To achieve a circular economy, it is not enough to focus on recycling. A shift towards product design and the sustainability of products is...

Our new TV magazine Take on Trash highlights exciting topics from the world of waste management. Watch the first episode here!

Until June 2nd the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC) is held in Paris. ISWA Managing...

Current events are clearly showing that we need to change the way (or ways) in which we move, produce and consume, says ISWA president...

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

In January Zero Waste Europe published an article on dioxin emissions in three European waste-to-energy plants. Here Prof. Nickolas J....

To be able to achieve net-zero it is essential to concentrate on the treatment - and avoidance - of biowaste. Waste is the third largest...

ISWA is leading the way in putting sound waste management on the high-level agenda and spreading the message that waste management must...

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

To tackle the planetary crisis and move towards a better and cleaner future, we have to reach outside our bubble, says ISWA president Carlo...

We cannot afford to waste our waste. The waste management sector therefore is key to real sustainability and a circular economy.

The era of local containment is over. In order to really improve waste management worldwide combined efforts and joint initiatives are key,...

The amount of medical waste and PPE waste has increased through the pandemic. Operators within the resource industry play a crucial role in...

Increasing use of waste to energy and renewable energy processes, as well as expanding desire and obligations to recycle more, means there...

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