ISWA 2015General assembly, National member meeting and World Congress

Nicolas Marino Proietti

Stjórn FENÚR

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27/10/2015

ISWA International Solid Waste Association

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• 208 members in 51 countries

ISWA World congress 2015 - Antwerp

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Nordic National members meeting

• Antwerp – 5th September 2015

• FENÚR was the host for this year

• National members representatives from SE, NO, DK – Finland missing• Avfall Norge• Avfall Sverige• Dakofa (DK)• FENÚR (IS)

• ISWA general assembly agenda was discussed

• Keep good contact with National members of the North European region

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General assembly / National members meeting

• Climate change declaration – signed

• ISWA Growing structure with stable membership numbers

• Seek memberships in developing countries (Africa, Asia, South America)

• ISWA is not represented enough in media at national level

• Members of national members does not feel the need to apply for ISWA membership

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ISWA membership

• ISWA membership offers access to the member area with large amount of online publications, access to a global network, discounts in different ISWA events, access to ISWA working groups, etc.

• Promoting sustainable waste management worldwide • World Congresses

• Beacon Conferences

• Study Tours

• Working Group Meetings

• Workshops

• Summer Schools

• ISWA has established Working Groups on: • Biological Treatment of Waste • Collection and Transportation Technology • Communication • Hazardous Waste • Healthcare Waste • Legal Issues • Recycling and Waste Minimization • Landfill • Energy Recovery • Climate Change and Waste Management

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Task Force on Resource Management

• A series of reports on the circular economy concepts and applications

• Video – Waste: The Golden Resource

Download:http://www.iswa.org/iswa/iswa-groups/task-forces/

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The conference

• 1200 delegates from more than 90 countries

• Participants are Gov. organizations, NGOs, companies, Universities, individuals

• Great knowledge sharing and network opportunities

• Next year General Assembly and World Congress in Novi Sad, Serbia, 19-21 September 2016

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http://www.iswa2016.org/

News FENÚR• New website in building

• Suitable for mobile and tabs• Improvement in events display• Improvement in document sharing

• Visit in Iceland of Dakofa members next summer• Opportunity for meeting with FENÚR members ?

• Exhibition on Environment and Recycling in Perlan 9-10th of September 2015• Participation of FENÚR• Great opportunity for all WM Icelandic companies to shine !!!

• Proposal for GHG emissions reduction from the WM sector

• Participation in political process

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New website FENÚR

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Nicolas Marino Proietti

CEO and Head of development

Verkfræðingur / Engineer MSc

Tel: (+354) 842 5864

Email: nicolas@re-source.is

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