1 February 2022 | Covid-19, Healthcare Waste, ISWA blog, ISWA in the media, ISWA news, Working Groups
The WHO report titled “Global Analysis of Healthcare Waste in the context of COVID-19: status, impacts and recommendations”, launched on 1 February 2022, details how COVID-19 has forced the world to reckon with the gaps and neglected aspects of the waste...
28 January 2022 | ISWA blog, ISWA news, Working Groups
From January 17th to 19, 2022, ISWA’s Managing Director was in Abu Dhabi representing the organisation at the EcoWASTE Exhibition and Forum. The EcoWASTE Exhibition & Forum is the ground-breaking platform for the MENA region’s recycling, waste management and...
18 January 2022 | ISWA blog, ISWA news, Working Groups
The US national debt currently stands at just under $30 trillion, and the country owes around $400 million in interest on that debt. In New York City, there is a large billboard on the edge of Bryant Park, by the NYC public library with a “live” version of the US...
18 November 2021 | ISWA blog, ISWA news, Working Groups
ISWA was at the PRSE2021 show in Amsterdam at the end of last week on the 4th and 5th of November, in full project presentation mode. EU H2020 funded projects MultiCycle and Ecobulk were both on display, promoting the latest developments and getting feedback from the...
10 November 2021 | All Working Groups, Close dumpsites, ISWA blog, ISWA news, Working Groups
The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) took place in Glasgow on 1 – 12 November 2021. The COP26 summit brought together parties to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. ISWA...
28 October 2021 | ISWA blog, ISWA in the media, ISWA news, Working Groups
A guest blog by David C Wilson, Visiting Professor in Waste and Resource Management at Imperial College London I want to talk about how much the waste and resources sector can contribute to mitigating global heating; and to make the case for prioritising...
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