pollution

A new INTERPOL report shows for the first time how transnational organized crime is involved in a number of pollution crime cases.

In a recent report, McKinsey examines the performance of plastics against its most used alternatives in regard of their greenhouse gas...

As per the ministry notification issued last year, 19 single use plastic items from straws and plastic cutlery to plastic sticks for ear...

The Canadian government presented a timeline to phase out the production as well as the sale of single-use plastic and hard to recycle...

In order to achieve net zero, carbon capture, utilisation and storage is seen as the go-to technology.

As ISWA recognises the need for and supports the endeavour to prepare an international agreement on monitoring, controlling, mitigating,...

UN member states agreed to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee with the mandate to forge an international legally binding...

The United Nations is preparing a binding treaty on plastics. A draft is before the Environment Assembly in Nairobi that would mean major...

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

The EU will invest over €110 million into LIFE programme integrated projects for environmental and climate protection. Four recycling...

Ocean litter has been making the headlines, but a new report by FAO suggests that plastic pollution is also pervasive in our agricultural...

There is an urgent need to undergo radical transformations before the decade is out if we are to collectively address the climate and...

Unlike the US national debt, which can be eliminated through strong exports and relationships with foreign governments, the international...

The Basel Action Network worked together with academics at Columbia and Yale Universities to create the Atlas of Plastic Waste.

If we end open burning of waste, we can contribute to mitigate almost twenty percent of the global emissions, ISWA president Carlos Silva...