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

Feb 6, 2018

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.

Waste Around the World: Baltimore, USA

Feb 6, 2018

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

“Waste Cowboys”: ISWA-SWIS Winter School, a Guest Post

Feb 5, 2018

Written by Nina Tsydenova??? University of Oldenburg, Germany

Nina Tsydenova, graduated in Sustainability Economics and Management (MA) in Germany. She wrote her Master thesis focusing on funding possibilities of waste treatment AD plants through glean carbon mechanisms.

Being the scholar of Konrad Adenauer Foundation she is currently writing her PhD thesis comparing different waste management scenarios for developing countries.

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Waste Around the World: Baltimore, USA

Jul 20, 2017

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

Help us to Map the World’s Biggest Waste Challenges

Jul 20, 2017

Calling all waste and resource management professionals from across the globe – we need your help to identify the world’s biggest waste challenges by completing a survey.