ISWA Young Professionals Group
The ISWA Young Professionals Group is made up of ISWA members below 35 years old with a shared passion for Solid Waste Management, knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation.
To join the YPG, you must be an ISWA member and be under 35 years old. All YPGs are encouraged to volunteer for one of ISWA’s Working Groups. Requests to join the YPGs, a working group, proof of membership and proof of age can be sent to: ypg@iswa.org.
YPG Mentorship Programme 2025-2026
Since 2015, the ISWA YPG Mentorship Programme has connected young professionals with senior experts from across the global waste and resource management community. Through tailored mentor-mentee exchanges, participants gain technical insights, career guidance, and valuable international connections.
The 2025 edition brought together over 20 mentor-mentee pairings from around the world, each wrapping up with a collaborative blog, listed below.
A Chat with YPG Member Subha Niranjan
Subha is the Sustainability officer of Electronic City Industrial Township Authority (ELCITA), Bangalore which is one of India’s premier industrial estates. Subha has been instrumental in successfully implementing waste management projects in the township and is an inspiration to many.
We caught up with Subha and asked a few questions about her work in the waste industry and what inspired this career path.
Blog Test 1
“This is the first of the Blog Articles”, January 5, 2018
THE 2018 ISWA YPG BLOG-WRITING COMPETITION, ???A WORLD WITHOUT WASTE???, IS NOW OPEN
The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Young Professionals Group (YPG) calls on young professionals and students who are residents in the UK to create a blog post exploring how we could make the transition towards zero waste communities for a chance to win...
THE 2018 ISWA YPG BLOG-WRITING COMPETITION, ???A WORLD WITHOUT WASTE???, IS NOW OPEN
The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Young Professionals Group (YPG) calls on young professionals and students who are residents in the UK to create a blog post exploring how we could make the transition towards zero waste communities for a chance to win...
Waste Around the World: Baltimore, USA
In the latest issue of Waste Around the World, Kristyn Oldendorf from Baltimore, USA shows us around the host city of the 2017 ISWA World Congress
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