Urban Cleanliness

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Welcome to WtERT Decision Support System  

The WtERT DSS is an open source web infrastructure that presents essential solutions for sustainable waste management and provides a database pooling the experience gained by all the national/regional GWC organizations and their partners.

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Werner Bauer, Vicepresident GWC



 
VIVO Kommunalunternehmen für Abfall-Vermeidung, Information und Verwertung im Oberland
A new life for old treasures - a second chance for discarded items
The flea market at the Warngau recycling center brings discarded treasures directly back into the cycle.
Experts / Involved Parties
Dr. Rafael Muniz
Independent Engineer and Researcher.
M.Sc. Civ Eng Torben Kristiansen
Ramboll
Professor Enrique Posada Restrepo
WtERT Colombia, HATCH, Grupo Pospin
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Diana Butron
Reccomendation on Waste and Landfills
Human-caused methane emissions can be reduced by up to 45 per cent by 2030
Diana Butron
ESA publishes report on sustainable transition into the ETS
The 14th of September the Environmental Services Association (ESA) published a report on how the EfW sector can undergo a sustainable transition into the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
Diana Butron
France installs new ruling on fruit and vegetable plastic packaging
The government in France has installed a new ruling which establishes which fruits and vegetables are allowed to continue to be sold in a plastic packaging.
Diana Butron
EU Commission Published Delegated Legal Act
At the end of July, the EU Commission published its delegated act to concretise the taxonomy regulation which was approved in principle at the middle of the same month.
Diana Butron
Zero Waste Cities - Europe
Cities all over the globe have been joining the Zero Waste movement regardless of their starting point, economy, size, or any other factor.
Council of the EU
Council adopts new regulation on batteries and waste batteries
The regulation will regulate the entire life cycle of batteries – from production to reuse and recycling – and ensure that they are safe, sustainable and competitive.
Zero Waste Europe
Influential studies on reusable take-away packaging found to be biased in favour of single-use
Heavily cited studies which favour single-use over reuse often lack transparency and have implicit biases against reuse due to funders’ interests, cherrypicked scenarios and false assumptions, according to a new report by Reloop and Zero Waste Europe.
Changing Markets Foundation
Retail scandal exposes weakness of EU legal proposal
Most clothes donated to H&M, C&A and others to be saved were actually destroyed, forgotten or sent to Africa
Dutch Waste Management Association
Dutch waste associations NVRD and DWMA want government support to combat laughing gas canisters
‘The safety of workers is compromised, the damage to plant runs into millions’
Umwelt Bundesamt
Better recycling of boats
Digital product passport can help recycle fibre-reinforced composite materials
ITAD
Dr. Bastian Wens becomes new ITAD Managing Director
The ITAD board of directors appointed the 40-year-old to succeed Carsten Spohn, who died suddenly and unexpectedly in November 2022.
It is with profound sadness that we learnt about the passing of Marcel van Berlo
Accomplished inventor, dedicated advocate for global waste management and good friend
European Union
Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions
Identifying Members States at risk of not meeting the 2025 preparing for re-use and recycling target for municipal waste, the 2025 recycling target for packaging waste and the 2035 municipal waste landfilling reduction target
Studio Markus Heinsdorff
Aruhsa house, Tansania - Houses built with plastic bottles save resources
Arusha House shows how creative a free spirit can be with used plastic bottles.
European Parliament
Making batteries more sustainable, more durable and better-performing
On Wednesday, Parliament approved new rules for the design, production and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU.
European Environment Agency
Many EU Member States risk missing waste recycling targets
Reducing waste or recovering its value by extending product lifespans or recycling are key parts of Europe’s efforts to create a circular economy which contributes to the European Green Deal’s sustainability goals.