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.
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…
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…
rail runner Erin Ton set a new Kilimanjaro FKT, completing the 26.38-mile climb in 8 hours, 33 minutes as part of her Seven Summits speed record project. The post With Blood on Her Face and Monkeys Overhead, Erin Ton Just Smashed the Kilimanjaro Speed Record appeared first on Outside Online .
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…
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…
A new report from SWANA's Applied Research Foundation explains the key benefits of waste to energy for county and provincial elected officials, and provides research-based information to support long-term solid waste planning.
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.
AI waste intelligence company Greyparrot has launched an OEE tracking dashboard for materials and plastics recovery facilities. Instead of relying on manual logs, it calculates Overall Equipment Effectiveness continuously from live AI composition data.
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.
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 .
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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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