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International Need to Reduce Waste to Meet 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 29.09.2017 10:42 UNEP Report: Towards a Pollution Free Planet Calls for Waste Reduction UN Environment has published a report which calls for action from government and businesses to prevent and reduce pollution and waste. read more …
Trump Threatens to “Divorce Climate Policy from Science” 01.06.2017 13:37 Paris Climate Agreement – Trumped? According to reports from highly regarded sources, US President Donald Trump is set to withdraw support for the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement. read more …
Corporations and Public Figures Back Drive to Reduce Plastic Waste 24.02.2017 15:23 IN DEPTH: Celebrity Backing as UN Declares War on Plastic Waste in the Oceans UN Environment (UNEP) launched a global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter yesterday, including microplastics in cosmetics and the excessive, wasteful usage of single-use plastic by the year 2022. 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 …
David Newman Addresses High Level United Nations Environment Assembly 02.06.2016 17:25 ISWA President Lambasts Corporate Greed as Depriving Poor of Proper Waste Management Tax evasion by elites and major corporations, as well the fight against EPR by those same corporation, has been slammed by ISWA President David Newman in a high level address to the Second United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya. 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 … UNEP Talks with Professor David Mungai about Consortium Aims 27.04.2016 14:03 IN DEPTH: Consortium of 6 African Universities to Tackle Waste Management Six major universities from five African countries have formed a consortium to bridge the gap between science, policy and actual solid waste management. read more … Exploring the Value of the Informal Waste & Recycling Sector 31.03.2016 14:31 IN DEPTH: UNEP Project Assesses Human Dimension of Waste Management Working in partnership with the Poverty-Environment Initiative, a joint programme between the UNDP, the UNEP and the Uruguayan government is approaching the issue of the waste cycle from the human dimension… read more … Developed Under Nairobi River Basin Project 25.02.2016 16:04 SLIDESHOW: UNEP Waste to Energy Community Cook Stove Project in Nairobi One community in Nairobi's Kibera slum is using waste burning cook stoves to clean up their neighbourhood, embrace a new source of energy, create green jobs and make some money in the process. read more … Returning Organic Matter to the Soil Key 11.01.2016 17:15 ISWA Blog: How Waste Can Help Protect Top Soil As we leave 2015, the United Nations Year of Soil, behind us, ISWA President David Newman explains the role of waste managers in ensuring soils remain healthy, water retaining carbon sinks. read more … Biogas from Anaerobic Digestions of Manure Improving Health 23.11.2015 15:22 VIDEO: CDM Project Brings Biogas Fuelled Cooking to Nepalese Households A Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) programme to bring clean-burning cooking stoves fuelled by biogas from the anaerobic digestion of animal wastes to households in is improving health for people in Nepal. read more …
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