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.
Meet the ISWA YPG Leadership Team
Meet the 2025 ISWA Young Professionals Group Leadership team!YPG Chair: Julio Veuthey Julio is a Project Manager in the Environment and Sustainability team of KEO, based in Dubai, with over 9 years of experience in waste management across Europe, South America, the...
#ISWAatIFAT: A week full of reunions, connections and future prospects
As IFAT 2024 ends, marking the end of a long and fruitful week filled with exciting interactions and memorable moments. I am so happy that I connected with our members and partners again at this international event. Here is a quick look back at some highlights from...
#ISWAatIFAT: Young Professionals and First Impressions
Having worked in the ISWA General Secretariat for the past 4 years, I had heard about how big of an event IFAT was. Still, I was taken aback when I first arrived at the Messe München and had to walk a long, long way to ISWA’s booth in Hall A5. The place was huge! The...
#ISWAatIFAT: Main Stage Spotlight
ISWA took to the Orange Stage at IFAT, with special sessions featuring champions of the association and waste management sector. Global Waste Management Outlook 2024 This recent report on state of the waste sector was a collaboration between ISWA and the UNEP, meant...
Guest Blog: Something for everyone at the Winter School
I am always curious to learn more about waste management practices from all over the world. For this reason, I keep visiting ISWA or other such programs. Having heard about American landfills and their sustainable solution. Thus, the SWIS program at UTA was an obvious...
Guest Blog: “Suddenly” at the Winter School
"The best things in life happen suddenly." said Gazel de Klerk in our first conversation on the bus, leaving the landfill, when I had the pleasure of meeting her at the Winter School and receiving her invitation to write for ISWA blog. The whole experience that I will...
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