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Informal Waste Sector

Why action for women in the informal recycling sector can’t wait

Women make up a significant share of the informal workforce, yet their performance is undervalued, their needs ignored and their voices unheard. This makes it all the more important to support them and give them the tools they need to improve their situation.

Jun 30, 2026

Reading time: about 7 minutes

INC

Time is running out to tackle plastic pollution

As global negotiations on a plastic pollution treaty continue without agreement, the International Solid Waste Association warns that...
Oct 27, 2025

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#climate change

#landfill
Emissions monitoring

Shifting winds and sulfur dioxide levels from mineral processing: A case study from Texas

A six-year air quality study in Texas reveals how subtle wind shifts can cause dramatic spikes in sulfur dioxide pollution near industrial...
Sep 2, 2025

Reading time: about 7 minutes
#landfill

#pollution
Energy from Waste

Bahia's Coastal Revolution—Closing Open Dumps for Renewable Energy Plants

In Bahia, Brazil, an ABREMA-led ISWA programme is transforming waste management: closing coastal dumps and replacing with modern landfills...
Jul 8, 2025

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#bio mining

#biogas
Pollution

Global Waste Index 2025 exposes the world’s biggest waste polluters

A new report ranking waste producers and their handling of pollution has named the world's top offenders in waste generation and poor...
Jun 12, 2025

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#business news

#landfill
Organic waste

EU struggles to enforce biowaste separation mandate — But LIFE BIOBEST shows the way forward

Recent data shows that the EU is still struggling to meet its biowaste targets. But there is a silver lining with various projects pushing...
May 28, 2025

Reading time: about 3 minutes
#biowaste

#composting
Women in Waste Management

Delila Khaled: “Women are the missing link to accelerating impact"

Delila Khaled has spent nearly 30 years in global development, driven by a passion for community-driven change. From women-focused...
Apr 29, 2025

Reading time: about 5 minutes
#circular economy

#climate change

Interview with Linda Godfrey:

"We need to rethink our relationship with resources, this includes with waste."

Prof Linda Godfrey was one of the keynote speakers at this year's ISWA World Congress in Cape Town. WMW talked with her about waste...
Oct 1, 2024

Reading time: about 9 minutes
#circular economy

#climate change
ISWA2024 Day Two

Waste doesn't know borders!

Day two of the ISWA World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, was all about the lack of data, data collection and the need for a global...
Sep 18, 2024

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#landfill

#pollution
Landfill

A Global Perspective on Methane Emission Reductions from Landfills

Methane gas emissions are a well-known contributor to climate change. In their white paper "The impact of management choices on landfill...
Sep 5, 2024

Reading time: about 4 minutes
#climate change

#food waste
Pollution

Fighting marine litter on land

Plastic particles mixed in with the sand on the beach, plastic bottles gathering on the coasts: Marine litter is a global problem. But it...
Jun 20, 2024

Reading time: about 7 minutes
#climate change

#landfill
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...
Apr 25, 2024

Reading time: about 6 minutes
#business talk

#landfill
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
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