focus for Waste & Recycling Industry Health and safety is always a great concern in waste management and recycling industry. Few weeks ago, when I was in USA, I was surprised by the facts and figures 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 … ISWA asks waste and recycling sector to participate in global survey 15.11.2016 12:46 ISWA BLOG: Waste Industry Must Prepare for 4th Industrial Revolution The fourth industrial revolution will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another. In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before. 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 … Close Encounter with the ISWA Scholarship Programme 12.10.2016 08:22 President's Blog: The War on Dumpsites is about People not Waste! New ISWA President Antonis Mavropoulos reports on his trip to Nicaragua two days ago where he visited the kids from the ISWA Scholarship Programme, an encounter which obviously really touched him. Read more … Time for to Make Polluter Pays Principle Legally Binding 19.07.2016 15:51 ISWA BLOG: Time to Get Tough with Corporations Over Circular Economy & EPR David Newman, ISWA President calls for governments around the world to get tough on major companies over Extended Producer Responsibility. Read more … UK Could Ditch Recycling Targets While European Right Ready to Exploit Xenophobia 29.06.2016 11:46 ISWA Blog: Brexit – Uncertain Future for UK Waste Policy & The EU Itself ISWA President, David Newman discusses the uncertainties created for the waste and environmental sectors by the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Read more … ISWA Addresses United Nations Environment Assembly 31.05.2016 14:46 ISWA BLOG: Waste at the Heart of a Quiet Revolution The second United Nations Environment Assembly took place in Nairobi this past week of May. I and ISWA Vice President Carlos da Silva Filho attended, he for three days while I was there only one day. Read more …
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