BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ISWA - ECPv5.4.0.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:ISWA X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.iswa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ISWA BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260606 DTSTAMP:20260905T112554 CREATED:20260512T151420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T151421Z UID:110101-1780444800-1780703999@www.iswa.org SUMMARY:ISWA AFRICA REGIONAL CHAPTER CONFERENCE 2026 DESCRIPTION:More information\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Africa Waste Is Wealth Summit (AWWS III)\, convened in partnership with the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)\, is Africa’s premier platform for driving circular economy systems\, unlocking investment\, and scaling sustainable infrastructure.\n Join us in Nairobi from June 3–5\, 2026\, and engage with global and African investors\, governments\, corporates\, and innovators shaping the future of waste\, materials\, and manufacturing. URL:https://www.iswa.org/event/iswa-africa-regional-chapter-conference-2026/ CATEGORIES:Conferences,ISWA Supported Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.iswa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/call-for-registration-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260610T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260610T150000 DTSTAMP:20260905T112554 CREATED:20260602T085322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T085322Z UID:110884-1781096400-1781103600@www.iswa.org SUMMARY:Closed Meeting: ISWA Working Group on Communications and Social Issues DESCRIPTION: ISWA’s Working Group on Communications and Social Issues meets online in preparation for the 2026 ISWA World Congress. Members will receive invitations to participate. \n*This is a closed meeting\, open to ISWA Working Group members only. \nInterested in joining this Working Group? Learn more here. URL:https://www.iswa.org/event/closed-meeting-iswa-working-group-on-communications-and-social-issues/ CATEGORIES:Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.iswa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/1.-Communication-and-Social-Issues-dp.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260615 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260620 DTSTAMP:20260905T112554 CREATED:20251025T165631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T080704Z UID:104198-1781481600-1781913599@www.iswa.org SUMMARY:ISWA Study Tour Austria 2026 DESCRIPTION:Click for more information\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Registration is closed and the study tour is fully booked.\n\n  \nISWA is happy to announce the ISWA Austria Study Tour focused on Waste-to-Energy in 2026!\nExplore world-leading facilities\, gain expert insights\, and connect with professionals shaping sustainable waste management. Learn from Austria’s six decades of WtE innovation through seminars\, site visits\, and hands-on experience. URL:https://www.iswa.org/event/iswa-study-tour-austria-2026/ LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria CATEGORIES:ISWA events,ISWA Supported Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.iswa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Updated-social-media-graphic-incl.-sponsors-WKO-and-Andritz-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260624 DTSTAMP:20260905T112554 CREATED:20260528T124227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T124227Z UID:110711-1782172800-1782259199@www.iswa.org SUMMARY:Final event Syschemiq | Recycling and Beyond DESCRIPTION:Register here\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ISWA’s Silver Member Gemeente Sittard-Geleen is pleased to invite you to Recycling and Beyond\, A systemic approach to mixed plastic recycling.\nEvent details– Date: 23 June– Time: 09:00 – 17:30 hrs– Location: Brightlands Chemelot Campus\, Geleen\, The Netherlands\nSince 2022\, 21 consortium partners from five European countries have collaborated on developing a systemic approach to mixed plastic recycling. During this closing event\, we will reflect on the achievements of the EU Horizon Syschemiq project and share key insights on advancing circular plastics systems.\nJoin us to explore how collaboration across the entire value chain can accelerate the transition towards sustainable and circular plastics.\nRecycling and Beyond offers:\n\n\nA free and interactive programme for industry professionals\, polymer producers\, recyclers\, researchers\, designers\, citizens and other value-chain stakeholders.\n\n\nA demonstration of how strong regional and European collaboration drives innovation in plastic recycling.\n\n\nInspiring demos\, debates and lectures covering the latest recycling insights and cross-sector collaboration models.\n\n\nKey topics include:\n\n\nPre-treatment and pyrolysis technologies\n\n\nDesign for recycling\n\n\nSorting & waste qualification\n\n\nSocietal and economic impact\n\n\nGovernment policies\n\n\nCitizen engagement\n\n\nPart of the programme will be available online. URL:https://www.iswa.org/event/final-event-syschemiq-recycling-and-beyond/ CATEGORIES:ISWA Supported Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.iswa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/logo.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260629T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260629T130000 DTSTAMP:20260905T112554 CREATED:20260519T113651Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T113217Z UID:110360-1782734400-1782738000@www.iswa.org SUMMARY:ISWA Webinar: From Local Waste Systems to a Circular Europe: What Should the EU Circular Economy Act Deliver? DESCRIPTION:Register here\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The European Commission is preparing a new Circular Economy Act\, expected in autumn 2026. The Act is likely to become one of the key EU initiatives for the next phase of circular economy policy. It is expected to focus on strengthening the Single Market for secondary raw materials\, improving the supply and demand of recycled materials\, reducing fragmentation\, and supporting Europe’s competitiveness and resource resilience.\nFor the municipal waste management community\, this raises an essential question:\nCan Europe create a functioning circular economy without strengthening the systems that collect\, sort\, treat and prepare waste for reuse\, recycling and recovery?\nSecondary raw materials do not appear automatically on the market. They are the result of functioning systems: separate collection\, sorting\, treatment\, recycling\, bio-waste management\, residual waste management\, data systems\, financing\, enforcement and citizen participation. Municipal waste management is therefore not only the “end” of the circular economy chain. It is one of its practical starting points.\nEurope already has many circular economy targets and legal obligations. But the real challenge is implementation. Targets alone do not build infrastructure\, reduce contamination\, finance separate collection\, create public trust\, or guarantee stable markets for recycled materials. The Circular Economy Act should therefore help Europe move from circular economy ambition to circular economy delivery.\nThis ISWA EU Group webinar will discuss what the Circular Economy Act should deliver from a practical waste-management and implementation perspective. The discussion will look at how local waste systems\, circular economy policy and producer responsibility schemes can better support Europe’s transition towards a circular economy.\nKey questions will include:\n\n\nHow can the Circular Economy Act support stronger municipal waste management systems?\n\n\nWhere is EU harmonisation needed\, and where must local flexibility remain?\n\n\nHow can Europe improve the quality and reliability of secondary raw materials?\n\n\nHow can collection\, sorting\, treatment and recycling systems be financed fairly and effectively?\n\n\nHow can producer responsibility schemes support local waste systems without becoming the only answer to all circular economy challenges?\n\n\nHow can the Act address free-riding\, online sales and weak enforcement?\n\n\nHow can the Circular Economy Act avoid becoming another layer of obligations and instead become a tool for practical implementation?\n\n\nThe webinar will bring together three complementary perspectives:\n– ACR+ will contribute the local and regional perspective\, focusing on what cities and regions need to implement circular economy policies in practice.\n– Circulearth will bring a broader circular economy systems perspective\, looking at how waste management connects with material flows\, business models\, data\, traceability and secondary raw material markets.\n– EucoLight will provide the perspective of producer responsibility schemes beyond packaging\, drawing on the experience of lighting WEEE compliance schemes\, collection challenges\, treatment quality\, free-riding and enforcement.\nThe central message of the webinar is:No circular single market without strong local waste systems.\nThe Circular Economy Act should not only create a market for secondary raw materials. It must also strengthen the local waste-management and producer-responsibility systems that make those materials available\, clean\, traceable and usable. URL:https://www.iswa.org/event/iswa-webinar-from-local-waste-systems-to-a-circular-europe-what-should-the-eu-circular-economy-act-deliver/ CATEGORIES:Highlighted,Highlighted-home,ISWA events,Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.iswa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Speaker-post-5-speakers.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR