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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 18 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 19
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