With the increase in textile consumption comes the growth in used textiles. And they are becoming a waste and even more an export problem.
ISWA is about to release a White Book on Energy-from-Waste Technologies. In our interview Johnny Stuen, head of the working group...
Thermal recycling is reliable, makes environmental sense and has no technical alternative – and yet it has an image problem. A number of...
Bioplastics are seen as a promising alternative to conventional plastics. But although they are promoted as biodegradable and compostable,...
The production of bioplastics is constantly growing. Advertised as the green alternative to conventional plastics. Oliver Buchholz of...
A recent test conducted by DUH took a closer look at products certified as compostable. The results of the test conducted at a composting...
The waste-to-energy association wants to advocate and promote the benefits of sustainable materials management via incineration. Companies...
As part of the Solar Impulse Foundation delegation and the Israeli Climate Tech delegation Rachel Barr, Vice President of Sustainability at...
The European Parliament Parliament approved the inclusion of municipal incinerators in the scope of the EU ETS. Dr. Thorsten Becker,...
Combustion without air: for many years, scientists and engineers have been working on an economically feasible technology. Now Babcock &...
ISWA’s Working Group on Energy Recovery is about to publish its new Whitebook on Waste to Energy, which has been three years in the making....
The Canadian government presented a timeline to phase out the production as well as the sale of single-use plastic and hard to recycle...
The European Waste-to-Energy sector is already carbon neutral today and with adequate political support it can become carbon negative in...
Researchers found a species of worm with an appetite for polystyrene. Thanks to a special enzyme in their gut, they could be the key to...
What is recycling in the 21st century – and what is it not? That was the focus of a high-level ISWA discussion.
Ocean litter has been making the headlines, but a new report by FAO suggests that plastic pollution is also pervasive in our agricultural...
U.S. Plastics Pact brings together leading brands and materials manufacturers to seek solutions to “problematic and unnecessary” materials.
With approximately 400 new Waste to Energy plants planned in China over the next decade, Michael Nelles and Thomas Dorn explain why this...
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