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News from the President
Waste managers are used to receiving alarmed calls for help but rarely I believe have we received one as urgent as this: two weeks ago the World Health Organisation (WHO) asked members of the ISWA’s Working Group on healthcare waste management to urgently help to prepare a guideline for the handling and destruction of waste generated in locations treating Ebola or suspected Ebola cases. read more |
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The World’s 50 biggest dumpsites
The Waste Atlas Partnership (D-Waste, ISWA, University of Leeds, WtERT, Sweep-Net and SWAPI) mapped and profiled the world’s 50 biggest active dumpsites in its 2nd annual Waste Atlas Report. The results of the report were firstly presented during the ISWA 2014 World Congress in Sao Paulo in September 2014. read more |
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The ‘Global Waste Management Outlook’
The ‘Global Waste Management Outlook’ (GWMO), a joint project between ISWA and UNEP, was the key theme of the closing session of the recent ISWA World Congress. read more |
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Photos from the ISWA World Congress 2014
Almost 1,000 delegates from 64 countries gathered in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the ISWA World Congress 8-11 September. All of the galleries can now be found online. read more |
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Call for Abstracts: ISWA World Congress 2015, Antwerp, Belgium
The ISWA 2015 committee invites authors to submit abstracts for presentation within any of the ISWA themes. Submissions are welcome for oral and online poster presentations. Please note the deadline for abstract submission is 11 December 2014, 9am GMT! read more |
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New ISWA Publications
Three new publications have been recently produced by ISWA’s Healthcare Waste and Landfil Working Groups. These are now available in the ISWA Knowledge Base. read more |
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ISWA Summer School 2014, Romania
Between 18 to 29th of August, ISWA in partnership with the Romanian Association of Sanitation and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, organized the “Summer School On Material And Energy Recovery Of Municipal Waste in Developing Economies”. read more |
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First ISWA Study Tour on Collection, Sorting & Recycling
The premier of the ISWA Study Tour on Collection, Sorting & Recycling, took place from 21 to 26 September 2014 in Austria. 20 participants from 11 different countries travelled 500 kilometres through Austria – visiting all sorts of sorting plants, treatment plants, collection sites and recycling facilities. read more |
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Cooperation Projects with UNIDO and CTCN
ISWA was invited and participated in the UNIDO-led Strategic Partnership on E-waste Meeting on 22-24 September at the headquarter of UNIDO in Vienna. read more |
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Atilio Savino back on Board
Following Carlos Silva Filho’s election to Vice President of ISWA at the General Assembly in Sao Paulo, a special election took place in October to find a new Board Member representing the Regional Development Network for the Latin America area. read more |
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Greetings from Avfall Norge, ISWA National Member in Norway
Avfall Norge (Waste Norway) is a Member Organization for the waste industry; our members handle waste from more than 95 percent of the households in Norway.Our vision is that waste is a resource that deserves a managing for the benefit of the climate, health and the environment. read more |
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New Platinum Member: be’ah – OMAN Environmental Services Holding
ISWA is happy to welcome and present a new Platinum Member! Oman Environmental Services Holding Company S.A.O.C“be’ah” was established in 2007… read more |
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ISWA Welcomes a new Gold Member!
ISWA is happy to welcome and present a new Gold Member! read more |
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WM&R Editor’s Pick and Editorial: Open Access
Each month the Editor of WM&R hand-selects a leading paper from the latest publication, which is available to download for free. The chosen article for September is: «Progress and challenges to the global waste management system» by Jagdeep Singh, Rafael Laurenti, Rajib Sinha, and Björn Frostell. read more |
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Profile: De Leong Ho (Malaysia)
De Leong Ho, Newly elected Board Member and Representative for the Regional Development Network for Asia Pacific. read more |
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ISWA 3 Months Trial Membership
The ISWA 3 Months Trial Membership – the perfect opportunity to become familiar with our Association’s work and activities. It’s a convenient and easy way to decide if you wish to join ISWA as a regular member. Sign up now! |
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NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE
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AUSTRALIA: National radioactive waste management facility
The process to identify a site for a radioactive waste management facility in Australia could be widened.read more |
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NEW ZEALAND: PVC Hospital waste recycling programme
A group of enthusiastic staff including representatives from clinical, management, procurement and logistics have got a pilot PVC recycling programme off the ground at Dunedin Hospital. read more |
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WORLD: Trillion-pound Potential for Cleantech SMES
There is a potential £1tn market for clean-technology SMEs in developing nations, according to a report by the World Bank Group and the Carbon Trust. read more |
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EU: Five Waste disposal reforms to create EU Circular Economy
The European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD) has published its six-year strategy for achieving a circular economy throughout Europe. read more |
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USA: U.S. Nears solution for safe disposal of Ebola Waste
The United States is days away from settling the critical question of how hospitals should handle and dispose of medical waste from Ebola patients, a government official said on Wednesday. read more |
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