Task Forces

The globalisation of waste is a major concern for ISWA since it is one of the major challenges for the long-term sustainability of waste management. Recognising that Globalization creates substantial changes and brings new unprecedented challenges for Solid Waste Management, ISWA established a Task Force (TF) in September 2010. The TF aims to examine and make recommendations on a range of issues arising from the interaction between globalisation and waste management.

In ISWA’s bid to recognize the importance of and strengthen academic participation in ISWA, a new Science Task Force has been created. ISWA already connects with the scientific community through its journal of Waste Management & Research which belongs to the oldest and most renowned international journals (existing since 1983) on waste management. ISWA also recognises that there are famous and well placed academics that are already working with ISWA, providing substantial scientific value and support to ISWA’s activities.

The Task Force will work on an action plan that will allow ISWA to further utilize its strengths and opportunities within the scientific community. The Task Force aims to create a new and more attractive framework for academics participation to ISWA, to exploit further the academic resources already involved to ISWA, and to create better conditions for the required innovative symbiosis between market and scientific developments.