13 January 2014 | ISWA newsletter
The current issue of Waste Management & Research has an interesting article on private sector participation in solid waste collection in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) by involving micro-enterprises, written by Mesfin Tilaye and Meine Pieter van Dijk. Privatization of...
2 August 2013 | ISWA newsletter
A new study by Bruna Grizzetti et al quantifies the impact of Food Waste on Nitrogen Pollution. With reportedly around 1/3 of the food produced globally being lost or wasted through the steps of the supply chain, the environmental and economic costs of food waste are...
12 June 2012 | ISWA newsletter
Last week the World Bank released the report "What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management". This new, far-reaching report on the state of municipal solid waste around the world predicts a sharp rise in the amount of garbage generated by urban...
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