INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION - Denkstatt

ISWA REPORT
2010
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INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTE ASSOCIATION
Promoting sustainable waste management worldwide

ISWA Report 2010
Acknowledgments
Editor and responsible for the content: ISWA General Secretariat.
Contributing authors: John Ferguson, Jeff Cooper and Jens Aage Hansen provided
valuable input and comments. Thanks go also to the Chairs of the ISWA Working Groups
and to the Chair of the ISWA Scientific and Technical Committee for their contributions.
Consulting regarding sustainability reporting was received from Karl Resel, Denkstatt GmbH.
Photos: ISWA General Secretariat. Historical photographs were provided by Zsuzsanna Pfeiffer
and Wojciech Rogalski.
ISWA – the International Solid Waste Association – is a global, independent and non-profit making association,
working in the public interest to promote and develop sustainable waste management. ISWA has members in
more than 60 countries and is the only worldwide association promoting sustainable, comprehensive and
professional waste management.
The Association is open to individuals and organizations from the scientific community, public institutions and
public and private companies from all over the world working in the field of and interested in waste management.
Being part of ISWA gives you an unparalleled access to international organizations. Through our Working Groups,
we help these international organizations form policy by supplying technical papers and opinions regarding waste
practices. ISWA is the only worldwide waste organization, which allows you to net-work with professionals,
companies and institutional representatives.
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brightening agents and chlorine bleaching.
This report is also available in electronic format on www.iswa.org

Table of Contents
Forewords ............................................................................... 04
1. Over the Waste Hill? ISWA is 40! ............................................ 07
2. Mission and Objectives .......................................................... 11
3. Organizational Structure ....................................................... 12
4. Promotion of Sustainable Waste Management .................... 16
4.1. Congresses and Conferences ................................................ 16
4.2. Scientific and Technical Committee ..................................... 18
4.3. Working Groups ................................................................... 19
4.4. Projects 2009/2010 .............................................................. 23
4.4.1. White Paper on Waste and Climate Change ........................ 23
4.4.2. Knowledge Base ................................................................... 24
4.4.3. TAP Centre ............................................................................ 24
4.4.4. Globalization and Waste Management ............................... 24
4.5. Publications ......................................................................... 25
4.6. International Waste Manager Program ............................... 25
4.7. Awards ................................................................................. 26
5. Environment ........................................................................ 28
6. Financial Overview ............................................................... 30
7. National Members ............................................................... 32
8. Gold Members ..................................................................... 33
9. Sponsors .............................................................................. 34
About the report .................................................................. 35
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President’s Message
Fortunately, in the year we are celebrating our 40th
anniversary, we can assure that a new era has started
in ISWA. Its birth date was the day we celebrated our
anniversary and opened our new offices in Vienna.
That same day the transition process was concluded. From
our comfortable and centrally located offices, a competent
team, conducted by our Managing Director, now covers
all the technical and administrative tasks to provide the
appropriate support to all our members, working groups
and the implementation of our 2010-2013 Multi Annual
Plan.
We wish to express our gratitude to all those people who
made possible reaching the end of the process successfully,
and we have to renew our gratitude to the City of Vienna
for the decision of being our host and to the members of
ISWA Austria for their effort, determination and patience
to achieve this.
Solid waste is a global issue but solutions are local. We
must be leaders in the society transformation process
to respond to the two main challenges of this time: the
reduction of carbon concentration in the atmosphere and
the creation of a circular economy aiming at an efficient
use of resources and non-generation of waste. What have
we done in 2010 to respond to such demanding strategic
objectives? Let me just point out a few highlights:
• The creation of the European Union subgroup within
the ISWA Board and its first meeting with representatives
of the Environment Commissioner of the EU,
to set a common agenda.
• The creation of the Training, Advisory and Promotion
(TAP Center), a key piece to guarantee proper
development of sound solid waste management
practices in the Asia Pacific region.
• Joint work with Environment Protection Agency of
the United States (US EPA) and the Methane to
Markets initiative in the organization of training
courses.
• The organization of three Beacon Conferences.
Conclusively I would like to express special gratitude
to the members of ISWA Board of Directors for their
permanent support and for their predisposition to sort
differences when they arose and for sharing this passion
for ISWA. I would also like to express my deep trust in the
capacity of our Managing Director and all his collaborators,
each of them with his/her clear responsibilities to successfully
undertake our work plan. Lastly, I would like to express
my respect to all National Members since they are the
source of ISWA “raison d’être” and they are the ones
indicated by our Statutes and Internal Regulations so that
through their active participation, daily and permanent
actions the vision and mission may be promoted.
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• Developed our knowledge base project, where we
will gather all our experience and information.
• Strengthened our Scientific Technical Committee, by
coordinating the work programs of the Working
Groups with the support of the General Secretariat,
intensifying our relationship with Academia, through
the invaluable help of the Editor-in-Chief, Associate
Editors and Editorial Board of our qualified emblem:
The Waste Management and Research Journal.
• The publication of the White Paper Waste and
Climate Change and its distribution, among other
addressees, to the delegates of the member countries
of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC).
• The joint work with Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Economic
Commission Latin American Countries (ECLAC) in
waste management issues and climate change.
• The creation of the Working Group on Climate Change.
Best regards
Dr. Atilio Savino

Managing Director’s Message
For the ISWA General Secretariat the year 2010 has been
an eventful period with an extensive workload. In February
we moved into our new, nicely renovated office in the
heart of Vienna. In the following months the new team,
with the best available expertise in their different areas
started their work, activities and projects with high
motivation. Furthermore a reorganization of the General
Secretariat was implemented: With a revised, well-considered
slim structure and clear responsibilities an efficient
administration, with best possible member support and
expertise has been created. All staff members are now
located at the new premises in Vienna.
As an outcome of the economic crises the number of
memberships and consequently the income from membership
fees, has decreased slightly over the last two years.
Through member service activities and acquisition
measures we were able to convince many members to
renew their membership and also gained several new
members.
Our publications have been quite a success: Since the
beginning of 2010 the periodical Waste Management &
Research (WM&R) has been issued monthly, instead of
bimonthly. This professional journal is well known and
sought after. The White Paper on Waste and Climate
Change is available in its long version and as a summary;
both versions have been recently updated. This comprehensive
investigation, which is available in English and
Spanish, gives an excellent overview of the contribution
of waste management concerning the reduction of
green-house gas emissions.
produced each year available and accessible in a onestop-shop.
We are on the way to providing a comprehensive
digital library of best quality, partly for free and partly
for members only. This library will cover all relevant topics
of solid waste management, cover all countries, and will
be updated continuously.
Over the next years ISWA faces various challenges and
complex projects. To meet all expectations and goals, and
to ensure a proper project management, a Multi Annual
Plan (MAP) has been created for the time period 2010
until 2013. Particularly due to the generous Vienna Grant,
we now have more resources available for various activities.
And we have to use these resources quite carefully
and meanwhile gaining the best possible results. To
ensure a proper project implementation a strict and
detailed schedule is required.
Finally I’d like to take the opportunity to say thank you
to all of you for your cooperation and effort: To the ISWA
Board, particularly to the President, whose support and
advice I have very much appreciated. And it has been a
pleasure for me to work together with the new team,
who have really taken up their responsibilities and worked
very hard to cope with the heavy workload. Furthermore
I want to thank the sponsors of the ISWA Report, with
their contribution we were able to produce this more
extensive and more comprehensive issue.
We also implemented a series of projects; and here I would
like to highlight two of the major ones:
ISWA inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the
Waste Management and Recycling Association of
Singapore (WMRAS) and the National Environment
Agency (NEA), to establish and run a Training, Advisory
& Promotion (TAP) Centre for waste management in
Singapore. Through this agreement, the three partners
demonstrate their commitment of promoting sustainable
waste management and optimizing the value of waste as
a resource in the Asia Pacific region with an emphasis on
Singapore, China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia.
The project Knowledge Base aims to upgrade ISWA’s
technical profile and deliver ability to its members making
all of the technical and scientific documents that are
Best regards
Hermann Koller
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1. Over the Waste Hill? ISWA is 40!
This year ISWA celebrates its 40th anniversary. But with 14 presidencies, hundreds of conferences, publications and
projects since its foundation in 1970, ISWA doesn’t seem to have reached its climax and be heading “over the hill”.
On the contrary: looking at the current situation, prospects and conditions – respectively the activity of the members,
the commitment of the functionaries, the quality of the staff, the financial situation, the international reputation
and networking of the association - it may actually be concluded that ISWA will forge its way steeply uphill in the
near future. Another reason for this being that ISWA has been founded on a very solid basis …
The Farsighted Foundation
of ISWA in 1970
Presented by
John Ferguson OBE
President of ISWA 1998 - 2000
The initial stages of international co-operation
Way back in 1928, a meeting was held between the national
associations of experts responsible for municipal public
cleansing in the Netherlands, Germany and Great Britain to
agree upon the formation of an international committee of
Public Cleansing.
The United Kingdom Institute of Public Cleansing as it was
entitled in the first decades of the last century and now known
as the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management was
continually engaged upon the interests of international
co-operation. It was involved in the 1928 formation of the
international committee. Lewis Herbert in his excellent book,
published in 1998, reviewed the history of the UK Institution
of Wastes Management over the centuries from 1898 to 1998.
The first conference of the international committee took
place in London in 1931. The first President of the International
Committee was JC Dawes OBE who had become the
first Inspector of Cleansing and Salvage in the UK Ministry
of Health in 1919 and written the landmark Dawes Report
on London’s waste collection and disposal problems in 1929.
JC Dawes was the President of the UK Institute of Public
Cleansing for three terms of office from 1930 to 1932.
The Committee was renamed as the International Association
of Public Cleansing (INTAPUC) in 1931. The purpose
of INTAPUC was to promote the exchange of ideas and
practical knowledge in the field of public cleansing between
experts and the national professional associations. Over the
following decades, a series of conferences were held in major
European cities to increase international co-operation.
Mr. J Sumner OBE, a Fellow and Past President of then
named UK Institute of Public Cleansing took an enthusiastic
part in the moves in the 1960’s towards the formation of
ISWA in 1970. In 1967, INTAPUC convened their conference
in Paris at which Mr. Sumner presented an international
survey on the storage and collection of refuse in which
returns from seventeen countries exemplified the range of
average waste production per week from families in countries
in Europe, Canada and the United States. The average
production of waste per week from a family of three persons
averaged generally between 11 and 17 kg.
Meanwhile, in a decade earlier, a major event took place in
Switzerland in 1955. A small group of experienced waste
management specialists, based in Europe, and convened at
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology discussed topical
problems in waste disposal and the choice of processes such
as incineration, composting and sanitary landfill. The outcome
of the meeting was the formation of the International
Research Group on Refuse Disposal and known as IRGRD.
This Group, over the period from 1955 to 1969, established
scientific research working groups in the Federal Republic
of Germany, in France, Belgium, Italy, Israel, Austria, the
Netherlands and Switzerland. The information bulletin of
IRGRD successfully went ahead under the editorship of
Dr. Rudolf Braun and located at the Federal Institute of
Technology in Switzerland.
The Group also progressed during this period with three
successful international congresses, in 1959 in Scheveningen
in the Netherlands, in 1962 in Essen in the Federal Republic
of Germany, and in 1965 in Trento in Italy. The Trento Congress
was most successful in the development of research and its
application in the field of city sanitation and waste science.
The Third International Congress of IRGRD held in
Trento in Italy from 24 to 29 May 1965
In May 1965, the International Research Group on Refuse
Disposal (IRGRD) met at their third International Congress in
Trento, Italy to discuss the treatment and disposal of refuse and
sewage sludge. This conference in Italy was organized by the
National Association of Sanitary Engineers (ANDIS - Italy).
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Prof E. de Fraja Frangipane, of Italy, led the papers given
by sixteen eminent authors covering the fields of sanitary
landfill, heat recovery and incineration, dust fallout, prefermentation
of compost and the problems of sludge disposal.
Prof de Fraja Frangipane presented an extensive paper on
the present condition and forecasts for the future of refuse
disposal in Italy.
There was much discussion at this conference in Trento on
the future expansion of the science and practice of waste
disposal over a greater international scale. It led rightly to the
fourth International Congress of the International Research
Group on Refuse Disposal (IRGRD) in June 1969 in Basel
Switzerland.
The background to the Trento Congress
The atmosphere in the historic medieval and renaissance city
of Trento was most enjoyable. The city lies in the Adige river
valley in the alpine Dolomites region of the northern part of
Italy. The city is most notable as the location of the Council
of Trent, for the Ecumenical Council between 1545 and 1563.
As a delegate to the Trento Congress, I was fortunate to stay
in the nearby city of Levico Terme in the Grand Imperial Hotel
that had been, in the past, accommodation as the summer
residence for the Imperial Habsburg family of Austria. It was
intriguing that the meals were taken in a separate building,
as this was the Habsburg habit to have their family meals
separate from where they slept and lived because they were
allergic to the smells of cooking.
The delegates were warmly welcomed by the City of Trento
and technical visits were arranged to the composting plants
serving the Trento area and to the Merano composting plant.
The Fourth International Congress of IRGRD held in
Basel in Switzerland from 2 to 5 June 1969
In reality, when we met together in Basel on the River Rhine
in Switzerland, we were a large group of people with many
common interests so we were willing to co-operate enthusiastically
on the effort to expand internationally.
Holding us together under the proposed banner of ISWA
would offer good fortune for such an international effort.
This movement forward was reflected during the discussions
that took place as part of the International Research Group
on Refuse Disposal (IRGRD) Congress held in Basel during
the summer of 1969.
The foundation of ISWA
At the June 1969 Basel Congress, whilst giving the Welcome
Speech and the first main paper entitled “International Cooperation
in the Field of Waste Disposal”, it was a pleasure
for Prof Dr O. Yaag of Switzerland, as Congress President, to
declare that the merger would take place of the International
Association of Public Cleansing (INTAPUC) and the International
Research Group on Refuse Disposal (IRGRD).
On 1 January 1970, both organizations would be united under
a new charter and the new name of the foundation was to be
ISWA, depicting the International Solid Waste and Public
Cleansing Association. The merger had found the approval
of both bodies, and Prof Yaag expressed his appreciation to
the American friends in IRGRD, especially to Mr. Bugher
and his colleagues from the American Solid Waste Management
Association for taking the initiative in all our mutual
interests.
Prof Yaag continued to state that within a few months and
under the new name of ISWA, the IRGRD and INTAPUC
would be co-operating and working on the same problems
that had before been dealt with separately. He was delighted
with this development, as it would enable us to join our
efforts and funds in solving the problems of environmental
sanitation.
Prof Yaag emphasized that other effective co-operation was
being performed by the activity of international organizations,
particularly those associated with the United Nations such
as the WHO, OECD, the European Council and the Atomic
Energy Agencies.
All of which were furthering the work in the field of environmental
engineering by organizing technical meetings and
discussions, introductory courses and seminars, and by
initiating world wide fundamental studies on special subjects
and by issuing technical Bulletins.
The opportunities for international co-operation
In the second main paper presented at the Basel Congress in
June 1969 entitled “Duties of the State and Local Authorities
in Maintaining the Cleanliness of Our Habitat”, Prof Richard
Kojetinsky of Austria outlined these duties of the state and
local authorities.
At the conclusion of his paper, Prof Kojetinsky stated... “That
he hoped you don’t consider it impolite, if after the European
Council and World Health Organization, I’m going to talk
about the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing
Association -- ISWA. This morning, our distinguished Congress
president, Prof Yaag, officially announced the merger of the
International Research Group on Refuse Disposal (IRGRD)
and INTAPUC into ISWA.This merger will establish the
essential concentration of international co-operation, eliminate
the duplication of efforts, and our capacity to tackle the many
unsolved problems will be enhanced. We hope we will reach
our goals better, faster and most beneficially for the general
public. The prerequisites for a successful accomplishment
are met. Technological and scientific work is most suitable
for international co-operation, because it is almost free of

any ideological ballast. I am still the same optimist as I was
in 1964, when I made the same statement in Vienna as
INTAPUC President”.
The need to continue with vigorous
international co-operation
Prof Richard Kojetinsky continued to state that...”Then, I
expressed my sincere hope that international co-operation
and personal contacts would finally contribute to mutual
understanding from country to country and that a positive
effect upon the politics of our world would result therefrom.
Now, let us continue the international collaboration in the
However, the municipality made great efforts to look after
the delegates to the IRGRD conference and in addition provide
illuminating excursions, both to technical installations and
most memorably to a journey on the Rhine. Such events are
very necessary for the informal discussions that take place
between delegates and are of great value to the outcome of
the technical sessions.
Concluding Remarks
In concluding this brief summary, ISWA has been founded
on a stable basis of practical experience and academic research.
It has drawn on the worldwide expertise of waste
management.
It is essential that the consistency and quality of communication
between our existing members, outside organizations,
and potential new members and our headquarters staff is a
major factor in the growing development of ISWA. All our
national members should continue to support the principles
of sustainable development and promote and develop professional
solid waste management worldwide.
Prof Richard Kojetinsky, Austria,
first President of ISWA (1970-1976)
It is vital to continue to expand our National, Organization
and Individual membership, to draw in the younger waste
management professionals and give strength to our Working
Groups. Lastly, the continuity of our programme for Beacon
and Annual Congresses is essential.
broad field of environmental pollution control, convinced
that progress will be made for the benefit of mankind. Let
us continue our work, hoping that in this sense, we may
contribute a little bit to the solution of the biggest problem
of the general public and government, namely to, in the end,
guarantee a peaceful state of mind and a healthy life for all
men”.
The welcome given to the delegates to the Basel Congress
The reception in Basel given by our hosts was warm and welcoming.
As a delegate from the UK, I enjoyed the hospitality
of the municipal camping grounds, for at the time in 1969,
funds for UK travelers were limited in total to £25 per person
per annum. It was necessary therefore to limit expenditure
when attending international conferences on waste management.
ISWA Presidents 1970-2010
1970-76 R. Kojetinsky, Austria
1976-80 E. de Fraja Frangipane, Italy
1980-84 J. A. Teipel, USA
1984-88 J. Defeche, France
1988-92 J. A. Den Dulk, Netherlands
1992-96 John Skinner, USA
1996-98 Høkan Rylander, Sweden
1998-00 John Ferguson, UK
2000-02 Christoph Scharff, Austria
2002-04 Jean-Paul Leglise, France
2004-06 N.C. Vasuki, USA
2006-08 Niels Jørn Hahn, Denmark
2008-10 Atilio A. Savino, Argentina
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References
de Fraja Frangipane, Prof Eugenio. ’Present Condition and Forecasts for the Future of Refuse Disposal in Italy’. Proceedings of 3rd International Congress of the IRGRD Trento (Italy) 1965.
Herbert, Lewis. ‘The History of the Institute of Waste Management: 1898 – 1998: Celebrating 100 years of progress’. Institute of Waste Management (United Kingdom) ISBN 0 902944 495: 1998.
Jaag, Prof.O. ‘Welcome Speech’. Proceedings of 4th International Congress of the IRGRD Basel (Schweiz) 1969.
Jaag, Prof.O.‘International Co-operation in the Field of Waste Disposal’. Proceedings of 4th International Congress of the IRGRD Basel (Schweiz) 1969.
Kojetinsky, Richard. ‘Duties of the State and Local Authorities in Maintaining the Cleanliness of Our Habitat’. Proceedings of 4th International Congress of the IRGRD Basel (Schweiz) 1969.
Sumner, J.‘The Storage and Collection of Refuse – An International Survey’. International Conference of INTAPUC Paris (France) 1967.
Sumner, J. ‘The Storage and Collection of Refuse – An International Survey’. Report of the Working Party on Refuse Disposal. Her Majesty’s Stationary Office. (United Kingdom) 1971.

2. Mission and Objectives
Mission
ISWA – the International Solid Waste Association – is a
global, independent and non-profit making association,
working in the public interest to fulfil its declared
mission:
“To Promote and Develop Sustainable and Professional
Waste Management Worldwide“
ISWA achieves its mission through:
• Efficiency in terms of environmental practice
• Social acceptability and efficiency in terms of
economic viability
• Advancement of waste management through
education and training
• Support to developing countries through ISWA
Development Program
• Professionalism through its program on
professional qualifications.
Objectives
ISWA works to protect human health and the environment
and to ensure sustainable resource management.
The objectives of ISWA are to promote and develop
sustainable and professional waste management practices
worldwide through scientific, economic and social
instruments by:
• Providing an international network, to share
knowledge, data and experience in waste
management
• Organizing expert working groups to advance
knowledge and expertise
• Organizing professional meetings, seminars and
conferences for the dissemination of information
• Developing education and training courses on
various aspects of waste management including
the initiation of a qualification and certification
program
• Making available the results of state-of-the-art
developments, experience, research and best
practices through high quality, professional
publications
• Cooperating with International organizations and
institutions whose goals and activities are related
to ISWA‘s objectives
• Promoting and strengthening sustainable waste
management practices in developing countries.
Implementation
ISWA is the only worldwide association promoting
sustainable, comprehensive and professional waste
management.
The Association is open to individuals and organizations
from the scientific community, public institutions and
public and private companies from all over the world
working in the field of and interested in waste management.
ISWA is working with its unique mix of members who
span the whole waste sector for the promotion and
development of sustainable waste management across
the world. Being a non-profit and non-governmental
association, ISWA is able to promote an unbiased view
of sustainable waste management. ISWA promotes and
develops sustainable waste management through:
• The work of its nine Working Groups who
are the drivers for ISWA’s technical work
• Organization of more than 20 professional
meetings, seminars and conferences per year
• ISWA’s three Regional Development Networks
(RDNs), working on key waste issues specific to
Latin America, the Mediterranean/Middle East
and the Asian Pacific area
• Raising professional standards through its
International Waste Manager (IWM) program
• The ISWA Development Program (IDP) which funds
educational and training programs focusing on
sustainable waste management, as well as supports
the transfer of knowledge to developing countries
and economies in transition
• The ISWA task force on GHG emissions
• The ISWA task force on Globalization and
Waste Management
• Communication and Publication awards.
ISWA is the leading international association of reference
for high quality professional information and
advice regarding all aspects of waste management.
How ISWA fulfilled its mission and objectives in 2009
and the first half of 2010 is described in chapter 4
“Promotion of Sustainable Waste Management”.
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3. Organizational Structure
The General Assembly
The General Assembly is the ruling body of ISWA. Its
specific duties include establishment of membership
requirements, dues, and policy. The General Assembly
empowers the Board with responsibilities for managing,
through the General Secretariat, the affairs of ISWA. The
General Assembly meets annually at the ISWA World
Congress (see chapter 4.1.).
The Board
The Board is responsible for all policies, finances, and
operations of ISWA. Within the authorities assigned to
it by the General Assembly, the Statutes, the Internal
Regulations and Operational Guidelines, the Board
assures that the mission of ISWA is met. The Board met
4 times in 2009 and 5 times in 2010, the main issues and
activities were as follows:
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General Assembly 2009
Project Funding
Regarding the financial support of projects new guidelines
have been developed and implemented. One of
the main issues was to ensure a transparent, uniform
and clear decision-making process for the sound use
of the Vienna grant. In accordance with the agreement
between the City of Vienna and ISWA the agreed budget
will be used in order to strengthen ISWA’s technical and
scientific profile, to further develop ISWA’s global and
country-level presence and to increase ISWA’s influence
with decision-makers regarding Solid Waste Management
issues.

Change of GS-staff
As it was decided that all staff members have to be located
at the new General Secretariat´s premises in Vienna,
it was necessary to establish a new team. Based on the
analysis of the expertise needed, an Acting Managing
Director has been selected and appropriate and qualified
staff members have been appointed. As all open
positions were able to be filled within a short period of
time, the General Secretariat’s capacity to act has been
ensured.
Activities in the area of the Regional
Development Network (RDN)
A Memorandum of Understanding to establish a Training,
Advisory & Promotion (TAP) Centre for waste management
in Singapore has been negotiated and signed.
The TAP centre aims to serve as a hub for supporting
ISWA member activities, facilitating ISWA programs and
promoting ISWA membership in the Asia/Pacific region.
The implementation is scheduled for the end of 2010
(see also chapter 4.4.3).
Beacon Conferences
In 2010 three ISWA Beacon conferences have been organized.
All of them turned out to be very successful and
well attended events (see chapter 4.1).
In addition to that the Board supports and supervises the
activities and projects of the ISWA General Secretariat.
Members of the Board in 2009/2010
Atilio Savino, Argentina, President
Jeff Cooper, United Kingdom, Vice President
Helmut Stadler, Austria, Treasurer
Antonis Mavropoulos, Greece, STC Chair
Erik de Baedts, The Netherlands, NM Representative
David Newman, Italy, NM Representative
Jørgen Haukohl, Denmark, OM Representative
Jean–Paul Leglise, France, OM Representative
Doron Sapir, Israel, RDN Representative
Ian Coles, Australia, RDN Representative
Alberto Bianchini, Brazil, RDN Representative
The General Secretariat
The administrative tasks of ISWA are performed by the
General Secretariat (GS) under the direction of a Managing
Director. The Managing Director serves as the
chief executive officer of ISWA and is responsible for all
planning, management, direction, co-ordination and
support to all ISWA operations, committees, meetings,
membership development, publications, and relations
with other organizations.
In 2010 there was a change of personnel within the
General Secretariat. Mr. Hermann Koller has been
appointed as Managing Director. The Board took this
change and the start of the new team as an opportunity
for a reorganization of the General Secretariat:
With a revised, well-considered, slim structure and clear
responsibilities an efficient administration, best possible
member support and expertise has been created. This is
further supported by having all team members located
at the new premises in Vienna.
Besides the daily business like Membership- and Working
Group support, the organization and promotion of
events, and the services related to the ISWA publications
(WM&R, WMW, Newsletters, Annual Report etc.), the
main activities of the GS in 2010 were:
• Reorganization of the Finance Management
and the Finance Administration
• Improvement of membership service
• IT-Harmonization
• Relaunch of the website
• Establishment of the project Knowledge Base
• Development and implementation of a
Multi Annual Plan and a Communication Plan
• Increase of cooperation and networking with
stakeholders.
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The new team at the ISWA General Secretariat in Vienna, from left to right:
Gerfried Habenicht (Communications Manager), Rachael Williams (Technical
Manager), Hermann Koller (Managing Director), Julia Schönherr
(Administrative and Project Assistant), Alfred Holzschuster (Finance &
Member Service Manager).

General Secretariat –
Opening of the new premises
On 2 July 2010 the Official Opening Ceremony
of our new Headquarters in Vienna took place.
60 guests from 11 countries followed our
invitation and experienced a very entertaining
and atmospheric event. After a welcome drink
and a viewing of the premises there were opening
addresses from Ms. Ulli Sima, Councilwoman for
the Environment, from our President Mr. Atilio
Savino and from Mr. Rainer Kronberger, President
of ISWA Austria (pictured on the left). Mr. Hermann
Koller, our Managing Director, gave a presentation on
ISWA projects, activities and future developments.
The evening finished with an Austrian gastronomic
specialities dinner buffet.
Scientific and Technical Committee
The Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) is governed
by its Chair and the current Chairs of the ISWA
Working Groups. The STC represents ISWA’s technical
expertise and coordinates the activities of the Working
Groups. Members meet 2-3 times a year, often in connection
with the Board meetings. The Chair of the STC is
also a member of the ISWA Board.
Regional Development Networks
ISWA has established different Regional Development
Networks (RDN) to more effectively reach regions outside
of its traditionally strong areas (i.e. Western Europe
and North America). The RDNs aim is to promote sustainable
waste management by carrying out activities and
developing programs that focus on their regions special
needs and challenges.
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2009/2010 activities of the STC see chapter 4.2 below.
Working Groups
The purpose of the ISWA Working Groups is to serve as
the principal means for ISWA to deliver its technical and
scientific programs. As such, the Board and the ISWA
membership look to the Working Groups for technical
information and assistance, basic and applied research,
professional meetings, and the development and dissemination
of information regarding solid waste
management. Currently there are 9 Working Groups
excluding the new Working Group dealing with Climate
Change issues that has just recently been established.
2009/2010 activities of the Working Groups see
chapter 4.3 below.
There are currently three Regional Development Networks
that have been established, each of them represented
by one member on the ISWA Board.
Asian and Pacific Regional Network
Australia
Waste Management Association of Australia
India
National Solid Waste Association of India
Malaysia
Waste Management Association of Malaysia
New Zealand
Waste Management Institute of New Zealand
Singapore
Waste Management & Recycling Association
of Singapore

Balcanien, Middle East and
Mediterranean Regional Network
Bosnia and Herzegovina
CENER21
Bulgaria
ECOS Medica Ltd.
Greece
Hellenic Solid Waste Management Association
Turkey
Turkish National Committee on Solid Wastes
Israel
The Dan Region of Association of Towns - Sanitation
and Waste Disposal
Romania
Romanian Association of Solid Waste Management
Serbia
SeSWA - Serbian Solid Waste Association
Latin America Regional Network
Argentina
Association for Solid Waste Studies
Brazil
Brazilian Association of Public Cleaning and Special
Waste Companies
Membership
ISWA has the following different membership
categories: National Members, Organisation Members,
Individual Members and Online Members.
The National Members (see chapter 7.) are non-profit,
waste management associations representing the waste
management sector in a particular country. Generally,
these associations have memberships from both the
private and public sector. Based on ISWA regulations,
the National Members are the only members allowed
to vote at the General Assembly and thus, they constitute
the governing body of ISWA. Through the National
Members, ISWA’s network reaches out to some 25,000
to 30,000 global professionals interested in the waste
management field.
Organization Members are public or private organizations
and companies working in or associated with the
field of waste management which, depending on the
annual dues paid, enjoy a different range of member
benefits (see chapter 8. and www.iswa.org).
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4. Promotion of Sustainable
Waste Management
How does ISWA achieve its mission? ISWA promotes and
develops sustainable waste management through the
organization of meetings and events, particularly of
congresses and conferences. Another important contribution
is the effort of its nine Working Groups and the
activities of its Scientific and Technical Committee. In
order to achieve further progress on sustainable development,
ISWA implements task forces and projects.
ISWA raises professional standards in the field of sustainable
waste management through its International
Waste Manager program. Finally, ISWA fosters good
communication and publications on sustainable waste
management with awards.
Furthermore ISWA organizes several Beacon Conferences
a year. These Conferences focus on different waste
management topics like Biological Treatment, Energy
Recovery, Sanitary Landfill or Recycling and Waste
Prevention with 70 to 500 participants attending.
Delegates World Congresses (2006 – 2009)
800
700
600
680
697
642 650
The following chapters provide an overview on ISWA’s
various activities in the promotion of sustainable waste
management emphasizing the year 2009 and the first
half of 2010.
4.1. Congresses and Conferences
The biggest event ISWA organizes regularly is the ISWA
World Congress. The World Congress is a 4 days event
held once a year in autumn and usually attracts 600 to
700 participants from 50 to 70 different countries. At
each of the last years World Congresses there were
between 100 and 180 presentations by renowned international
experts.
Number of Delegates
500
400
300
200
100
0
World Congress
Copenhagen
2006
World Congress
Amsterdam
2007
World Congress
Singapore
2008
World Congress
Lisbon
2009
ISWA events and meetings in 2010
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From 15 to 18 of November 2010 the City of Hamburg
will host this year’s ISWA World Congress on “Urban
Development and Sustainability”. The event has been
co-organized by the VKS, member of the VKU support
association.
The last ISWA World Congress took place in Lisbon at
the Cultural Centre of Belém from 12 to 15 October 2009
and was co-organized by the Portuguese Association of
Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (APESB). The
theme of the Congress was „Turning Waste into Ideas“.
The World Congress 2008 was held at the Suntec in
Singapore. This event was co-organized by the Waste
Management and Recycling Association of Singapore
(WMRAS) and the National Environment Agency (NEA).
The ISWA World Congress 2007 “Challenging the future”
was held at the RAI International Exhibition & Congress
Centre in Amsterdam. The event was co-organized by
ISWA’s Dutch National member NVRD.
particular interest was the debate surrounding anaerobic
digestion. Finally, a window was opened on the markets
for composted products, certification programmes
and quality controls.
The first ISWA Beacon Conference on Waste Prevention &
Recycling took place in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, on the
20th and 21st of May. This Conference has been initiated
by the ISWA Working Group for Recycling and Waste
Minimization and is instrumental in disseminating new
knowledge and developments especially in the areas
of Waste Prevention, Sustainable Production and Consumption
and Life Cycle Thinking. During the two very
intense and interesting conference days 28 highly
qualified speakers delivered a well balanced mix of academic
and practical sessions to more than 70 attendees
from all over the world.
Beacon Conferences
The series of Beacon Conferences organized by ISWA has
been a great success. Perfect examples were the three
“Beacons” held in the first half of the year 2010. A total of
over 700 delegates attended the three conferences:
The ISWA Beacon Conference on Biological Treatment of
Waste was held in Perugia, Italy on the 15th and 16th of
April and attended by over 100 participants, mainly from
Europe. This was the third edition of this Beacon Conference,
organized by the Working Group on Biological
Waste and the National Member for Italy, ATIA-ISWA
ITALIA. Delegates discussed the current state and future
prospectives of organic waste treatment. The principal
focus of the event regarded how local authorities enact
systems for organic waste collection and recovery; while
a second focus looked at the current state of technologies
available for the treatment of these fractions. Of
ISWA Beacon Conference in Buenos Aires
At the ISWA Beacon Conference on Sustainable Sanitary
Landfills in Buenos Aires from 31st of May to 1st of June
there were 523 attendees from 13 Countries. Both the recommendations
formulated and the experiences shared
by the speakers will form a significant contribution to
achieve a big step towards the improvement of waste
management in the Latin American region.
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4.2. Scientific and Technical Committee
Chair: Antonis Mavropoulos, Greece
Vice-Chair: Maarten Goorhuis, Netherlands
The Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) is governed
by its Chair and the current Chairs of the ISWA Working
Groups. The STC represents ISWA’s technical expertise.
Members meet 2-3 times a year, often in connection with
the Board meetings. The Chair of the STC is member of
the ISWA Board.
Main activities of the STC in 2009/2010 were:
• Development of ISWA’s technical profile, including
various workshop- and conference programs
• Support of ISWA Leadership initiatives and Multi
Annual Plan
• Development of Working Groups’ programs
2011 – 2012
• Development of the ISWA Knowledge Base
(see chapter 4.4.2.)
• Development of the Proposal for Procedures
regarding Vienna Grants
• Contributions to the ISWA Task Force
on Greenhouse Gases
• Support of the IWM certification procedure
• Establishment of a Task Force on Globalization
and Solid Waste Management
• Initiation of Position Papers on Waste
Prevention and on Waste Trafficking
The role of the STC is to conduct and coordinate the
technical work of ISWA. The actions of the STC are based
on its own objectives and annual work program, as well
as the work programs for the different Working Groups.
The Working Groups are functioning differently and this
difference is respected as far as possible. The input from
the Working Groups is based on voluntary work from
its members and ISWA recognizes the efforts made by
its large number of Working Group members. Working
Group Meetings are usually held 1 to 2 times a year.
Voluntary Time for ISWA
The progress of ISWA in promoting sustainable
waste management relies on the initiatives of its
members. All the members of the various bodies
of ISWA invest voluntary time for meetings.
The following statistics give an impression of
this commitment.
Voluntary Time in Meetings
(without time for preparation and travelling)
200.00
In 2009 the board convened four times, the total
number of voluntary person days amounted to
more than 50. In 2010 the board members had
already invested almost the same amount of time
by the end of September.
180.00
160.00
140.00
182.00
51.50
142.50
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The members of the various working groups
invest about 100 voluntary person days a year.
These meetings have an average duration of
about 1.5 days. The voluntary time within the
Scientific and Technical Committee amounted
to 32 days in 2009 and to 20 days in 2010 by the
end of October.
Voluntary Person Days
120.00
100.00
80.00
60.00
40.00
32.00
44.50
20.00
98.50 78.00
These numbers are even more impressive considering
the fact that they only represent the
time spent in meetings. Travelling time as well as
the time spent on preparing the meetings is not
included in these figures.
20.00
0.00
2009
2010
(until October 1st)
Board Meetings STC Meetings Working Groups

4.3. Working Groups
The purpose of the ISWA Working Groups is to serve
as the principal means for ISWA to deliver its technical
and scientific programs. As such, the Board and the
ISWA membership look to the Working Groups for
technical information and assistance, basic and applied
research, professional meetings, and the development
and dissemination of information about solid
waste management.
Currently there are 10 Working Groups with a total of
around 250 members coming from more then 30
different nations:
Working Group on Communication
Chair: Gunilla Carlsson, Sweden
The Working Group on Communication serves as the
principal resource to ISWA in the field of communication
and social relations. The Working Group addresses
public concerns, comprising public support and public
opposition to waste management policies, public
consultation and participation, and communication
and social issues with focus on basic human attitudes
towards waste.
The Working Group‘s main objectives are:
• to cover communication and social aspects
within the framework of waste management.
• to acknowledge and communicate the growing
importance of public acceptance for a successful
implementation and proper conduct of waste
management policies, such as collection systems,
siting of facilities, disposal fees, regulations and
other related aspects.
• to foster the good reputation of professional waste
management among the public by developing,
co-ordinating, and disseminating strategies and
tools aimed at increasing public support of and
reducing public opposition to waste management
strategies.
• to strengthen the role of communication as a
determining factor for achieving satisfactory
solutions in waste management practices.
Main discussions and activities in 2009/2010 were:
• The ISWA Communication Award
• Standardisation of colours and symbols
• Sustainability reporting
• Databank on Communication Campaigns
• GHG Task Force – Communication related
Working Group on Energy Recovery
Chair: Håkan Rylander, Sweden
The Working Group on Energy Recovery addresses the
thermal treatment of waste, the production of energy,
control of emissions from waste-to-energy, and the
management of residues resulting from waste-to-energy.
The Working Group’s main objectives are:
• to promote the adoption of cost-effective,
environmentally sound systems, methods and
practices for thermal treatment of municipal waste,
thereby especially addressing the waste-to energy
concept
• to develop, co-ordinate and disseminate timely
information on institutional, technological, economic,
environmental and research developments in the
field of thermal treatment of municipal waste
Main discussions and activities in 2009/2010 were:
• Waste-to-Energy in relation to climate change and
input to the ISWA Task Force on Climate Change
• Revision of the EU IPPC-directive and the proposed
merge with the Waste Incineration Directive
• Discussion of the proposal for an EU directive on
the promotion of the use of energy from renewable
sources including waste
• Presentation of Waste-to-Energy in the various
member countries and discussion of the new
concept of developing waste power plants
• Encouraging and supporting, at international and
national levels, mechanisms for effective contribution
to the public policy debate on the role of
thermal treatment as an essential part of integrated
waste management
Working Group Healthcare Waste
Chair: William K. Townend, United Kingdom
Healthcare includes for both humans and animals the
medical activities for the diagnosis, monitoring, treatment,
prevention of disease or alleviation of handicap
including the related research. Healthcare Waste is the
solid or liquid waste arising from Healthcare and includes
personal hygiene waste products. Healthcare
Risk Waste includes Biological Waste, Infectious Waste,
Sharps, Chemical, Toxic or Pharmaceutical Waste including
Cytotoxins and Radioactive Wastes.
The Working Group‘s main objectives are to promote
the integrated provision of the infrastructure for the
safe management of Healthcare Waste world-wide,
within the framework of the objectives, activities and
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means of implementation established by Agenda 21 of
the United Nations Conference on the Environment
and Development.
Main discussions and activities in 2009/2010 were:
• Developing a comprehensive definition of Healthcare,
Healthcare Waste and Healthcare Risk Waste
and promote its recognition by all national and
relevant International Organizations.
• Producing by way of meetings, conferences, seminars,
workshops, publications and competence
based education, training and assessment the
means by which the best professional practices of
Healthcare Waste Management can be promulgated
world-wide to match economic circumstances and
stages of social development.
• Co-operation with the World Health Organization:
The Working Group has been engaged for the last
two years in producing the new version of the WHO
publication “The safe management of wastes from
healthcare activities” (Blue Book). The book was
published in 1999 and is now in its final stages of
review prior to being published later this year.
• Next major task will be organizing the promotion
of the WHO Blue Book when it is published and
organizing a Beacon Conference to promulgate
it widely.
and guidelines
• Landfill gas collection and energy recovery
• Greenhouse gases and treatment of methane
emissions from landfills.
Main discussions and activities in 2009/2010 were:
• Landfill Operations Guidelines translation
into Portuguese and Mandarin
• Update on International Guidelines for
Sustainable Landfill Evaluation
• State of the nation report on Landfilling
• ISWA Beacon Conference on Landfill,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Partnership with M2M (Methane to Markets)
Working Group on Landfill
Chair: Derek Greedy, United Kingdom
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The Working Group on Landfill addresses the planning,
siting, design, construction, operation, closure, and enduse
of landfills. The Working Group’s overall interests
are in the proper closure of open dumps worldwide and
the move towards the construction and operation of
modern, engineered landfills. These interests have led
to providing technical support on the design, construction,
regulation, and management of landfills, for both
industrialised and developing nations. Further aspects
include operations, closure, and end-use concepts, along
with standard practices for ground water monitoring
and testing, leachate management, gas management,
and stormwater management.
A major activity of the Working Group is to conduct
training courses for solid waste managers from
environmentally developing countries. In addition,
the group is working on various reports, training
material and key issue papers which include:
• Closure of open dumps
• Landfill regulation, minimum standards,
Working Group on Legal Issues
Chair: Martin Hassfurther, Austria
The purpose of the Working Group on Legal Issues is to
serve as the principal resource to ISWA on legal issues.
The overall interests for the Working Group are the exchange
of legal aspects on different hot topics in waste
management. Currently there is much focus on waste
trafficking, EU-waste legislation, environmental responsibility
and the legal aspects of different kinds of publicprivate
cooperation.
Main discussions and activities in 2009/2010 were:
• Share and transfer legal information to all ISWA
members based on knowledge, experience and
research of Working Group members
• Coordinate legal aspects of the activities in the
different ISWA Working Groups
• To take initiatives to develop and increase the
activities of ISWA internationally in making
appropriate legal representation

• To communicate recent legal developments to
scientists, engineers and managers working in
the field of solid waste management
• Monitoring EU-waste issues in its EU-subgroup
Working Group on Recycling and Waste Minimization
Chair: Maarten Goorhuis, The Netherlands
The Working Group on Recycling and Waste Minimization
addresses the reduction in the generation of solid waste,
recycling of materials, separation, processing and marketing
of materials removed from the solid waste stream.
The Working Groups main objectives are:
• to share information on institutional, technological,
economic and environmental matters concerning
resource management, recycling, waste minimization
currently in practice.
• to encourage, conduct and share the results of
research and development activities within the
field of resource management, recycling and waste
minimization.
Main discussions and activities in 2009/2010 were:
• Development of ISWA policy papers on
globalization of recycling
• Development of a discussion paper on
resource management
• Recycling of waste deriving from public
collection sites
• Discussion on the forthcoming changes
to the EU Waste Framework Directive
• Organization of ISWA Beacon Conference
on Waste Prevention and Recycling
• Development of a ISWA Key Issue Paper
on Waste Prevention, Waste Minimization and
Resource Management
• Waste prevention, reuse and innovative
recycling projects in WG member countries
• Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Working Group on Hazardous Wastes
Chair: Jean Paul Léglise, France
The Working Group’s interests include the sound management
of hazardous wastes from both industrial and
household sources, and the remediation of hazardous
waste sites resulting from unacceptable hazardous wastes
management practices. In carrying out its programs,
Working Group members strive to serve the interests
of hazardous waste management professionals in their
respective countries and world-wide.
The Working Groups main objectives are:
• to promote the cost-effective, environmentally
safe management of hazardous wastes in memberand
developing countries
• to develop, co-ordinate, and disseminate timely
information on institutional, technological,
economic, environmental, research and legal
developments in the field of hazardous waste
management and remediation
Main discussions and activities in 2009/2010 were:
• Export of hazardous waste to developing
countries – helping developing countries
with facilities
• Hazardous waste in construction and
demolition waste
• Separation of hazardous waste from
other waste streams
• Dilution of hazardous waste
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Working Group on Collection and
Transportation Technology
Chair: Theo Lemmen, The Netherlands
The purpose of the Working Group on Collection and
Transportation Technology is to serve as the principal
resource to ISWA in the field of collection and transportation
technology of solid waste. The Working Group
addresses the storage, collection, transfer and transportation
of solid waste.
The Working Groups main objectives are:
• to share information on institutional, technological,
economic and environmental matters concerning
collection and transportation technologies currently
in practice
• to encourage, conduct and share the results of
research and development activities within the
field of waste collection and transportation
Main discussions and activities in 2009/2010 were:
• Collection methods
• Fuel Economy in Waste Collection Trucks
• Waste transportation between cities
• Costs of waste collection services
• Standardisation of containers
• Colours in waste management and recycling
• National Reports on the development within
waste collection
• Publishing of three Working Group reports on
the ISWA Website (one on Waste Collection, one
on Littering and Street Cleaning and one on
Waste Transfer)
• Following the development of the CEN Standards
for vehicles and waste containers
Working Group on Biological Treatment of Waste
Chair: Enzo Favoino, Italy
The Working Group addresses the biological treatment
of the organic fraction of solid waste through aerobic
and anaerobic decomposition processes, including related
instruments (e.g. separate collection, odour management)
and destiny of outputs (quality, application and marketing
of products). It also covers Mechanical-Biological
Treatment (MBT), i.e. the application of biological treatment
to mixed (or residual) waste in order to reduce its
fermentability prior to landfilling, recover further amounts
of materials before final disposal and improve conditions
for energy recovery. The Working Group has also been
mandated to consider issues pertaining to biological treatment
of sludge (composting and anaerobic digestion) and
its application in agriculture.
The Working Group‘s main objectives are:
• to share information on institutional, technological,
economic and environmental matters concerning
biological waste treatment currently in practice
• to encourage, conduct and share the results of
research and development activities within the
field of biological waste treatment
• to define – upon agreement with the GS and STC –
positions to try influence, through provision of
science-based views and information, ongoing
developments in relevant legislation, with reference
e.g. to waste management, soil management, climate
change, and other issues pertaining to management
of organic waste.
Main discussions and activities in 2009/2010 were:
• Follow the development of “end-of-waste criteria”
and when compost is no longer considered as a
waste
• Optimisation of schemes for separate collection
• Food waste disposers
• Management of sludge
• Strategies for optimised management of
biodegradable waste in Developing Countries
• Climate change and biological treatment
• The role of MBT (Mechanical Biological Treatment),
including possible application of MBT outputs
• Markets and marketing strategies for composted
products

Working Group on Climate Change and
Waste Management
Chair: Gary Crawford, USA
In September 2010, according to a proposal of the STC,
a Working Group on Climate Change and Waste
Management has been established. The Vice Chair of
the ISWA Task Force on Waste Management and Climate
Change, Gary Crawford, has been appointed to chair this
new working group.
4.4. Projects 2009/2010
4.4.1. White Paper on Waste and Climate Change
Extreme weather events in different parts of the world
remind us that the climate issue is still hot and that
reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions is an
important issue in order to mitigate climate change.
Reduced emissions of methane, reduced use and/or
substitution of fossil fuels and increased use of renewable
energy are examples of measures to be considered
globally to effect that change. Can waste management
contribute to meet this challenge?
In 2007 ISWA decided to establish a Task Force to address
the waste and climate change issue. This decision was
preceded by suggestions from a joint ISWA Working
Group meeting in Buenos Aires in 2005 and 3 provisional
case based assessments presented at the ISWA 2006
Congress in Copenhagen. However, the need for a more
comprehensive and systematic assessment became
evident, and the Task Force was formed and asked by
the ISWA Board to examine the interaction between GHG
emissions and waste management and to make recommendations
to ISWA. Reporting of the results was made
at the ISWA-DAKOFA conference in Copenhagen 3 to 5
December 2009, immediately prior to the COP 15 Meeting
in Copenhagen. Members of the Task Force were Gary
Crawford (USA, Vice Chair), Christian Fischer (DK), Jens
Aage Hansen (DK, Chair) and Antonis Mavropoulos (GR).
Jean Bogner (USA), Simon Aumonier (UK) and Thomas H.
Christensen (DK) provided particular input to the work
of the Task Force.
Based on workshops in 2008 in Singapore and Copenhagen
and in 2009 in Copenhagen and Paris, an ISWA
White Paper on Waste and Climate was released in
November 2009. It has 8 key messages regarding how to
reduce GHG emissions by targeted waste management
and 5 commitments by ISWA to make the potential
reduction of GHG emissions come true on a global scale.
In essence, waste management can change from being
a net GHG emission source (assessed by the IPPC in 2005
to be 3-5% of total global GHG emissions) to becoming
a major net saver of GHG emissions resulting from actions
as described in the 8 ISWA key messages stated in the
ISWA White Paper.
The ISWA White Paper describes how GHG accounting
is key to establishing efficient strategies to reduce GHG
emissions, including emission savings both upstream,
in-process and downstream of the waste management
action proper. In national accounting schemes and in
order to avoid double counting, credits for reduced GHG
emission are normally ascribed to industries such as the
paper manufacturing industry (for recycled fibers) or
energy utilities (for electricity and heat recovery).
The waste sector therefore may thus not obtain the carbon
credits that directly and indirectly relate to waste prevention,
recycling and other waste management activities.
On a city or regional scale it may be a useful exercise
to relate accounting of GHG emission reductions to
significant planning sectors such as traffic, housing,
waste and wastewater. Such scoped and targeted
regional and local government action plans may serve
as concrete tools to not only plan but also execute
and monitor GHG emission reduction programs in
a structured and result oriented way.
The ISWA White Paper presents a single city case to demonstrate
the significance of such action. The commitment
by ISWA to engage in more city waste action
programs would be very useful in terms of establishing
city networks that share experiences and drive the
development towards more effective GHG emission
reductions on a global scale. Integrated and coordinated
action with other international organizations would
enhance the effect of such ISWA initiatives.
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The ISWA White Paper on Waste and Climate Change
can be downloaded for free at www.iswa.org.

4.4.2. Knowledge base
The ISWA knowledge base is currently being developed
to upgrade ISWA’s technical profile, providing ISWA
members and others who stumble on the ISWA website
an extensive source of Scientific Waste Management
related documents in a one stop shop. These documents
will include both ISWA and non ISWA material such as
Conference Proceedings, Reports, Training Resources,
Papers, Case Studies and Online Resources.
Through this agreement ISWA, WMRAS and NEA
demonstrate their commitment of promoting sustainable
waste management and optimizing the value of waste
as a resource in Singapore and the region. The TAP Centre
will organize and promote regional waste management
training workshops, forums and tradeshows, as well as
provide waste management advisory services on policies
and master-planning considerations.
The TAP centre aims to serve ISWA’s members, stakeholders
and collaborators in the Asia/Pacific region. The
office will serve as the Asian hub for supporting ISWA
member activities, facilitating ISWA programs and promoting
ISWA membership in the region, enabling ISWA
to connect more effectively with the Asian waste community
and assist in the development of sustainable
waste management in the region. The main objectives
of the TAP centre are:
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The knowledge base intends to cover all relevant topics
of solid waste management from across the globe. It will
be integrated in the new website as an extension to the
publications page with more functionality offered through
an extended library navigation and user friendly search
area. If you have any documents you would like to share
with other members please forward them to the ISWA
General Secretariat.
4.4.3. TAP Centre Singapore
On 28 June 2010 ISWA has inked a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the Waste Management
and Recycling Association of Singapore (WMRAS) and
the National Environment Agency (NEA) to establish
and run a Training, Advisory & Promotion (TAP) Centre
for waste management in Singapore. The MOU was
signed by Chairman of WMRAS Goh Swee Ooi, President
of ISWA Atilio Savino, and Chief Executive Officer of NEA
Andrew Tan at the ISWA-WMRAS Technical Workshop
2010 held in Singapore.
Advancing membership in the region
The Singapore office will promote ISWA membership
with an emphasis on China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Singapore currently engages various organizations in
these countries and will be able to promote ISWA
membership through various platforms.
Conducting training and related technical
The Singapore Office will develop training courses and
workshops for local/international participants and will
draw upon ISWA international experts. In addition, with
the growing market for environmental services, the
ISWA office can also offer consultancy services in the
region through Working Group Members and the General
Secretariat.
Serving as a source of waste management information
The ISWA office can serve as a source of information on
waste management in Asia as well as a focal point for
business matching between ISWA members in Asia and
in Europe.
4.4.4. Globalization and Waste Management
In September 2010 ISWA decided to establish a Task
Force to handle the challenges related to Globalization
and Waste Management. The project aims to promote
the necessity for a Global Convention for Waste Management
and to highlight the major challenges put by globalization
process to waste management activities, like
waste trafficking, global recycling and international aid.

The first activity of the Task Force will be the issue of
a comprehensive Report on Globalization and Waste
Management. The release of the report is scheduled
for mid 2012.
4.5. Publications
ISWA publishes a wide range of waste management
specialist literature: Books, Key Issue Papers, Technical
Policy Papers, Position Papers, Reports, an electronic
Newsletter and two professional periodicals:
Waste Management and Research (WMR) is a monthly
journal published under the auspices of ISWA. WMR
satisfies the growing demand for scientifically based
information that can be utilised by waste management
professionals in academia, government, industry,
engineering, management, planning, and public health.
WMR publishes articles relating to both theory and
practice of waste management and research that
promote innovation and provide a bridge between
academic studies and practical problems.
Waste Management World (WMW) is published
bi-monthly by ISWA and PennWell. One issue per year
incorporates the International Directory of Solid Waste
Management, which lists the ISWA members, and a
classified listing of waste management companies.
4.6. International Waste Manager Program
The ISWA International Waste Manager programme is
designed to provide an internationally recognized certification
for individual professional waste managers based
on both academic achievements and practical work experience.
The certification is awarded at four different
levels: Technical, Intermediate, Advanced, and International,
depending on how applicants meet the ISWA
criteria. The criteria are based on a set of key identified
attributes that become more rigorous the higher the
level awarded. The Technical level has been established
to enable those with substantial practical experience
but who lack academic qualification.
The process is straightforward and very similar to the
stages involved in applying for a new job. The first step
is to complete an application form. On the basis of the
application form being selected, the next step is to prepare
a detailed personal report covering education, work
experience and professional approach to waste management.
This is followed by an interview and committing
to the ISWA’s Code of Ethics to undertake a life-long
programme of Continuous Professional Development.
Since the program began in 2007, forty two waste professionals
from 15 different countries around the world
have been certified within the ISWA International Waste
Manager program.
If you are interested in becoming an International Waste
Manager please view the brochure available on
www.iswa.org or contact the ISWA General Secretariat.
NUMBER OF ISWA INTERNATIONAL WASTE MANAGERS BY YEAR
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 (Sept 30) Total
Technical status – – – – 1 1
Intermediate status – – – 7 5 12
Advanced status 1 1 – 4 2 8
International status 9 1 1 6 4 21
Total 10 2 1 17 12 42
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4.7. Awards
ISWA Communication Award
Each year ISWA honours an excellent Waste Communication
Campaign that increases public awareness and
promotes sustainable waste management. The awarded
campaign is recognized at the ISWA Annual Congress.
The award is open for participation for both ISWA
members and non-ISWA members.
2010 Communication Award Winners
The judging panel had an excellent selection of waste
management communication promotions to assess in
2010. Eleven communication initiatives were put forward
from 9 different countries and the judging panel found
it difficult to determine an overall winner from those
put forward. The first two were separated by only a very
few points out of a total 90.
FIRST – Vienna’s Poop Scoop Success
Vienna in common with other communities around the
World had a problem with dogs fouling public streets,
parks and other areas. Several previous attempts had
failed but in 2006 a mother of two toddlers secured
16,000 signatures on a petition. Thereafter the City’s
waste management authorities introduced a comprehensive
and progressive information, education and
enforcement effort to persuade dog owners to “pack my
poop in a sack”. The sacks were provided by the city and
extra doggie bins added in addition to the extra staff
employed to impose on the spot fines and other sanctions.
The judges were impressed by the overall communications
plan and in particular:
• The communication with existing staff
• The hiring of new staff
• The use of amusing but thought provoking
signs placed in public parks
• Thorough assessment throughout its roll-out
• Extensive evaluation of the results.
This evaluation included analysis of the contents of a
weeks worth of doggie bags to determine the doggie
contribution to Vienna’s waste management system.
For the statistically minded at least 3 tonnes of dog
faeces are collected each day. The best result is the fact
that 87% of people are now satisfied that Vienna has
adequately addressed the dog waste problem.
SECOND – Sweden’s Waste Managers
get Frank about Waste
Sweden national waste management body Avfall Sverige
has more than 400 members, mainly municipalities but
also the waste management and recycling companies. In
2008 they embarked on Sweden’s largest environmental
movement, an internal promotion program to galvanize
the 16,000 workers for each of Avfall Sverige’s members
to promote three key components of Sweden’s waste
strategy:
• Material recovery
• Hazardous waste, and
• Energy recovery.
This required a multi-media approach to ensuring the
message was accessible to as many of Sweden’s citizens
as possible.
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„Pack my poop in a sack“
THIRD – Waste No More
The Netherlands provided our third winner with the Van
Gansewinkel Groep’s inspiring initiative to Waste No
More reflecting our aspirations to move from traditional
waste management services towards being a supplier
of raw materials and energy for businesses and the
community. Their communications program was very
comprehensive, including most of the communication
media. Significantly they started by providing their employees
with a home-based set of information, including
CDs and games to interest family members. In contrast
to the other winners it was felt by the panel from the
information provided that it was probably too early to
determine the full effects of the campaign.

ISWA Publication Award
The ISWA Publication Award has been created with the
intention of honoring the author(s) of a publication,
article or book which is deemed to be exceptional in its
contribution to the field of solid waste management.
2010 ISWA Publication Award Winner
This year´s Publication Awards goes to the authors
of the report „Solid Waste Management in the World’s
Cities“.
Within the past year it is estimated that more than 50%
of the World’s population for the first time now live in
urban areas for the first time. Therefore Solid Waste Management
in the World’s Cities is a timely and welcome
publication. The report, sponsored by the United Nations
Human Settlements Programme, was produced by a
large number of gifted and expert authors co-ordinated
by the three principal authors and editors: Anne Scheinberg,
David C Wilson and Ljiljana Rodic-Wiersma.
The publication benefits from both a wide spectrum
of approaches to the assessment and management of
waste and its recovery potential in developing, transition
and developed countries and also these varying
approaches are exemplified through 20 city case studies.
The primary concern is the health and safety of the city’s
residents and for all handling or exposed that waste or
its potential mis-management. Increasingly managing
our urban waste resources and the sustainability of those
decisions is becoming a stronger influence whenever
we consider our role in tackling these issues.
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5. Environment
ISWA promotes international sustainable waste management
and thus has a positive indirect impact on the
global environment. Nevertheless, its activities also have
some direct negative ecological impacts. These are
especially connected to the international conferences.
The highest direct impacts are connected to CO2-emissions
caused by flights. Another aspect is sustainable
waste management in the conference hotels. Of course,
all these negative impacts are minor compared to the
overall positive effects of ISWA. Nevertheless, this report
also shows how ISWA strives to minimize its direct
negative impacts on the environment.
Climate protection
Most CO2-emissions produced in relation to conferences
are caused by the flights of the delegates. The travel
carbon emissions of ISWA World Conferences range
from 2,158 tons CO2 (2008) to 1,195 tons CO2 (2009).
The average value per delegate is 1.8 tons CO2 for Amster-
dam and Lisbon and 3.4 tons CO2 for Singapore 1 .
As an illustration, the CO2 emissions of the flights to
the World Congress in Lisbon are equal to the electricity
consumption of 857 average households (4 persons)
in one year in Austria 2 .
For an international organisation like ISWA it is not
possible to completely do without flights. Nevertheless,
some air travel can be avoided: In some instances exchange
within the Working Groups and most of the interviews
for the International Waste Manager Program
already take place via telephone and video conferences.
If flights cannot be avoided, offsetting of emissions
is another option: The ISWA Beacon Conference on Biological
Treatment of Waste in Perugia 2008 was
organized as a carbon neutral event.The World Congress
2009 in Lisbon took place at a Carbon Free Event Place.
Travel Carbon Emission ISWA World Congresses 2007 – 2009
2,500 4.0
2,158
3.5
Total CO2-emissions of all flights (tons CO2)
2,000
1,500
1,000
1,256
1.8
3.4
1,195
1.8
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
Carbon Emission per Delegate (tons CO2)
500
1.0
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0.5
–
Amsterdam
2007
Singapore
2008
Lisbon
2009
0.0
Total CO2-emissions of all flights (tons)
Average CO2-emissions per delegate (tons)
1 )
The calculation is based on www.atmosfair.de. If the home city of a delegate was unknown, the calculation was based on travelling
from the capital of his/her home country. For small countries with several airports a median distance was used for the calculation.
Delegates from the host country are not included in the calculation.
2 )
Umweltkontrollbericht, GEMIS-Österreich 4.5, Lifecycle CO2 Äquivalent Strompark Österreich plus Importe

Sustainable events
In addition to the carbon neutral venue, the 2009 World
Congress in Lisbon also considered other aspects of
“green events”. Special attention was paid to avoiding
plastic bottles, having separate collection of waste,
sustainable decoration and print. Furthermore, a focus
at this event was to raise awareness for the hosting of
sustainable waste events. Some of the initiatives are
listed below:
• Use of glass bottles filled with tap water
• Rented potted plant decorations instead
of cut flowers
• Printed material using ecological ink and
recycled paper
• Separate waste collection for organic
and packaging waste
• Bags for delegates, instruments for the
opening show and prizes for the contest
made of recycled materials
• Multimedia Exhibition on waste technologies
next to the congress venue
Inspired by the success of the World Congress 2009,
ISWA wants to turn its congresses and conferences into
“green events”. In the future, hotels and conference
venues will have to comply with ISWA’s environmental
standards for sustainable events. Furthermore ISWA
resigns from the distribution of giveaways at congresses
and conference-nametags are reused to avoid waste.
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6. Financial Overview
Annual Account 2009
The numbers for 2009 show an overall minor loss of
€ 8,481. This was due to a lower than budgeted income
of approx. € 78,000, accompanied with reduced expenses
of approx. € 67,000 below that budgeted. It can be
summarized that the loss in income could be nearly
compensated by a reduction in expenses.
External bookkeeping
Since the beginning of 2010 “Moore Stephens City
Treuhand”, located in Vienna, has been commissioned for
external bookkeeping matters. The costs are significantly
lower than before.
Budget 2010
The year 2010 is the first year in which the generous Vienna
grant has been made available, resulting in a significant
increase in income. The increase in staff expenses is due
to the agreement to provide comprehensive member
services and to extend the technical expertise. A major
share of the Vienna grant will be used for projects.
Budget 2011
As we have observed a steady reduction in membership
fees over the last years, we have taken this into account
and budgeted for a slightly reduced income from membership
fees. Whereas the amount budgeted for income
from publications, namely Waste Management & Research
has been increased.
With the arrival of the new GS Team we have foreseen
enhanced services to members, working groups, STC and
RDNs. Withstanding this staff expenses for 2011 are below
the 2010 budget.
A major share of the money from the Vienna grant will
be used for projects, studies, training and education.
The final budgeted result is a healthy surplus of
€ 32,000. Considering the losses sustained over the
last years we see this as a good opportunity to build
up some reserves.
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AMOUNTS IN EUROS 2009 Actual Approved 2010 Budget Proposed 2011 Budget
INCOME
Memberships
National Membership 168,241 166,000 160,000
Other Membership 234,819 246,530 210,000
Memberships Total 403,060 412,530 370,000
Congress, Conferences, Sponsorships etc.
Annual Congress 32,200 30,000 40,000
Other Conferences, Seminars 10,330 20,000 10,000
Sponsorships 33,520 42,050 32,000
Congress, Conf., Sponsor. Total 76,050 92,050 82,000
Publications
Waste Management World and Books 7,910 14,500 13,000
Waste Management Research 29,786 30,000 35,000
Publications Total 37,696 44,500 48,000
Miscellaneous Income
International Waste Manager Program 2,146 8,000 2,000
Grants and Projects 10,067 10,000 10,000
Miscellaneous Income Total 12,213 18,000 12,000
Vienna Grant 300,000 300,000
INCOME TOTAL 529,019 867,080 812,000
EXPENSES
Staff Expenses
General Secretariat 332,125 490,000 426,000
WMR Editor 15,000 15,000
Consultants 8,000 15,000
Staff Expenses Total 332,125 513,000 456,000
Printing, Marketing and IWM
International Waste Manager Program 9,866 30,000 5,000
Books 2,000 2,000
Other Printing, Marketing materials 13,465 12,800 14,500
Printing, Marketing and IWM Total 23,331 44,800 21,500
Project, Sponsoring and Funding
Regional Development Networks and TAP 24,000 36,000
Task Force 20,967 5,000
Studies 15,000
Projects 45,000 120,000
STC work program 10,000
Representation 5,000
Other 25,000 5,000
Projects Total 20,967 94,000 196,000
Miscellaneous Expenses
Publications Award 8,000 5,000
Office operations, supplies 80,785 55,100 16,000
Computer Equipment, services 4,589 25,000 10,000
Postage & Freight 5,006 9,000 8,000
Travel General Secretariat 29,192 62,900 31,500
Travel expenses President 7,000
Bank Charges 4,867 9,000 5,000
Representation 6,000 10,000
Legal 23,412 8,000 5,000
Auditing 2,600 4,500 5,000
Other 17,007 5,000
Miscellaneous Expenses Total 167,458 187,500 107,500
EXPENSES TOTAL 543,881 839,300 781,000
Net Before Financial Items -14,862 27,780 31,000
Financial Items (Interest) 6,381 9,000 1,000
RESULT (TO EQUITY CAPITAL) -8,481 36,780 32,000
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7. National Members
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The ISWA National Members are non-profit, waste management
associations representing the waste management
sector in a particular country. Generally, these associations
have memberships from both the private and public
sectors of employment. Based on ISWA regulations, the
National Members are the only memberships allowed to
vote at the General Assembly and thus, they constitute
the governing body of ISWA.
As per 30th September 2010 ISWA has 36 National
Members, thereof 4 are Incoming National Members:
• Argentina, A.R.S., www.ars.org.ar
• Australia, WMAA, www.wmaa.asn.au
• Austria, ISWA Austria, www.iswa.at
• Brazil, ABRELPE, www.abrelpe.org.br
• Canada, SWANA Canada, www.swana.org
• China, China Association of Urban
Environmental Sanitation,
www.es-industry.com.cn
• Denmark, DAKOFA,
www.dakofa.dk
• Finland, YYL,
www.ymparistoyritykset.fi
• France, ASTEE,
www.astee.org
• Germany, VKS im VKU-Förderverein,
www.vksimvku.de
• Greece, Hellenic Solid Waste
Management Ass. (HSWMA),
www.eedsa.gr
• Hungary, Hungarian National Committee,
www.fkf.hu
• Iceland, FENUR,
www.fenur.is
• Israel, Dan Region Assoc. of Towns,
Sanitation & Waste Disposal,
www.hiriya.co.il
• Italy, ATIA-ISWA Italia,
www.atiaiswa.it
• Japan, Japan Waste Management Ass.,
www.jwma-tokyo.or.jp
• Latvia, Waste Management Association of Latvia,
www.lasa.lv
• Netherlands, N.V.R.D.,
www.nvrd.nl
• New Zealand, WasteMINZ,
www.wasteminz.org.nz
• Nigeria, Wastes Management
Society of Nigeria (WAMASON),
www.wamason.org
• Norway, Avfall Norge,
www.avfallnorge.no
• Portugal, APESB,
www.apesb.org
• Republic of Korea, Korea Society of
Waste Management (KSWM),
www.kswm.or.kr
• Romania, ARS,
www.salubritatea.ro
• Serbia, SeSWA – Serbian Solid Waste
Association, www.seswa-srbija.com
• Singapore, WMRAS,
www.wmras.org.sg
• Spain, ATEGRUS,
www.ategrus.org
• Sweden, Avfall Sverige,
www.avfallsverige.se
• Switzerland,
ISWA Switzerland Secretariat,
conrad.bader@aee-inova.ch
• Turkey, Turkish National Committee
on Solid Wastes,
www.kakad.boun.edu.tr
• United Kingdom, CIWM,
www.ciwm.co.uk
• United States, SWANA USA,
www.swana.org
Incoming National Members
Incoming National Members are national associations
that are in the process of establishing an organization
that will fulfill the requirements for National Members.
Incoming National Members have reduced fees for up
to a 4-year period while they are establishing the full
National Membership.
• Bulgaria, ECOS Medica Ltd., www.ecosmedica.com
• Bosnia and Herzegovina, CENER21 Center for Energy,
Environment and Resources, www.cener21.ba
• India, National Solid Waste Association of India,
www.nswai.com
• Malaysia, The Waste Management
Association of Malaysia, www.wmam.org

8. Gold Members
ISWA Gold Members and ISWA Silver Members are public
or private organizations and companies working in or
associated with the field of waste management. ISWA
appreciates the support of all its Gold and Silver member
organizations, below you will find the full listing of all
Gold Members for 2010:
• AE&E Inova AG, Switzerland,
www.aee-inova.ch
• Afval Energie Bedrijf, Netherlands,
www.afvalenergiebedrijf.nl
• AMARSUL- Valorizacão e Tratamento de
Resíduos Sólidos, S.A., Portugal,
www.amarsul.pt
• ASM PRATO, Italy,
www.asmprato.it
• Catanzaro Costruzioni Srl, Italy,
www.catanzarocostruzioni.it
• Caterpillar S.A.R.L., Switzerland,
www.cat.com
• CEAMSE, Argentina,
www.ceamse.gov.ar
• Consorzio Italiano Compostatori, Italy,
www.compost.it
• EGF-Empresa Geral do Fomento, S.A., Portugal,
www.egf.pt
• Eversheds LLP, United Kingdom,
www.eversheds.com
• Federambiente, Italy,
www.federambiente.it
• Fehily Timoney & Company, Ireland,
www.fehilytimoney.ie
• FISE, Italy,
www.fise.org
• Gesenu S.p.A., Italy,
www.gesenu.it
• Grupo CLIBA, Argentina,
www.cliba.com.ar
• Guam Environmental Protection Agency, USA,
www.gepa.guam.gov
• LOCANTY COM SERVICOS LTDA, Brazil,
www.locanty.com.br
• Mosca Grupo Nacional De Servicos, Brazil,
www.grupo-mosca.com.br
• Municipal Habitation Cleansing and
Environment Co Ltd., Hungary,
www.ftszv.hu
• MWH NV, Belgium,
www.mwhglobal.com
• Odense Renovation A/S, Denmark,
www.odensewaste.dk
• Österreichischer Städtebund, Austria,
www.staedtebund.gv.at
• Österreichischer Wasser- und
Abfallwirtschaftsverband, Austria,
www.oewav.at
• RAMBØLL, Denmark,
www.ramboll.com
• Renholdningsselskabet af 1898, Denmark,
www.R98.dk
• Renova, Sweden,
www.renova.se
• Sanypick, Spain,
www.sanypick.com
• SARP Industries, France,
www.sarpiweb.com
• Secit S.p.A., Italy,
www.secitspa.it
• Sibico International Ltd., Russia,
www.sibico.com
• SITA France, France,
www.sita.fr
• SLR Consulting Limited, United Kingdom,
www.slrconsulting.com
• Sudokwon Landfill site Management Corp.,
Republic of Korea,
www.slc.or.kr
• SYSAV, Sweden,
www.sysav.se
• TBF+Partner AG, Consulting Engineers, Switzerland,
www.tbf.ch
• Trisoplast Mineral Liners International BV,
Netherlands,
www.trisoplast.nl
• Valorsul, S.A., Portugal,
www.valorsul.pt
• Veolia Proprete, France,
www.veolia-proprete.com
• Vestforbrænding I/S, Denmark,
www.vestfor.dk
• ZoomLion Ghana Limited, Ghana,
www.zoomlionghana.com
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9. Sponsors
Get Value, Get Business –
Be an ISWA Sponsor
As an ISWA sponsor, your company or organization will
receive excellent exposure to global waste managers
and decision-makers. Exposure comes in many forms:
business contacts, introductions to suppliers and buyers,
conference presentation slots, exhibition halls, sharing
of the latest research and applied technologies, legislative
developments, and more.
of the work towards ISWA’s mission - to promote and
develop sustainable waste management worldwide.
ISWA would like therefore to give special thanks to the
Main Sponsors of 2010:
ISWA is where you need to be as the waste industry
undergoes some of the most significant changes ever
seen in terms of populations requiring service, and the
quantity of solid wastes and recyclable materials to
be managed.
Your company or organization, as the next ISWA sponsor,
will have the opportunity to improve its international
network, compare business development results,
and gain market share in targeted areas and global
regions. Sponsorship categories include Main Sponsor,
Annual Report Sponsor and Web Site Sponsor.
For more information on ISWA‘s different sponsorship
possibilities and benefits, please contact the ISWA
General Secretariat.
ISWA Main Sponsors 2010
The contributions of the Main Sponsors are crucial to
ISWA. With them ISWA is able to reach its objectives
with more impact and more sustainability. Often the assistance
of ISWA’s Main Sponsors goes beyond financial
help and evolves into mutual partnerships to the benefit
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Annual Report Sponsors 2010
ISWA would also like to give special thanks to the sponsors of the Annual Report 2010:

About the Report
ISWA’s mission is to promote sustainable waste
management. The ISWA Report 2010 provides a
comprehensive summary of the organisation’s
activities made towards fulfilling its mission during
the year 2009 and the first half of the year 2010.
Many of the indicators given in this report cover a
time span of at least three years in order to allow
the interpretation of trends. Furthermore the report
gives an overview on the organisational structure,
financial aspects and direct environmental impacts.
Thus the annual report considers various elements
of sustainability reporting.
ISWA publishes such a report each year. The report is
spread among the delegates of the ISWA World Congresses,
ISWA members, possible future members
and further interested persons.
For questions concerning the report please contact:
Gerfried Habenicht
Communications Manager
International Solid Waste Association
ISWA General Secretariat
Auerspergstrasse 15/41
A-1080 Vienna, Austria
E-Mail: ghabenicht@iswa.org
For more information, see www.iswa.org
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ISWA General Secretariat
Auerspergstrasse 15/41, A-1080 Vienna, Austria
iswa@iswa.org, www.iswa.org