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As discussed inside Global WtERT Council we are now in the process of taking the small step towards the new website wasteculture.com. I am convinced that this also will help the common cause to foster WtE techniques who need more acceptance in society.

The Fortifying Infrastructure for Responsible Extinguishment (FIRE) project aims to phase out the use of toxic fluorinated firefighting foams and replace them with safer alternatives at major airports in Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa.

Under the Government’s Plan for Change, move will stop the flood of litter on to nation’s streets and protect young people from getting hooked on nicotine

The DUH's call for a ban on disposable e-cigarettes is supported by a broad alliance of 16 organizations.

Today, the European Commission adopted the 2025-2030 working plan for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Energy Labelling Regulation.

Abstracts From the BKAWE'25” are from Volume 2 of the series ‘Waste Management and Energy’ from TK Verlag

The current transformation phase of industry in the context of sustainability goals brings new requirements that go beyond thermal treatment as a safe pollutant sink.

The current transformation phase of industry in the context of sustainability goals brings new requirements that go beyond thermal treatment as a safe pollutant sink.

Ban on sale and supply of single-use vapes in England to come into force on 1 June 2025

How the Hong Kong Convention will ensure safe and environmentally sound recycling of ships at the end of their operational lives

Governments gathered in Geneva have advanced in the process to establish a science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution prevention

A new form of pollution is conquering the Swiss environment and creating challenges for waste management: disposable e-cigarettes.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts found that Belgium demonstrates commitment to the safe management of its radioactive waste and spent fuel, while also noting opportunities to enhance the national policies and arrangements for eventual disposal.

‘The safety of workers is compromised, the damage to plant runs into millions’

After the recent accession of Bangladesh and Liberia, the International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships will enter into force in two years time. The Hong Kong Convention sets mandatory standards for the recycling of seagoing ships and regarding materials used on board.

"Sustainable Waste Management: The Forefront of Innovation" was the topic under which Prof. Marco Castaldi's organising team gathered a wide range of presentations from around the world:

In this study, the status of healthcare waste generation and treatment, management system in Korea was investigated to figure out the overall status.

To realize a circular economy and carbon neutrality, it is necessary to improve factors that impede recycling, such as plastic waste treatment in the informal sector and manage hazardous substances in plastics for safety.

Microplastics (MPs) derived from plastic wastes have attracted wide attention throughout the world due to the wide distribution, easy transition, and potential threats to organisms.

Hospital and medical wastes are disposed in tens of thousands of dedicated incinerators or are autoclaved to destroy pathogens and then landfilled. However, over a hundred cities which have waste to energy (WTE) power plants fueled by municipal solid waste, use these plants to co-combust medical wastes. This report identified forty one such plants, located in a dozen nations, which in total co-combust about 90,000 tons of medical waste annually. The medical waste represented an average of 2.4% of the total amount of wastes combusted in these WTE power plants. Generally, the medical wastes are collected at the point of origin in puncture resistant, leakproof and sealed containers which are transported to WTE plants and are mechanically conveyed to the WTE furnace.

Bulgaria: Disposal of the most dangerous locations with buried pesticides

Recent updates from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) highlight changes to laws and regulations brought about by the implementation of the Circular Economy Package (CEP) - transposition into UK law.

This assessment provides a status report on cytotoxic waste management in Western Balkans (WB) using data from the International Solid Waste Associations, with a focus on the national member countries.