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entries so that they could be evaluated against each other on a uniform basis. This meant that the four judges were able to mark each of the entries against each other using these nine criteria. First place – T’aspetto fuori (Wait for you outside) This entry from the City of Prato, Italy was the clear winner overall. The judging panel were impressed by the very comprehensive approach adopted by the City to the promotion of separate collection of waste within the City, including the use of a wide variety of media. The calendar provided to every household gives details not only of the collection times but details of how to present the materials for collection and what types of material are acceptable. In addition there is guidance on how to effect waste minimisation in the household. Second place – Thank you for recycling This campaign was designed by the national packaging compliance scheme for Belgium, Fost Plus to thank citizens for their separation of household packaging waste for recycling. The campaign used a number of different ways to reinforce the good habits of separation of packaging waste items for separate collection, including posters in a number of different places, such as metro stations in Brussels, television advertising and magazine advertising. Third place – The year of glass The Non-Profit Organisation ÖKO-Pannon is the national packaging compliance scheme for Hungary that had identified that Hungary was not fulfilling its obligations for the separate collection of glass containers. Therefore it embarked on four ambitious promotional campaigns covering very different approaches to encourage the separation and collection of glass containers to ensure that every section of society could relate to the ambition of improving the collection of glass bottles. 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. 2011 ISWA Publication Award Winners The winner of the ISWA Publication Award for 2011 is a review article by Dr Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan and his co-authors: Waihung Lo, G. Chan and Mika E. T. Sillanpää. Biological Processes for Treatment of Landfill Leachate was published in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring volume 12, pp 2032-47 in 2010. The review covers a literature survey of 188 papers published between 1976 and 2010 with a critical analysis of the technical applicability of a range of biological treatments for leachate treatment. The main techniques evaluated for their advantages and limitations are: activated sludge, sequencing batch reactors, aerated lagoons and upflow anaerobic sludge blankets. From the review no single treatment is applicable for removing recalcitrant contaminants from leachate. Therefore a combination of physical and biological techniques will be needed to provide effective leachate treatment. The second place was taken by a book Municipal Solid Waste Management in Asia and the Pacific Islands edited by Professor P. Agamuthu based in Malaysia and Professor Masaru Tanaka based in Japan. This book shows the progress made in waste management in the World’s most economically dynamic region through a number of detailed case studies. 30 The third place was held by the two volume tome Solid Waste Technology and Management by Thomas H. Christensen of the Technical University of Denmark based in Copenhagen and his associates. Solid Waste Technology and Management provides a comprehensive approach to making waste management sustainable. This work builds on the research on life cycle analysis which made Thomas Christensen and his colleagues previous winners of the ISWA Publication Award in 2009.
4. Environment Through its activities ISWA minimises the environmental impacts of the global economy. The diffusion of knowhow on sustainable waste management triggers future oriented initiatives in the diverse member countries. Thus ISWA contributes to a healthy environment, to climate protection and to a sensible management of our planet’s limited resources. Nevertheless, ISWA’s activities have some negative direct environmental impacts. Especially the international conferences require energy and resources. ISWA regards these impacts as necessary initial ‘environmental investment’ which will pay off manifold through the promotion and implementation of sustainable waste initiatives. Still, also the direct environmental impacts such as flights and sustainable waste management in the conference hotels need to be handled. ISWA strives to reduce these direct impacts. Sustainable events ISWA is committed to making its congresses and conferences an example of good waste- and resource management. All local hosts, co-organisers, hotels and conference venues should consider - and in the future will be obliged to consider - ISWA’s environmental standards for sustainable events. The ISWA Working Group on Recycling and Waste Minimisation is in the process of elaborating internal guidelines and a new checklist for sustainable ISWA events. This new checklist will contain compulsory, desirable and optional items. It is intended to make this checklist an incorporated part of any agreement ISWA concludes with event co-organisers as soon as it is finalised and approved by the Board. The following preliminary check list titled “ISWA Standards for Sustainable Events” has been communicated to the local hosts of this year’s World Congress in Korea, and has already been taken into account – and for the most part fulfilled - at the 2011 Beacon Conference on Waste Prevention and Recycling in Vienna: Planning / Promotion • Use electronic media to reduce paper use • Offer electronic registration and promote the event electronically via website and e-mail • Use recycled paper and print on both sides • In all communications with exhibitors and contractors request that waste and packaging be reduced Travel Selection • Inform the delegates about the possibilities of Carbon Offsetting • Distance between conference venue and airport: Conference venue can be reached within 40 min via public transport; the conference programme provides a detailed description on how delegates can arrive and depart via public transport • Offer multiday traveller tickets for the duration of the conference to promote public transport use 31
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