The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) have the honour to welcome you to the ISWA World Congress 2017 taking place 25th - 27th September 2017, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

The ISWA World Congress 2017 organizing committee and Waste Management & Research (WM&R) jointly invite authors to both submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations during the ISWA World Congress 2017, and to additionally submit a full paper of the abstract for the WM&R ISWA World Congress and SWANA’s WASTECON 2017, Special Issue, containing the best papers of this world-leading Congress. Introduce the results of your academic or scientific research to an international audience!

The ISWA World Congress in 2017 will attract more than 3,000 participants from all around the world representing academia, industry, international organizations, local, regional and national government representatives and other decision making bodies.

The topics, until now, include:

• Climate Change
• Circular Economy
• Closing Dumpsites
• Resource Management
• Smart Technologies
• Energy Recovery

The deadline for submissions is 15th January. For full information on how to submit an abstract, the themes & topics and the procedure, please take a look at the call in full here.