Events and courses

Everyone has a right to basic services (SDG 1.4), one of which is regular and reliable solid waste collection. Yet despite much progress, according to the latest UNEP estimates (GWMO2024), some 2.7 billion people worldwide still lack access to collection services; in addition, of municipal solid waste that is collected, a significant proportion is open dumped or burned. This constitutes an on-going global waste emergency that has severe impacts, locally on public health and environmental pollution, and globally on climate heating and plastics pollution.

German RETech Partnership e.V. (RETech), ISWA’s German National Member, is pleased to announce this year’s international conference titled “Transforming Islands’ Waste Management: Overcoming Challenges with Sustainable Solutions”.

The first International Symposium on Waste Management in Zagreb was held back in 1990, making this XVII International Scientific and Professional Symposium a continuation of over 34 years of tradition. As always, this event will bring together eminent experts and scientists from the region.