Mr. Law is a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He is a member of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), a national member of ISWA. He holds the prestige SWANA certification as a Manager of Landfill Operations (MOLO).

He is currently licensed as a Professional Engineer in multiple states in the USA. He is certified as a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) in sustainability by the American Association of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) and accredited as LEED AP BD&C by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

He has been active within ISWA for the last 20 years, lately he has been responsible for the relocation of the ISWA General Secretariat from Vienna to Rotterdam as Interim Managing Director from 2018 – 2019. In his role as associate editor of ISWA`s journal Waste Management & Research he was an active part of the editorial group for 15 years and has been promoted to Editor-in-Chief in 2019.

Mr. Appelqvist has been an active member of ISWA since 2006. In 2013 he was elected Chair of the Working Group on Recycling and Waste Minimisation and part of the Scientific and Technical Committee of ISWA. Since 2018, Björn is the Chair of the Scientific and Technical Committee of ISWA and member of the ISWA Board of Executives.

From managing several mega water supply projects after graduating from UK in Civil Engineering in 1980, he found himself getting involved in the waste management industry since 1994 when the tender for the National Privatization of Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Services was called. Since then, he has been actively involved in promoting Waste Management in Malaysia through WMAM, the association which he co-founded in 2005 and as a Board Member of ISWA and Representative for Regional Development Network for Asia Pacific. He also organized the ISWA World Congress in 2018 in Malaysia attracting more than 200 speakers and 1600 participants from over 70 countries.

He currently manages the largest waste management company in Malaysia with 8000 employees providing solid waste management and public cleansing services in 27 local authorities to more than 1,500,000 premises.

In the year 2010 she became the chair of the ISWA Communication Working group, and a part of the Scientific and Technical Committee of ISWA. She has been coordinating the communication activities within the Task Force on Marine Litter and lately moderating and driving the Cities Network in the CALC-project.

He was elected to the ISWA Board in 2023, representing Organisational Members.

In 2020 Ms. Tan wa elected as ISWA RDN Representative for Asia Pacific.

Mr. Sapir has been the first Deputy Mayor of the City of Tel-Aviv since January 1996. In December 1998 he was elected chairman and acting CEO of the Dan Region Association of Towns Sanitation and Solid Waste Disposal. In this role he served 20 years. He has worked on the environmental rehabilitation of the huge 16 million tons dump and headed a team that promoted and managed the development of the Hiriya recycling park. He also established the very successful environmental educational center near Hiriya dump site. In 2003, Sapir signed an agreement with Arrow Ecology to establish a facility for sorting mixed municipal waste and generating electricity from biogas, quality water for irrigation for agriculture and fertilizer from about 400 tons of household waste. In 2017, Sapir established the largest recycling plant in Israel at Hiriya, treating 1,500 tons per day of MSW producing RDF for a cement plant. Mr. Sapir currently serves on the ISWA Board, representing National Members since 2017.

As CEO of Waste Collection and City Cleaning at BEEAH, the UAE-based pioneer for sustainability and digitalisation in the Middle East, he has solidified the company’s leadership in the region by managing large-scale projects for government entities alongside high-profile commercial clients. His strategic direction has driven operational excellence and expanded partnerships, ensuring continued growth in sustainable waste management, lead efforts to shape cleaner societies and cities, deliver industry-leading waste management solutions and foster strategic partnerships for a sustainable future.

Before joining BEEAH, he held several leadership positions in the UAE, including as the Regional General Manager at Blue, and as a General Manager at Star International Waste Management. He also held several leadership roles at Urbaser, where he oversaw waste management projects in Spain, the UAE, the wider Gulf region and South Asia.

Rafael holds a Master’s degree in Forestry, Environmental & Natural Resources Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, as well as additional qualifications in Renewable Energies and Marketing & Business Management. He is a member of the Policy Committee of the UAE Circular Economy Council and a Full Member (MREI) of the Renewable Energy Institute.