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.
Guest Blog: Coffee chats at Winter School
Where does our waste go? What are residues? These and more questions are answered by ISWA-SWIS WINTER SCHOOL. It is not about attending a conventional course of a few hours, where you will soon start to get bored or stop paying attention, on the contrary, it is a...
Guest Blog: ISWA YPG Germany Visit to Hamburg’s Energy Hill
Over the past 12 years, the German Society for Waste Management (DGAW) has organized a scientific conference aimed at young researchers and business representatives to present the latest findings in the field of waste and resource management. This congress serves as a...
The Waste Management & Research Awards 2022
The “WM&R Best Paper Award” was introduced in 2015. It is an annual prize awarded to the most influential paper contributing to the current Impact Factor that is based on citations and quality of research. The WM&R Editorial team selects the award winning...
Guest Blog: ISWA Young Professionals Group (YPG) at #ISWA2022
In September 2022, members of the ISWA YPG met in Singapore for the 2022 ISWA World Congress. As the chair of ISWA Germany, I am an active member of the ISWA community, and have been involved in the Young Professionals Group for several years. The concept of the Young...
#ISWA2022 – Singapore slings ISWA back into a physical World Congress!
From 21st to 23rd September 2022, the 38th edition of the ISWA World Congress took place at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore. Hosted by ISWA National Member Waste Management & Recycling Association Singapore, this Congress was the first fully...
News from Colombia
The ISWA YPG Colombian chapter was officially launched on 4th April, 2020, through an online conference with attendance of 25 people! During the virtual event there was a short presentation by Dr. Andrea Winterstetter (Local and Regional ISWA YPG Networks...
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