News from the President


David NewmanDear Friends, Colleagues and ISWA Members

These weeks are really intense periods for ISWA and its representatives participating in conferences globally. Personally I have been welcomed in Finland, London, Norway and Cyprus in the last few weeks, and have spoken to the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi end of May. Colleagues have also been in Brussels with the EU, in Oslo for a Beacon Conference, and were previously in Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Malaysia and Argentina. Our stand at the Munich IFAT trade fair was overwhelmed for four days and I enjoyed meeting many old friends there. My final trip before the summer is to the July CESS conference in Singapore, always a high level event, and I hope to see you there.

At the same time ISWA is organising workshops, study tours and the staff are busy working on the 2016 Annual Congress to be held in Serbia in September. Registrations are already higher than Antwerp at the same time last year, so if you haven't registered and found a hotel, do it immediately!

Has all this running around achieved anything? Well, the UNEA Assembly adopted a resolution on chemicals and waste calling upon producers from the private sector to contribute more to waste recovery, as requested in my rather angry speech. And discussions at EU level always are useful to helping us all to understand new models of business in a more circular economy, and how the Commission foresees implementing policies.

It seems clear to me that we are about to go through a revolution driven by data, new technologies such as robotics, and new materials entering the waste streams. From my meetings around the world, it seems our industry is not ready for these challenges so speaking about the future is really important in this moment. See you soon.

David Newman
President, ISWA


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