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James Law, Chair of the ISWA Working Group on Landfill:

"You always gain something through ISWA’s network and friendship"

James Law is not only the Chair of the ISWA Working Group on Landfill and the Task Force on Closing Dumpsites Initiative, he is also an honorary ISWA member. In a one-on-one interview, he talks about his start at ISWA, his favourite ISWA moment and why he thinks it is important for waste management professionals to join the association.

Apr 25, 2024

Reading time: about 6 minutes

Celebrating Women of Waste:

Breaking Gender Barriers in the Circular Economy

It is often assumed that waste management is gender neutral. However, the reality is that gender inequalities persist in many aspects of...
Mar 8, 2024

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#circular economy

#collection and handling
New research on landfill leachates

How detection wells converted to low-discharge pumping wells can help stabilise leachate plumes from landfills

Dr. Paul Hudak from the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of North Texas writes about a study on detection...
Jan 26, 2024

Reading time: about 7 minutes
#landfill

#research
How is India dealing with the ever growing waste generation?

Rags to Riches? The Urban Waste Management in India Saga

India has a massive waste problem. But the world's most populous country is doing its best to find ways to deal with the rapidly increasing...
Sep 26, 2023

Reading time: about 8 minutes
#biowaste

#collection and handling
EPA announces Federal Enforcement Priorities to protect communities from pollution

EPA enforcement priorities also focus on PFAS and landfill emissions

New priorities address today's challenges, including climate change, PFAS, coal ash, air toxics, drinking water contamination and chemical...
Aug 29, 2023

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#business news

#landfill
19th International Symposium on Waste Management and Sustainable Landfilling

Sardinia Symposium: Programme now online!

After the 18th edition in 2021 was delivered in a hybrid format, the Sardinia Symposium is now back to its traditional format,...
Jul 31, 2023

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#event

#landfill
GHG emissions

How much methane is generated by the global landfilling of urban wastes?

Nickolas J. Themelis of the Earth Engineering Center at Columbia University tries a new way to calculate the expected methane emissions...
Apr 3, 2023

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#landfill

#opinion

Waste-to-Fuels

Fulcrum BioEnergy awarded £16.8m grant for its UK waste-to-fuel project

The UK Department for Transport Advanced Fuels Fund awarded the grant, which runs through to 2025, to the project.
Feb 21, 2023

Reading time: Less than a minute
#bio fuels

#business news
Landfill Directive

European Commission takes Slovakia to court for failing EU landfill rules

Slovakia failed to rehabilitate and close a certain number of landfills that do not comply with the requirements of the Landfill Directive,...
Jan 31, 2023

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#landfill
Landfill emissions

Drones monitor landfill methane emissions

Methane emissions from landfills are a real problem. New aerial technologies help monitor emissions. The SnifferDRONE is the first...
Jan 23, 2023

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#digitisation

#energy from waste
Lafarge Canada and TransAlta agree on new project

Repurposing fly ash for cement production

An new project by Canadian companies Lafarge Canada and TransAlta Corporation will repurpose landfilled fly ash to replace cement in...
Jan 11, 2023

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#industrial waste
Food Waste

New report says EU wastes more food than it imports

The EU wastes more food than it imports, damaging EU food security amid the cost-of-living crisis, shows a new report from environmental...
Oct 6, 2022

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#collection and handling
Pollution

Marine littering starts on land

Marine litter is a global problem. And inadequate waste management on land is a key reason why plastics end up in our oceans. Clean Oceans...
Sep 19, 2022

Reading time: about 7 minutes
#landfill

#marine litter
New Book

The Waste Crisis: Roadmap for Sustainable Waste Management in Developing Countries

The new book The Waste crisis is an indispensable resource for waste, recycling, and resource management professionals as well as a...
Sep 14, 2022

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#collection and handling

#landfill
Opinion

"Integrated and stepped up approach is instrumental to improve waste management worldwide."

Inadequate waste management poses a direct threat to the environment, to biodiversity and to human health, both locally and globally,...
Sep 14, 2022

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#circular economy

#collection and handling
Ecomondo 2022 Interview

How can the waste sector face the current challenges?

Fabio Fava, Full Professor of Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology at the School of Engineering of the University of Bologna and...
Sep 12, 2022

Reading time: about 7 minutes
#circular economy

#collection and handling
Interview Waste to Energy

“WtE must be part of a total waste management system”

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....
Sep 5, 2022

Reading time: about 6 minutes
#carbon capture

#landfill
Interview with Brazil's Environment Minister

Brazil's Joaquim Leite: “We must educate the population on waste and the environment”

The waste problem in Brazil is real and the country is aware of it. Latin America’s largest country recently launched a series of ambitious...
Jul 6, 2022

Reading time: about 8 minutes
#biomethane

#energy from waste
Event

ISWA SWIS Winter School – A Success Story

For eight years now the ISWA SWIS Winter School provides (future) waste management professionals with essential knowledge and networking...
Jun 24, 2022

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#collection and handling

#event
Business Commentary

What has the plastic waste crisis taught us about recycling innovation?

The current approach to dealing with plastic waste simply isn’t working, says Philippe von Stauffenberg, founder and CEO of Greenback...
May 11, 2022

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#chemical recycling

#opinion
Blue Economy

Circularity and Blue Economy in the Caribbean: Drivers and Business Opportunities

This report by Patrick Dorvil and Clifford Louime highlights the importance of proper waste management on the way to a sustainable future...
Feb 28, 2022

Reading time: about 28 minutes
#landfill

#marine litter
Landfill

UBU Environmental targets 100% landfill diversion with CDE plant

Manchester-based UBU Environmental has outlined its plans to achieve 100% landfill diversion from its incoming road sweepings and inert...
Feb 24, 2022

Reading time: about 2 minutes
#business news

#collection and handling