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Italy makes compostable packaging mandatory for formats the EU will ban
Waste Management World

Italy makes compostable packaging mandatory for formats the EU will ban

Where the rest of Europe will ban produce packs, condiment sachets and hotel toiletry pouches from 2030, Italy will require them to be certified compostable and sent to its biowaste plants. The decree is a bold bet on the country's organics system, and a test case for waste managers across the EU.

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Ecomondo 2026: textiles, EPR and the Mediterranean take centre stage
Waste Management World

Ecomondo 2026: textiles, EPR and the Mediterranean take centre stage

Ecomondo returns to the Rimini Expo Centre from 3–6 November with an entire pavilion given over to textiles, an expanded "Waste as Resource" sector and a roadshow that has taken the show to Spain, Morocco, Germany, Hungary and Canada. Paola Muraro, Ecomondo Advisory Board member and head of ATIA-ISWA Italia, tells Waste Management World what the 2026…

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Ocean Conservancy

The Mysteries of the Mariana Trench

Our ocean is an incredibly vast and mysterious place. And there is no place where that is more evident than the deepest ocean area in the world: the legendary Mariana Trench. Located east of the Philippines, the Mariana Trench lies in the Mariana Archipelago in the western portion of the North Pacific. The greater area […] The post The Mysteries of the…

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American Hiking Society

Millions of Trail Users at Risk: 93 Organizations Warn Forest Service Against Upending Longstanding Trail Access Rule

A far reaching coalition of 93 trail organizations, user groups, businesses, and government agencies representing the interests of millions of non-motorized, motorized, and mixed-use trail users across 32 states are calling on the Forest Service to maintain the five decade long practice that has provided guardrails for permitted trail uses on the 165,000…

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“Resource and waste management should be recognised as an investment in healthier, more resilient societies.”
Waste Management World

“Resource and waste management should be recognised as an investment in healthier, more resilient societies.”

This year, the ISWA World Congress will take place in London for the first time in 30 years. Dan Cooke, Director of Policy, Communications and External Affairs of hosting organisation CWIM talks about the upcoming event, the necessity to recognise resource and waste management as essential infrastructure not additional cost and why the organisers chose…

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Kanadevia Inova to renew Cheneviers waste-to-energy plant near Geneva
Waste Management World

Kanadevia Inova to renew Cheneviers waste-to-energy plant near Geneva

Kanadevia Inova has signed a contract with Services Industriels de Genève (SIG) to renew the Cheneviers waste-to-energy facility in Aire-la-Ville. The new two-line plant will treat around 160,000 tonnes of waste a year and supply heat to Geneva's district heating network.

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STADLER opens new test centre to advance recycling innovation
Waste Management World

STADLER opens new test centre to advance recycling innovation

At its 2026 Summit in Altshausen, Germany, STADLER brought together leading recycling companies and international trade journalists to discuss the future of sorting, and opened a new test centre designed to link engineering, innovation and customer trials.

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American Hiking Society

Building Trails and Lasting Connections on San Juan Island

Located off the North West Edge of Washington State on San Juan Island, the Mount Grant Preserve is home to 250 acres of diverse forest, woodlands, and meadows. With abundant… The post Building Trails and Lasting Connections on San Juan Island appeared first on American Hiking Society .

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Ocean Conservancy

The Ocean is Changing—Here’s What We Can Do About It

Our ocean has absorbed more than 90% of excess heat caused by human-driven climate change and a quarter of the carbon dioxide we emit. In simple terms: The ocean has been quietly protecting us from the worst impacts of a warming planet. But that protection comes at a high cost. In “Ocean Discovery: Climate and […] The post The Ocean is Changing—Here’s What…

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Surfrider Foundation Europe

Omnibus: How Europe Is Dismantling Its Environmental Laws

A year ago, Surfrider Foundation Europe warned about the sweeping wave of EU law-stripping, a trend that was becoming increasingly clear, to the detriment of environmental protection and public health. Today, the verdict is unambiguous: this large-scale deregulation policy, presented as a necessary “simplification” to boost business competitiveness, has…

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How the PPWR is rewriting the economics of recycling
Waste Management World

How the PPWR is rewriting the economics of recycling

As recycled-content requirements become reality, value is shifting from volume to quality. Across the circular value chain, new opportunities are emerging for organizations that invest early in quality, traceability and material performance.

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Spotlight on the ISWA Publication Award
Waste Management World

Spotlight on the ISWA Publication Award

Each year, the International Solid Waste Association presents the ISWA Awards to honour either a publication, article, book or video, which is deemed to be exceptional in its contribution to the field of solid waste management. Each award is chosen by a panel of volunteers and leaders within the ISWA community and honoured at the ISWA World Congress…

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Beyond Bradford and the Brontës – new walking trail shows West Yorkshire’s natural beauty
The Guardian - Travel

Beyond Bradford and the Brontës – new walking trail shows West Yorkshire’s natural beauty

The Bradford Pennine Gateway Trail, launching this weekend, aims to ‘change perceptions of Bradford’ by taking in the moors and the area’s new national nature reserve A grainy photograph, dated 1938, hangs in a frame on the downstairs wall of my B&B. It shows 100, perhaps 200, elegantly attired trippers sitting on the green at Shipley Glen in West…

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SWANA sets out programme for RCon 2026
Waste Management World

SWANA sets out programme for RCon 2026

RCon 2026, the flagship event of the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), will bring waste and resource management professionals to St. Louis from 29 September to 2 October, with a programme covering education, innovation, networking and hands-on learning.

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