Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München (AWM) - Waste Management Cooperation Munich
Munich’s campaign to reduce plastic waste, Germany

AWM's information campaign intended to draw Munich's attention to the plastic problem and to motivate people to avoid such waste.

Waste Management & Research ISWA
Approaching a zero-waste strategy by reuse in New York City: Challenges and potential Michael Lugo, Snehesh Shivananda Ail, Marco J Castaldi

In New York City (NYC), the aspiring target of zero waste to landfills is robustly engaging the often poorly understood solid waste management technique of reuse.

THE ZERO WASTE UTOPIA AND THE ROLE OF WASTE-TO-ENERGY Peter Quicker, Stefano Consonni, Mario Grosso

While there is no doubt that the prevention of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation should sit at the top of any public policy, industrial strategy and individual behaviour, just like reducing the consumption of energy, this proposition might mislead the public into thinking that waste can suddenly disappear if only we had the will to make it happen.

WEEE Centre
The WEEE Centre in Nairobi, Kenya and 15 Other Countries in Africa

The WEEE Centre, Nairobi Kenya offers recycling services for ICT waste to the general public, business, learning institutions, government and NGOs in East Africa working closely with social enterprise Close the Gap project. The increasing amount of E-waste has created a need to recycle them in an environment-friendly way and there are opportunities to reuse the ICT products to bridge technological gaps in low-income countries. Thus WEEE Centre works on the treatment of collected ICT waste by creating possibilities of reusing, dismantling and sourcing of downstream management in environmental compliance and has safely handled more than 10,000 tonnes of e-waste since inception.

2019 NYC Reuse Sector Report NYC Department of Sanitation

New York City's residents discard 3.1 million tons of waste every year. For the average New York City household, that amounts to around 1,990 pounds of material thrown away in one year. Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill has well-documented benefits, such as avoiding the costs of garbage collection and transportation and the associated environmental pollution. To understand the composition of the City's residential waste stream and inform planning for sustainable waste management , the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has performed waste characterization studies (WCS) since the late 1980s.

Samsung Newsroom
Samsung Electronics to Replace Plastic Packaging with Sustainable Materials

Under the company’s sustainability policy, Samsung plans to minimize and replace packaging with environmentally sustainable materials.

Werner Bauer
Broken glass everywhere

“It’s like a jungle sometimes It makes me wonder how I keep from going under.” Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

Recy&DepoTech 2018
Mine It Or Leave It - Integrating Landfilled Material Stocks Into Modern Resource Classification Frameworks Dr. Andrea Winterstetter Eddy Wille Peter Nagels Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Johann Fellner

As an integral part of holistic resource planning strategies, the efficient use of resources, including urban mining, recycling and re-use of waste, has received increasing attention in Europe.

The World Bank
Global Waste to Grow by 70 Percent by 2050 Unless Urgent Action is Taken: World Bank Report

Driven by rapid urbanization and growing populations, global annual waste generation is expected to jump to 3.4 billion tonnes over the next 30 years

University Stuttgart - ISWA
Ensuring clarity about the amount of biowaste helps to reduce it - University of Stuttgart, Germany

Research project carried out by ISWA, University Stuttgart

Abfallwirtschaftsbetrieb München (AWM) - Waste Management Cooperation Munich
Halle 2 – Munich's second hand store as nucleus of Reuse

Winner of the EUROCITIES Awards 2017 in the categorie "cooperation".

Plastic Bottle Village
Panamas Plastic Bottle Village

Plastic Bottle Village is changing the World with 5 cents, by introducing a new initiative in finding solutions to the invasion of PET plastic bottles on Isla Colon, Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Waste and Biomass Valorization, Volume 9
Introduction to the Concept of Particleboard Production from Mixtures of Sawdust and Dried Food Waste S. Vakalis, K. Moustakas, D. SemitekolosJ. Novakovic, D. Malamis, L. ZoumpoulakisM. Loizidou

The promotion of sustainable waste management strategies has been highlighted with the introduction of the Waste Framework Directive, which favors the waste management practices that extend the life-cycle of waste. A significant fraction of municipal solid waste consists from food waste, the treatment of which is done primarily by means of conventional methods like composting and anaerobic digestion. The scope of this manuscript is the production of particleboards from dried food waste, thus reusing the waste and extending significantly their life-cycle.

European Week of Waste Reduction
European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR)

The European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) is an initiative aiming to promote the implementation of awareness-raising actions about sustainable resource and waste management during a single week. It encourages a wide range of audiences (public authorities, private companies, civil society as well as citizens themselves) to get involved.

Zero Waste Scotland
Scottish Resources Conference: global experts gather to shape circular economy action

More than 400 delegates intent on shaping a more prosperous, sustainable future will be meeting in Scotland this September for the country’s premier circular economy event.

Reuse of building components Ute Dechantsreiter, Peter Horst, Referent: Andreas Lieberum

Cities and buildings are urban mines for raw materials and bind large quantities of valuable resources for various periods of time. In addition to the common recycling activities, primarily for mineral construction residues, a market for well-preserved 2nd hand structural components and materials is emerging.