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# Wasteless Future

Antonis Mavropoulos

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- [IND 4.0 against food wastage](https://wastelessfuture.com/ind-4-0-against-food-wastage/) - D-Waste is contributing to the fight against food loss and waste by launching the report IND 4.0 against food wastage. It has been estimated that about one third of the food produced is lost and wasted, such a high scale of waste also involves significant resource, energy, environmental and socio-economic impacts. Currently, the issue of food waste prevention
- [Foreword by Dimitris Kaliampakos](https://wastelessfuture.com/foreword-by-dimitris-kaliampakos/) - The second preface for our book "Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy: Towards a Wasteless Future or a Wasteful Planet?" (click here) is written by my good friend Dimitris Kaliampakos, Dean of the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens and President of the Associated research Centers for the Urban
- [Foreword by Ad Lansink](https://wastelessfuture.com/foreword-by-ad-lansink/) - It was a great honour for both me and Anders Waage Nielsen to have three great prefaces to our book. Today we are publishing, with the relevant permission from Wiley Publishers, the first preface written by my good friend and kind of mentor for his intelligence and creativity Ad Lansink, founder of the waste hierarchy Author
- [Coronavirus is a health emergency - Dumpsites are a pandemic](https://wastelessfuture.com/coronavirus-is-a-health-emergency-dumpsites-are-a-pandemic/) - Who knows how many new viruses and diseases are prepared due to the co-evolution of hundreds of million people with uncontrolled disposal practices, with dumpsites full of insects and rats, with toxic substances in soil and water, with a chemically polluted food chain? The whole world deals with the updates regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) infections.
- [COVID-19 requires more and better waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/covid-19-requires-more-and-better-waste-management/) - The coronavirus crisis is ongoing, and our world is already swimming in unchartered waters. We all wish that it will come over as soon as possible, with the least amount of people infected and lost. During this difficult period, we all need to prioritize public health protection above any individual, political or business interest and
- [China Ban & Marine Litter: the end of the "business as usual" era](https://wastelessfuture.com/china-ban-marine-litter-the-end-of-the-business-as-usual-era/) - This is a part of my lecture during the opening ceremony of ISWA's Annual Congress in Kuala Lumpur (22/10/2018). It refers to China Ban and Marine Litter and it highlights their common characteristics, while it ends with a call for urgent action for tackling the waste management challenge in the developing world. "We at ISWA
- [Circular Economy & Recycling: it's not as it seems](https://wastelessfuture.com/circular-economy-recycling-its-not-as-it-seems/) - What will be the benefits if we recycle 100% of the recyclables inside the waste streams? What Recycling means for the efforts towards Circular Economy? What is the rebound effect? Why the concept of Circular Economy as it is usually presented is misleading and what are the missing components? Here are my thoughts, let me
- [Call for contributions: the 4th Industrial Revolution in practice](https://wastelessfuture.com/call-for-contributions-the-4th-industrial-revolution-in-practice/) - The 4th Industrial Revolution goes on and its impacts are becoming gradually an integral part of our daily experiences. Take the examples of drone; their use to monitor landfills is now a promising business field and it’s going to deliver more, as Nicolas Marino Proietti, CEO and founder of ReSource International recently wrote in ISWA’s
- [Deposit Return Schemes: answering the right questions](https://wastelessfuture.com/deposit-return-schemes-answering-the-right-questions/) - This a post written by Adam Read, External Affairs Director of SUEZ UK. I follow Adam for many years and I found his writings very interesting and eye-opening for some of the most crucial issues of our industry. He is an experienced waste management academic and consultant with over 21 years' of sector experience from
- [Martin Luther King, Environmental Justice and Waste Management](https://wastelessfuture.com/martin-luther-king-environmental-justice-and-waste-management/) - Fifty years ago, on April 4, 1968, as Martin Luther King was getting ready for dinner, he was shot and killed on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. We know now that his death is one of the geological events that shaped the current social and political landscape worldwide. But few people know that his
- [No place for plastics in circular economy?](https://wastelessfuture.com/no-place-for-plastics-in-circular-economy/) - This is a post by Luc De Rooms. Luc, who has written again for my blog, has 35 years experience in environmental and waste issues. He was for 10 years, Project Manager, Underground Waste Containers, with the city of Antwerp, the largest city in Belgium. Since September 2015 he’s Project Manager for Innovative Waste Management in
- [HomeBiogas: the household food waste treatment plant!](https://wastelessfuture.com/homebiogas-the-household-food-waste-treatment-plant/) - I am following for several months the company HomeBiogas, a revolutionary backyard appliance that transforms leftover food-waste into biogas, capable for 2 hours of cooking per day, and organic, liquid fertiliser. What impresses me is the scale of HomeBiogas products. With less than US $ 1000, you can buy a household anaerobic digester that can provide the
- [Reality Check: Bans and Taxes for single use plastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/reality-check-bans-and-taxes-for-single-use-plastics/) - We are leaving in a world that generates 17,000 plastics bottles per second. This means a million bottles per minute or, roughly, half a trillion bottles in 2021 or 62 plastic bottles / cap/ year. We have just started to realize that plastics are so successful as materials that even if we want we can’t
- [The Horse Manure Crisis and Circular Economy - PART 2](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-horse-manure-crisis-and-circular-economy-part-2/) - This post is the second part of my thoughts on the Great Horse Manure Crisis. It is better to read it after the first part. So, back then, when horses were completely replaced by cars, it sure seemed like pollution was something of the past. But knowing what we know now about greenhouse emissions and
- [Do self-aware Robots deserve legal rights?](https://wastelessfuture.com/do-self-aware-robots-deserve-legal-rights/) - Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already all around us; it conveniently serves us personalized internet adds, it composes music, it writes news stories, it already outperforms people in a number of traditionally white-collar and blue collar professions, giving large corporations the opportunity to cut their production costs replacing human workers with machines. With advances in computing power
- [The end of Startups as we know them](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-end-of-startups-as-we-know-them/) - Silicon Valley is supposed to be a place where a couple of guys in a garage or a dorm room can start companies that change the world. It happened with Apple and Microsoft in the 1970s, AOL in the 1980s, Amazon, Yahoo, and Google in the 1990s, and Facebook in the 2000s. For the past
- [Roomba is a data sweeper that sweeps dust too!](https://wastelessfuture.com/roomba-is-a-data-sweeper-that-sweeps-dust-too/) - iRobot, the maker of Roomba cleaning robot, made big news last month when an interview with its CEO mentioned plans to sell the map data of customers’ homes to third parties. The company immediately launched damage control measures and the CEO is spreading assurances that this was all just a big misunderstanding. It all started with an interview in Reuters, in which
- [Waste is Information! A great new book](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-is-information-a-great-new-book/) - I exchanged some emails with Dietmar Offenhuber few years ago, when I was trying to persuade Carlo Ratti to participate in an ISWA event on megacities and waste management in Singapore. Back then, Dietmar was involved in the famous Trash Track project an initial investigation into understanding the waste 'removal-chain' in urban areas. He was kind
- [Wasted Health in Alabama...](https://wastelessfuture.com/wasted-health-in-alabama/) - In 2015, I wrote the report "Wasted Health" trying to describe the vast health impacts posed by dumpsites, mainly in the developing world, where dumpsites and lack of proper waste management are already a health emergency. But as the story below describes, the human right to good health is systematically violated by the lack of
- [The horse manure crisis and the 4th Industrial Revolution - Part 1](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-horse-manure-crisis-and-the-4th-industrial-revolution-part-1/) - In 1898 the first international urban planning conference convened in New York. One topic dominated discussion: manure. Cities all over the world were experiencing the same problem. Horses were a staple of 19 -century cities: all transportation, whether of goods or people, depended on them. London, for example, had 11,000 horse-drawn cabs; several thousand buses,
- [Images from a warming planet](https://wastelessfuture.com/images-from-a-warming-planet/) - Today I have the pleasure to host a different but exciting post from the photographer Ashley Cooper. I was astonished by his work "Images from a warming planet' , a collection of 495 photographs that document climate change impacts all around the world. In brief, Ashley Cooper, in 1986, he became the first person to climb every 3000
- [Biofuels are not necessarily better fuels: we need a systemic view](https://wastelessfuture.com/biofuels-are-not-necessarily-better-fuels-we-need-a-systemic-view/) - Biofuels have long been touted as a carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuels, doing for the world’s planes, ships and automobiles what windfarms and solar panels are doing for its electricity grids. Green biofuels could be an important ingredient of the zero emissions future envisioned by the Paris climate agreement. On paper, biofuels seem the ideal replacement for
- [Augmented Reality redefines working  and workspaces](https://wastelessfuture.com/augmented-reality-redefines-working-and-workspaces/) - My regular readers know that I have written again about Augmented Reality and its potential to support Circular Economy and Waste Prevention. But I feel that the potential of Augmented Reality has just begun to unfold. Augmented Reality superimposes computer-generated images and overlays information on a user's real-world view. Virtual reality takes this a step
- [Alternative plastics: Beyond branding](https://wastelessfuture.com/alternative-plastics-beyond-branding/) - The Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy initiative recently published a statement calling for a ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging. Oxo-degradable plastics, most commonly used for carrier bags and food packaging, are actually contributing to pollution and pose an environmental risk as they break down and enter our coastal and marine areas. These microplastics are becoming
- [Is Waste Hierarchy a misleading principle?](https://wastelessfuture.com/is-waste-hierarchy-a-misleading-principle/) - Today I have the pleasure to publish a short but thought - provoking post from my good friend Simon Peter Penney. You can find more about him at the end of the post and you can follow him on Twitter (@thewastethinker) and read his writings at his blog. I enjoyed his article because he questions
- [Coming back from Haiti](https://wastelessfuture.com/coming-back-from-haiti/) - Sometimes photos say as much as thousands words. Here are some photos form Port Au Prince, the capital of Haiti. I uploaded not the worst as I saw in Port Au Prince and not the best of course. As IDB colleagues told me, a lot of the disaster waste has been removed and the situation
- [Let's speak about Waste To Energy...](https://wastelessfuture.com/lets-speak-about-waste-to-energy/) - Since I joined ISWA, almost 13 years ago, one of the best things that ISWA offered me is the opportunity to meet some guys like the one who is interviewed today, Mr. Hakan Rylander, CEO of the SYSAV Company Group. I would say that SYSAV is a role model company in WtE so I consider a
- [Globalisation and waste management - the report is published](https://wastelessfuture.com/globalisation-and-waste-management-the-report-is-published/) - It took us almost four years of hard work, more than ten specially organised events (from Singapore to Buenos Aires), cooperation with almost 50 different scientists worldwide and hundreds of days writing and editing but the final report on Globalisation and Waste Management is published and you can download it from http://www.iswa.org/fileadmin/galleries/Task_Forces/TFGWM_Report_GWM_LR.pdf The report has
- [D-waste is here  - Join us](https://wastelessfuture.com/d-waste-is-here-join-us/) - Dear friends and colleagues I am really happy to inform you that something I was dreaming and planning for almost two years, something that I have shared with a lot of you as an idea, it has finally been realized. D-waste is here and you can see it at www.d-waste.com. D-waste is a global initiative
- [Future Trend #5: Marine litter science is the equivalent of Mars exploration for the recycling & waste management industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/future-trend-5-marine-litter-science-is-the-equivalent-of-mars-exploration-for-the-recycling-waste-management-industry/) - Many people were surprised by the recent NASA announcement that evidence was found for summertime water flows on Mars. Well, this is something that could change completely our perception regarding other planets. “Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past,” said Nasa’s Jim Green. I believe that marine
- [China's stock market crisis and recycling Trend #4: Market volatility and emerging business models](https://wastelessfuture.com/chinas-stock-market-crisis-and-recycling-trend-4-market-volatility-and-emerging-business-models/) - I have to thank you for the enthusiastic emails I received for the previous 3 blogs on future trends for recycling and waste management - however, it will be very useful of some of you would publish their views as comments, rather sending them directly to me - in any case it is obvious that
- [10 trends that will reshape waste management - Trend #1: Internet of Things](https://wastelessfuture.com/10-trends-that-will-reshape-waste-management-trend-1-internet-of-things/) - Following my latest blog, I will continue writing about the 10 trends that will reshape what is called "waste management" today. It is mentioned that Circular Economy is not included in this list because it is considered more as a background concept that influences all the current trends and less as a trend itself (see my
- [Wasted Health: dumpsites are global health emergency](https://wastelessfuture.com/wasted-health-dumpsites-are-global-health-emergency/) - At the same time the world makes huge steps to use mobile phones for health protection (as it the recent case where mobile phone records can be used to predict the geographical spread and timing of Dengue epidemics - See more here), important elementary problems that concern billions are still ignored. And of course we
- [Star Wars: The Force Awakens  - how about the recycling and waste industry?](https://wastelessfuture.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-how-about-the-recycling-and-waste-industry/) - Few hours before the official release of the new Star Wars sequel (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) the buzz about the movie has skyrocketed. Harrison Ford revealed how his leg was almost broken by hydraulic forces. The new movie is expected by decades of millions of impatient Star Wars fans. But the same is true for
- [Climate Change is as alarming as Paris Attacks!](https://wastelessfuture.com/climate-change-is-as-alarming-as-paris-attacks/) - We are all aware of the recent Paris Attacks by ISIS that resulted in a massacre. At least 89 people were killed inside the Bataclan concert hall, while at least 29 died at three restaurants. More than 350 were injured and many remain in hospitals. Although we are still shocked, we do hope that Paris will
- [COP 21: No deal on Climate Change without Climate Justice](https://wastelessfuture.com/cop-21-no-deal-on-climate-change-without-climate-justice/) - As the European Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete announced that EU is ready to work day and night for a right climate deal in Paris, it was really out of my control to combine and compare this statement with the EU’s statements and the actions taken for the refugees. "The EU will fight
- [COP21 & Climate Finance, investment or assistance?](https://wastelessfuture.com/cop21-climate-finance-investment-or-assistance/) - As the discussions in Paris are getting hotter, some serious dilemmas are getting more obvious – unfortunately, we are still far away from having a common and targeted response to the questions posed. Let’s see the example of Bangladesh. With a population of 140 million, Bangladesh is one of the world's most populated countries. It
- [Circular Economy or Space Race?](https://wastelessfuture.com/circular-economy-or-space-race/) - Maybe the whole world speaks about Climate Change and COP21(as I did three times last week at this blog) and the on-going negotiations (by the way, you can read an excellent article on how to speak like climate negotiator at Scientific American), but there are two other issues that should not be lost, especially for
- [Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone](https://wastelessfuture.com/merry-christmas-and-a-happy-new-year-to-everyone/)
- [Mumbai dumpsite fire can be seen from space!](https://wastelessfuture.com/mumbai-dumpsite-fire-can-be-seen-from-space/) - Few months ago, in the report “Wasted Health” published by ISWA, it was clearly mentioned that dumpsites are becoming a global health emergency. Both the authors (me and David Newman) couldn’t imagine that the fire that started recently in Deonar, Mumbai’s 132 hectares oldest dumpsite, that receives 4,000 tons of waste per day, will be
- [Design, sustainability and the 4th Industrial Revolution](https://wastelessfuture.com/design-sustainability-and-the-4th-industrial-revolution/) - This is a post prepared by Rhiannon Hunt. Rhiannon is a researcher and award-winning designer currently completing a Ph.D. focused on product design for a circular economy in Industry 4.0 with the Centre for Sustainable Design ® at the University for the Creative Arts, Surrey. With a background in environmental science, she is passionate about promoting
- [A new method to evaluate materials substitution sustainability](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-new-method-to-evaluate-materials-substitution-sustainability/) - This is a post prepared by the researcher Elza Bontempi, an Engineer with Ph.D in Materials from Engineering, from the INSTM and Chemistry for Technologies Laboratory, University of Brescia. Her doctoral studies were mainly focused on thin films characterization using advanced X-Ray scattering techniques, in collaboration with CNRS of Grenoble (France). In 2000 she obtained a permanent position
- [Self-Driving Technology To Reduce Traffic, Improve Cities](https://wastelessfuture.com/self-driving-technology-to-reduce-traffic-improve-cities/) - This post is written by Allison Crady, a Marketing Specialist for a commercial construction conglomerate, including CDF Distributors and Fast Partitions. Allison is in favor of an intelligent optimism and hopes that Artificial Intelligence will make our world better. Enjoy her blog post. "With the Uber self-driving fleet trial platoon in Pittsburgh, it’s only a
- [Aquapak: New Plastic Economy in Practice](https://wastelessfuture.com/aquapak-new-plastic-economy-in-practice/) - The New Plastic Economy Report has created a good impact and set the scene for an in - depth discussion for the future of the plastic industry and its adaptation to the Circular Economy framework. However, few companies up to now have presented realistic and immediately applicable solutions. I am really glad to present you one
- [Lyft, General Motors and the future of driverless waste management and recycling](https://wastelessfuture.com/lyft-general-motors-and-the-future-of-driverless-waste-management-and-recycling/) - The recent news about General Motors' 500 million dollars investment in Lyft, laid out GM's plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars with the ride-sharing service. "We think our business and personal mobility will change more in the next five years than the last 50," GM President Dan Ammann said in an interview with Reuters. The
- [Upcycling: turning food waste to protein!](https://wastelessfuture.com/upcycling-turning-food-waste-to-protein/) - This is a post written by Domantas Tracevicius who is involved a lot in waste recycling, sewage sludge management and composting. Recently, he registered his start-up company Insectum in Lithuania and joined other insect growers in International Platform for Insects as Food and Feed (IPIFF), which feature many insect growers, including other BSF larvae growers, such as Agriprotein
- [Why wasting less is not enough](https://wastelessfuture.com/why-wasting-less-is-not-enough/) - Today, I am happy to publish a contribution by Ramy Salemdeeb, a resource efficiency and waste management consultant at Ricardo Energy and Environment. For some years I was enjoying his blog Zero Waste MENA, a regional initiative to promote sustainable practices in the Middle East and North Africa, and speaking frankly, I had created some expectations about his future.
- [Are we heading towards a Carbon Bubble?](https://wastelessfuture.com/are-we-heading-towards-a-carbon-bubble/) - It seems that there is a growing doubt regarding the efficiency and the results that will be achieved through the Carbon market. Even worst, recent findings document that there is a potential for a Carbon Bubble which will have tremendous negative effects to carbon trading and subsequently to the efforts for Climate Change abatement.
- [Fashionistas push for waste prevention](https://wastelessfuture.com/fashionistas-push-for-waste-prevention/) - Source: fashionindustrynetwork.com Last 10 years we watch a global shift from end of pipe waste management to waste prevention and reuse concepts. This shift clearly moves us closer to resource management optimization processes rather than the typical waste management activities. It concerns more industrial supply chains than the waste management industry and the usual end of
- [Greece's collapse and the EU Titanic](https://wastelessfuture.com/greeces-collapse-and-the-eu-titanic/) - The Greek drama is going to its end within next 30 – 50 days. And as it is well known from the ancient Greek drama, no matter if the end will be a happy one, the major messages have already sent and their importance is global. Greeks themselves have done a lot of nasty
- [Asbestos: A verdict with worldwide consequences!](https://wastelessfuture.com/asbestos-a-verdict-with-worldwide-consequences/) - It was February 14th, 2012, when a historic decision was made by an Italian Court in Turin. After a 12 years legal procedure and investigation, Stephan Schmidheiny (65 years old), owner of the Swiss-Belgian industrial group Eternit (ETEX), which was in turn a major shareholder of the Italian subsidiary of Eternit between 1976 and 1986
- [Emerging waste management systems: ISWA/APESB conference in Angola, June 25-28, 2012](https://wastelessfuture.com/emerging-waste-management-systems-iswaapesb-conference-in-angola-june-25-28-2012/) - We are all aware of the importance of waste management in developing countries. Even more, we are all aware of the fact that the countries who need desparately appropriate waste management services and infrastructure in order to provide an elementary level of health and environmental protection are the ones who do not and sometimes can
- [Greek Rescue: are you kidding?](https://wastelessfuture.com/greek-rescue-are-you-kidding/) - I closed my previous post (Greece’s collapse and the EU Titanic) writing that “As far as Germany, the captain of the Titanic, does not change its behavior, even if Greeks manage to do their best, they will manage to collapse as first class passengers”. Well, I was wrong. According the discussions between troika and the
- [ISWA 2012 Congress: the new benchmark for ISWA events](https://wastelessfuture.com/iswa-2012-congress-the-new-benchmark-for-iswa-events/) - ISWA 2012 World Solid Waste Congress (see web-site) will take place in Florence, Italy, from September 15th to 19th. As long as I am involved in ISWA I have never seen a more detailed, in-time and efficient preparation and it seems that due to that preparation a very successful event is prepared. I thought
- [Marine Litter: not just an environmental threat but an economic catastrophe too](https://wastelessfuture.com/marine-litter-not-just-an-environmental-threat-but-an-economic-catastrophe-too/) - Source: Ecopaparazzi I am sure that everyone knows about the problem of ocean plastics. This is one of the most important global waste management problems. Just think about it for a while. Here are some facts: • The average concentration is estimated around 46.000 plastic pieces/ sq. mile • There are cases where plastic waste is
- [The problem is not with waste but with climate!](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-problem-is-not-with-waste-but-with-climate/) - This post is a really important contribution from my friend Martin Steiner (General manager of TBU Austria - see www.tbu-austria.com) and Ulrich Wiegel (Consulting Engineer, see www.icu-berlin.de). I found the article very interesting and speaking frankly very close to my own perceptions about the difficulties in addressing climate change issues. It also fits a lot with my previous
- [Waste management in global cities](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-management-in-global-cities/) - This is the first post of two that address the issue of waste management in global cities and megacities.I will try to resume some of my major findings during last two years. There will be a special event dedicated to waste management and global cities at the World Cities Summit 2012 and soon the whole program will
- [Smart waste management: Power to the people!](https://wastelessfuture.com/smart-waste-management-power-to-the-people/) - This post is the second one which is dedicated to address the issue of waste management in global cities and megacities. In the previous one (see waste management in global cities ) I concluded that we need to apply Complexity Theory techniques in order to manage waste management systems in global cities. In this one, I
- [ORBIT Conference 2012: Global assessment for organic resources and waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/orbit-conference-2012-global-assessment-for-organic-resources-and-waste-management/) - This is a contibution by Anne Trémier, a colleague I met during the Summer School on Biological and Thermal Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste, in Napoli, Italy, 2-6 May 2011 (see http://www.iat.unina.it/summerschool/home.html). Anne is a researcher at IRSTEA (see http://www.irstea.fr/en/home-page ) and one of the organizers of the upcoming ORBIT 2012 Conference which is dedicated to "Global assessment
- [Facebook boosts Artificial Intelligence, New York Times goes virtual and Dumpsites are more risky than malaria!](https://wastelessfuture.com/facebook-boosts-artificial-intelligence-new-york-times-goes-virtual-and-dumpsites-are-more-risky-than-malaria/) - Two recent headlines made me hopeful and desperate too. First, Facebook just announced that it’s moving fast towards incorporating more advanced Artificial Intelligence (see this for a great summary of what is planned) to its core business. Facebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer announced a slew of new FAIR research Tuesday, including a system that can
- [Jet fuels derived from waste resources: a new alternative!](https://wastelessfuture.com/jet-fuels-derived-from-waste-resources-a-new-alternative/) - This is an interview with my colleague and good friend Jeff Cooper, ISWA's president. I know Jeff for many years and I always like his scientific approach to resources and waste management as well as his broad understanding of the different waste management aspects. His involvement in a project where waste resources are going to
- [Urban waste management challenges in LAC](https://wastelessfuture.com/urban-waste-management-challenges-in-lac/) - Watch my recent interview on urban waste management challenges in Latin America - available both in English and Spanish Thanks to IADB for their excellent work and the opportunity to contribute to this important seminar Read and watch the video here
- [Circular Economy needs more Waste Management than linear one!](https://wastelessfuture.com/circular-economy-needs-more-waste-management-than-linear-one/) - While the circular economy saga is becoming mainstream (I have already written my concerns regarding circular economy in this blog), the future of waste management is somehow blurred between circular economy and zero waste concepts. And there are many people that believe that there is no future for the waste management industry as circular economy
- [Ebola pandemics: interconnectivity, poverty traps and vulnerability](https://wastelessfuture.com/ebola-pandemics-interconnectivity-poverty-traps-and-vulnerability/) - The Ebola pandemic is officially out of control. The situation in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone gets worse day by day. Just for Liberia and Sierra Leone, at the end of September 2014, it is estimated that there are approximately 8,000 total Ebola cases (21,000 total cases when corrected for underreporting). With the current
- [Back to school: Trend #3: SWM industry should study thoroughly E-waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/back-to-school-trend-3-swm-industry-should-study-thoroughly-e-waste-management/) - Since the kids, in most parts of the world, are preparing themselves to go back to schools, after weeks or months of vacations, I believe it is the right time for computer and the waste management industries to study their lessons from the current E-waste management status. And I believe that those lessons are elementary for the
- [Now Is The Time For Environmental Economics](https://wastelessfuture.com/now-is-the-time-for-environmental-economics/) - I met Eric Lombardi 8 years ago in a conference about biowaste, in Perugia. I loved him from the first sight and took us less than 30 seconds to understand each other. From then, although I have not met him again, I keep following his great work in Eco-Cycle International. He is a great thinker, a
- [La Pintana: an awarded solid waste project](https://wastelessfuture.com/la-pintana-an-awarded-solid-waste-project/) - Some months ago, during the International Conference on Waste Minimization and Recycling of the International Solid Waste Management Association (ISWA) in Buenos Aires, the IDB and the FEMSA Foundation awarded the Water and Sanitation Prize for Latin America and the Caribbean in the category of Solid Waste Management to the La Pintana Municipality of Santiago,
- [Circular economy and growth](https://wastelessfuture.com/circular-economy-and-growth/) - What is the definition of circular economy? We discuss a lot about it, but I am afraid that not all of us have the same definition. It is difficult to find an exact definition, but I feel that combining the following two we can have a good idea. According to the Ellen Macarthur foundation, the
- [Circular economy and technology](https://wastelessfuture.com/circular-economy-and-technology/) - Source: Tim Heffernan, This is the third post regarding circular economy. In my first one (see here) I argued that before discussing the details we have to deal with the concept of circular economy and I put some conceptual questions. In my second one (see here) I discussed circular economy and economic growth and my conclusion
- [Megacities and waste management in IN Perspective Edition 2](https://wastelessfuture.com/megacities-and-waste-management-in-in-perspective-edition-2/) - I was honoured to provide an interview on Megacities and Waste Management to the magazine IN Perspective, for its second edition. IN is an excellent initiative of the Dow Chemical Company, which drives the discussion regarding packaging innovation, redesign as well as its social and environmental impacts - see at http://www.dow.com/packaging/resources/in-perspective/edition-two.htm I was asked to
- [The future of waste management as seen from Mars: the context](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-future-of-waste-management-as-seen-from-mars-the-context/) - Well, sometimes I wish to travel with NASA's Curiosity, this magnificent spacecraft that has already provided us with many unique pictures and insights from Mars (some recent can be seen here). And I wish to be there just to see our blue planet from a distance and try to imagine, from such a time and
- [Digitising Waste Management: the rise of big data sets](https://wastelessfuture.com/digitising-waste-management-the-rise-of-big-data-sets/) - This is a new post by my good friend Toralf Igesund. Toralf works as the head of planning department in BIR, in Bergen, Norway’s second largest waste management company that is responsible for managing the waste of roughly 320.000 inhabitants in the municipalities owning BIR. Toralf has already contributed with two great posts, one about Social Changes
- [After – tsunami waste management: a global problem](https://wastelessfuture.com/after-tsunami-waste-management-a-global-problem/) - We are getting close to March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Fukushima, Japan. Unprecedented pictures and videos are definitely still through our eyes and minds whenever we remember the M 9.0 earthquake that hit the coast of Honshu, Japan's most populous island near Sendai, the capital city
- [The future of recycling: driverless, robotic and decentralised](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-future-of-recycling-driverless-robotic-and-decentralised/) - In a recent interview I gave to Marcus Ng, for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, I went through all the major challenges that the waste management and recycling face, in the developing and developed world. Climate change, Internet of Things, 4th industrial revolution, Africa and megacities are some of the issues discussed. Here are
- [Circular economy and waste management: questions to be answered](https://wastelessfuture.com/circular-economy-and-waste-management-questions-to-be-answered/) - Recently European Commission (EC) announced that it is scrapping plans to introduce a Circular Economy Package. Instead, it will launch a 'broader and more ambitious' waste package next year. The draft circular economy package was aiming to achieve a proposed 70 per cent recycling and reuse target for 2030, as well as a requirement for
- [Technology of the future  - Trend #2: New materials - new waste - new recycling technologies](https://wastelessfuture.com/technology-of-the-future-trend-2-new-materials-new-waste-new-recycling-technologies/) - This post deals with the second trend that I believe it will reshape the future of waste management and recycling. So Trend #2: New materials - new waste - new recycling technologies and advances required. The advances in materials' science will play an important role to recycling and waste management. The future of material's technologies
- [Some thoughts on plastics as a global challenge](https://wastelessfuture.com/some-thoughts-on-plastics-as-a-global-challenge/) - Recently I was invited to give a lecture at the very interesting 13th International Conference on the Recycling & Recovery of Plastics. More than 300 representatives of the European plastics industry were gathered in Vienna for an intensive two-days interaction that included a lot of innovative approaches and questions for the future of the plastic industry.
- [REFIND: advanced sorting through machine vision & learning](https://wastelessfuture.com/refind-advanced-sorting-through-machine-vision-learning/) - It was only 10 days ago when I watched a presentation that mentioned the company REFIND, a Swedish company that provides intelligent sorting and grading solutions using machine vision and learning, with very impressive advances especially regarding batteries and the so-called e-waste. I was particularly impressed by their solutions for batteries, and the simplicity of their
- [Biggest tech deal ever, Microsoft Surface and the global challenges of waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/biggest-tech-deal-ever-microsoft-surface-and-the-global-challenges-of-waste-management/) - Few days before the largest tech deal ever was announced, the one between DELL and EMC, I was asked to participate at a radio show at LA Talk radio a growing internet radio that is irreverent, cool and entertaining also. The show held on October 2 and it was about the global challenges related to waste
- [It's kids drowning in the Aegean bastards!](https://wastelessfuture.com/its-kids-drowning-in-the-aegean-bastards/) - Refugee: a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc. Refuse (noun): something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish; trash; garbage. It seems that EU finds no difference between Refugees and Refuses. However, I have noticed a remarkable difference. For Refuses
- [Going to Haiti](https://wastelessfuture.com/going-to-haiti/) - On my way to Haiti, changing one airplane after another, I was obliged to stop thinking my usual activities and focus to a usually forgotten reality. According Wikipedia, with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimate of US$6.56 billion in 2009, Haiti is routinely regarded as one of the poorest nations in the western hemisphere. Based
- [Ad Lansink: Waste Hierarchy stimulates Circular Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/ad-lansink-waste-hierarchy-stimulates-circular-economy/) - Today I have the honour to post a piece by Ad Lansink, the famous inventor of the waste hierarchy principle, who has served as a prominent Dutch political too. In 1979 he submitted to parliament a motion containing what would come to be known by some as ‘Lansink’s Ladder’: a simple schematic presentation of the order
- [Blockchain stimulates the Internet of Materials](https://wastelessfuture.com/blockchain-stimulates-the-internet-of-materials/) - Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other digital currencies have caused a financial frenzy. But they have also stimulated a very interesting discussion about their potential to change the very meaning of money, the business landscape and, finally, our world. I am very happy because this post starts a very important and potentially ground-breaking discussion. It addresses
- [Four Great Ideas to turn poop into fuels!](https://wastelessfuture.com/four-great-ideas-to-turn-poop-into-fuels/) - Humans have long discovered the multiple uses of animal excrements. They have been using manure as fertilizer or fuel form the neolithic period, and have known how to get flammable gas from decaying organic matter since the 17th century. Astronauts and farmers alike are aware that urine contains useful nitrogen, and feces is chock full
- [Carbon Black can be Circular](https://wastelessfuture.com/black-carbon-can-be-circular/) - This is a post about a very special aspect: the possibility to create circular flows for Black Carbon, one of the oldest manufactured materials. The post has been prepared by Bryce Powell, CEO of New Black Technologies , a company that has developed an advanced industrial microwave technology to efficiently deconstruct waste tires and recover carbon black (rCB), oil and syngas. Driving
- [Zero Waste needs Big Data](https://wastelessfuture.com/zero-waste-needs-big-data/) - Compology is one of the companies that I consider as an indicator for the transformation that the 4th Industrial Revolution brings to the waste sector. Using rugged, camera-based sensors and a web-based dashboard, Compology tracks container location, fullness and motion so waste haulers can streamline operations, enhance customer service and simplify analysis. Compology's image based container
- [Artificial Intelligence: the risks involved are not artificial at all](https://wastelessfuture.com/artificial-intelligence-the-risks-involved-are-not-artificial-at-all/) - The term "Artificial Intelligence" (AI) is more and more frequently part of the news' headlines. AI's commercial applications are becoming mainstream and some of them are broadly available in your mobile phone's translator or your voice guidance system or in your Google maps. During the next ten years, we will experience a boost in AI's advances and many
- [Bicycling recyclers and using coconuts to compost!](https://wastelessfuture.com/bicycling-recyclers-and-using-coconuts-to-compost/) - I have met Ranjith Annepu in 2012, in New York. Back then, he was finishing his studies in Columbia University and he was working as a consultant with several clients. We have spent some time together discussing ideas and dreams. His passion was to identify a way to manage the waste problems in the developing world, especially in
- [Global lessons from a local Recycling Depot](https://wastelessfuture.com/lessons-learnt-from-gibsons-recycling-depot/) - Few weeks ago, I was surprised to learn that Gibsons Recycling Depot, one of the first organized efforts (actually a role model) to promote Resource Recovery in Canada, was obliged to suspend 90% of its services. The award-winning recycling depot, operated by Buddy Boyd and Barbara Hetherington, announced on Jan. 1 that it is suspending a
- [Working in dumpsites towards the SDGs...](https://wastelessfuture.com/working-in-dumpsites-towards-the-sdgs/) - In my recent visit to Jordan, I had the opportunity, together with the landfill photographer Timothy Bouldry, to spend roughly an hour in Al Ekaider dumpsite (nearby the brand new sanitary landfill cell that is funded by UNDP and several development agencies). We discussed with the informal recyclers that were working for a big contractor
- [Renewable Yes  -  Sustainable No](https://wastelessfuture.com/renewable-yes-sustainable-no/) - 43 million tons of non-recyclable wind turbine blades will be wasted by 2050 Despite its extremely limited infiltration as a world energy source, it is assumed that a rapid expansion of wind power will ultimately be environmentally advantageous both due to its reputation as a “clean” energy and because of the potential to contribute to
- [Viscose and Circular Economy: fast fashion should become obsolete!](https://wastelessfuture.com/viscose-and-circular-economy-fast-fashion-should-become-obsolete/) - Last month, investigators for the Changing Markets Foundation visited 10 manufacturing sites in China, India, and Indonesia, and found severe environmental damage including water pollution from untreated contaminated waste, and air pollution. According the report, the brands responsible for this pollution incidents include H&M, Inditex (the owner of Zara), Marks & Spencer and Tesco. Viscose, an
- [Towards a plastic bottled world?](https://wastelessfuture.com/towards-a-plastic-bottled-world/) - The multidimensional plastic matrix is continuously expanding into the world’s most remote places I just tried to put in a single blog all the recent facts and figures about plastic pollution - the result is astonishing! In May 2018, it was revealed that 38m pieces of litter had polluted the uninhabited Henderson Island in the South
- [Human Migration + Virtual Reality = Art](https://wastelessfuture.com/human-migration-virtual-reality-art/) - Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest project is an innovative and immersive account of the horrors faced at the Mexico-US border. The Oscar-winning director, has created “Carne y Arena” (“Flesh and Sand”; subtitled “virtually present, physically invisible”), which recreates the trials of migrants trying to cross the Mexican border into America. After a premiere at the Cannes
- [The local footprint of Circular Economy is organic!](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-local-footprint-of-circular-economy-is-organic/) - When we discuss Circular Economy, most of the times, the discussion is about global supply chains and the substantial savings that can be achieved through redesigning and reshaping industrial processes that involve potentially or already scarce materials. Many times, according my experiences, such a discussion seems somehow "exotic" or indifferent to normal people and many decision makers.
- [Redesigning the future: the Pringles' factor](https://wastelessfuture.com/redesigning-the-future-the-pringles-factor/) - “What idiot designed this in terms of recyclability?” Simon Ellin wondered when interviewed by The Guardian in a recent post concerning plastic recycling. “We’ve got a cardboard tube, a metal bottom, a plastic lid”. The product that Recycling Association’s CEO pointed at was no other than a Pringles’ package, whose combination of materials apparently makes
- [Social Media: surveillance is the new normal](https://wastelessfuture.com/social-media-surveillance-is-the-new-normal/) - I have written again about the ways artificial intelligence and algorithms are driving the end of democracy as we know it. But it seems that things are much worst that I understood few weeks ago. If you have a Facebook account, then you know the deal: you get to connect with your friends, family, loved
- [Electric Vehicles: beyond environmental folklore](https://wastelessfuture.com/electric-vehicles-beyond-environmental-folklore/) - No more petrol or diesel cars, buses, or trucks will be sold anywhere in the world within eight years. The entire market for land transport will switch to electrification, leading to a collapse of oil prices and the demise of the petroleum industry as we have known it for a century. This is the futuristic
- [Coffee, environment and hopes from Australia](https://wastelessfuture.com/coffee-environment-and-hopes-from-australia/) - When George Clooney became the face of Nespresso's coffee pods in 2006, it spelled the beginning of a worldwide love affair with the product that allowed people to brew espresso at home with the touch of a button. The global market for fresh ground coffee pods went from $7 billion in 2010 to $17
- [Five Impactful Innovations for Plastic Bag Recycling](https://wastelessfuture.com/five-impactful-innovations-for-plastic-bag-recycling/) - This post is a contribution by Erich Lawson. Erich is passionate about saving environment by effective recycling. He has written a wide array of articles on how modern recycling equipments can be used by industries to reduce monthly garbage bills and increase recycling revenue. You can learn more about environment savings techniques by visiting his blog Northern
- [No time to lose: Urban Transvergence now!](https://wastelessfuture.com/no-time-to-lose-we-need-urbantransvergence/) - This is more a manifesto and less a blog post. It's written by my good friend Roberto Cossu, a Ph.D. student and a very good blogger. I enjoy his writings about planning, design, and policies for complex organizations at his blog Urban Transvergence. According to Roberto "TransVergence is a neologism, it's a new paradigm and
- [Brain – Machine Interfaces: Algorithms Vs Consciousness    ](https://wastelessfuture.com/brain-machine-interfaces-algorithms-vs-consciousness/) - Several recent advances demonstrate that we are entering the era of the direct Brain – Machine Interfaces (BMI). Elon Musk and Facebook recently announced their efforts to become the first to deliver micro-devices capable to connect human brains with computers. Scientists and entrepreneurs believe that the direct linkages between brains and computers will advance our
- [Microplastics should be considered Hazardous Substances](https://wastelessfuture.com/microplastics-should-be-considered-hazardous-substances/) - This is a great idea and contribution from my good friend Toralf Igesund, from Bergen, Norway. Toralf has written three more important blogs about social change and waste management, the linkages of consumption growth with waste legislation, and the rise of big data sets in waste management. In his new post, he proposes to officially characterize
- [Big Philanthropy = Small Democracy + No Justice](https://wastelessfuture.com/big-philanthropy-small-democracy-no-justice/) - Large charitable organizations are replacing governmental functions as the providers of social welfare, while their businesses often support economic instability and compound global inequalities. Unlike the old, low moving foundations dispensing of long-dead Americans’ fortunes in cautious policy interventions, the new generation of mega-donors is very much alive and involved in how their money is
- [Waste-Ex: a new marketplace for Waste and Recycling](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-ex-a-new-marketplace-for-waste-and-recycling/) - This is a post prepared by Richard Knaggs who is now working for Waste-Ex, a new platform that brings together buyers and sellers from the Waste, Recycling and Demolition sectors. Richard has worked in the waste and transport industry for many years. Prior to this, he was an agricultural contractor with a view to building and running
- [Dimensions of a Wasteless Future](https://wastelessfuture.com/dimensions-of-a-wasteless-future/) - This article has been written by Michael Rada, President and Project Father at IBCSD LAB s.r.o. - INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CENTER OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT. I follow Michael on LinkedIn and I admire his passion and dedication to waste prevention and industrial upcycling - you can read more about his work at his website http://industrial-upcycling.cz (use Google translator, you
- [Meet Giral: a company that drives waste management to social inclusion](https://wastelessfuture.com/meet-giral-a-company-that-drives-waste-management-to-social-inclusion/) - I have met Giral, especially Mateus Mendonca and Nathalia Lima, several times in Sao Paulo. Besides sharing caipirinhas and good food, I always admire their work and their dedication to stimulate social innovation to the very “old world” traditional waste management industry of Brazil. Somehow, I consider them "Brothers in arms". I was really surprised
- [Deposit-return schemes can save St Paddy’s Day – and the environment](https://wastelessfuture.com/deposit-return-schemes-can-save-st-paddys-day-and-the-environment/) - Today, more than 40 million people, mostly in USA and Ireland, celebrate St Patrick's Day. So, I would like to introduce to my readers, Piotr Barczak, who has a good idea about St Patrick's Day (and not only). Piotr is responsible for the waste policy of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), representing the voice of around 140 national NGOs dealing with
- [How Algorithms undermine Democracy](https://wastelessfuture.com/how-algorithms-undermine-democracy/) - As more and more artificial intelligence is used, we discover new unbelievable potential for resolving difficult problems, but we are also facing problems that were not even imaginable few years ago. In the 1990s and early 2000s, it was common to think of the internet as a decentralized, even anarchic, place where no one was
- [Bioelektra: a new promising technology](https://wastelessfuture.com/bioelektra-a-new-promising-technology/) - The Bioelektra pilot plant in Rozanki in West-Poland has been operational for nine months now. It treats unsorted municipal waste using the innovative RotoSTERIL mechanical heat treatment technology. Early January, Luc De Rooms, currently responsible for the “innovative waste policy in a circular economy” of the city of Antwerp (Belgium), visited the installations. “This is
- [We need a new Operational System for Plastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/we-need-a-new-operational-system-for-plastics/) - Today I have the pleasure to host a post written by José Luis Gutiérrez-García. He has studied Sustainable Supply Chains and Environmental Sustainability in San Francisco and he has experiences in mining in the Arctic area. Back in 2012, he was one of the co-founders of UpGyres, a global community with the vision of developing new equipment, technology
- [I love infographics: on Food Waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/i-love-infographics-on-food-waste/) - I love infographics and I believe they are one of the best ways to say a lot with a pleasant and easily understood way. This infographic was sent to me by the company Noel Dempsey, a company specialised in interior design and kitchens. I am glad to publish it because it is really meaningful and
- [Microfibers from your jacket are a menace!](https://wastelessfuture.com/microfibers-from-your-jacket-are-a-menace/) - Oceans are getting full of plastic pollution, plastic pollutants were recently found at the world's remotest place almost 11 km below the sea surface at Mariana Trench. Especially microplastics are extremely dangerous for the ecosystems; numerous studies have shown that small organisms readily ingest microplastics, introducing toxic pollutants higher up the food chain. But all the different
- [Litterati: A Community Crowd-Cleaning the planet](https://wastelessfuture.com/litterati-a-community-crowd-cleaning-the-planet/) - Few days ago, I was invited to open the Clean World Conference 2017 “Connecting Heroes”, in Tallinn, Estonia. This is the annual conference of the environmental activists that support the global movement Let's Do It World where roughly 200 people from 64 different countries gathered to discuss the next steps of their movement. It was there
- [Human Vs Machine: visual insights for the robotic future](https://wastelessfuture.com/human-vs-machine-visual-insights-for-the-robotic-future/) - As I was looking for interesting tweets few weeks ago, I found the tweet below - I suggest everyone to watch the video because in few seconds you will get the big picture about robotics and the future of work. I realised immediately that the Twitter account HumanVsMachine (@HumanVsMachine) provides very interesting visual insights about automation and the
- [RecycleBlu: mobile and web platform for informal recyclers](https://wastelessfuture.com/recycleblu-mobile-and-web-platfrom-for-informal-recyclers/) - Few weeks ago, as I was cherrypicking ideas for future blog posts I found a very interesting concept by Goncalo Baptista. Gonzalo is a young and passionate entrepreneur who currently lives in Glasgow and runs RecycleBlu Ltd, an online marketplace for waste and recyclables. I understood by our communication that his dream is to provide a viable
- [The world’s biggest recycling system – what can we learn from it?](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-worlds-biggest-recycling-system-what-can-we-learn-from-it/) - This is a post prepared by Paul Frith. Initially it was published in his LinkedIn account and I found it pretty good and asked him to post it on my blog. Paul lives and works at Wolverhampton, United Kingdom and he runs Frith Resource Management consulting firm. One of the key-products Paul has developed is the
- [Five questions about Robotic Recycling](https://wastelessfuture.com/five-questions-for-the-robotic-future-of-recycling/) - We have just started to discuss and try to understand what will be the potential impacts of the rise of robots in our lives and societies. But, the pace of change is too fast and very soon we will have to deal with the real consequences rather than the potential ones. As I use to
- [Enevo: sensors drive transparency, control and savings!](https://wastelessfuture.com/enevo-sensors-drive-transparency-control-and-savings/) - Today, I have the pleasure to host a very interesting interview, an interview that I am sure it's going to be discussed a lot. I have to thank warmly Enevo's CEO, Fredrik Kekalainen for his kind response to my questions as well as for his innovative views and insights. Founded in 2010, ENEVO is a forward-thinking company with a
- [I have a dream for a Wasteless Future...](https://wastelessfuture.com/i-have-a-dream-for-a-wasteless-future/) - Few days ago, on January 15, the whole world remembered and celebrated the day that Martin Luther King was born, back in 1929. I am deeply influenced by Martin Luther King, especially by his famous lecture "I have a dream" delivered at 28 August 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. I consider this lecture
- [Revolutionizing Recycling Pick by Pick](https://wastelessfuture.com/revolutionizing-recycling-pick-by-pick/) - My readers know well that I follow closely the emergence of robots as the new cornerstone of recycling and waste treatment facilities. Thus, it is not a surprise that I always keep an eye on Zen Robotics, the company that drives the evolution of recycling robotic stations. So today, I am glad to host a post written
- [Lebanon Waste Crisis: how it all started?](https://wastelessfuture.com/lebanese-waste-crisis-how-it-all-started/) - Today I have the pleasure to host a post from a young and dynamic environmental consultant from Lebanon, Mrs. Nour Kanso. I followed her in LinkedIn and I like her approach to the Lebanese Waste Management crisis, thus I asked her to prepare a blog post. Nour has worked on numerous environmental impact assessment reports and waste
- [2016: by Fire and Sword](https://wastelessfuture.com/2016-by-fire-and-sword/) - As 2016 just ended, I would like to write something more personal. At the end of 2016, I did what most of us are doing this time of the year. I tried to recap what happened to my life on 2016 and to identify some core lessons I learnt. I tried to deal with things that, from outside, are
- [Minha Coleta: targeting the individuals](https://wastelessfuture.com/3889-2/) - This is a guest post by my friend Gisele Benedicto, an ISWA Young Professionals Group Member. Gisele was invited to provide consulting services for the startup Minha Coleta, a mobile application company located in the city of Mesquita, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, bringing her market experience to the group, advising in the development
- [binee: new business models for e-waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/binee-new-business-models-for-e-waste/) - This is a guest blog written by Marilu Valente and Martin Jaehnert, two of the three members (the third one is Florian Eidner) of the binee core team. The natural questions is what exactly is binee? Well, binee is an innovative e-waste collection system that collects mobile phones, telephones, hair dryers, earphones, digital cameras, laptops, computers, speakers,
- [Waste legislation follows consumption's fast growth](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-legislation-follows-consumptions-fast-growth/) - Today, we will continue with one more interesting post by Toralf Igesund. This time he explains how the complexity and amount of waste related legislation follows the consumption growth. I like this idea and definitely it deserves a deeper thought. Read it carefully... The most important goal is to reduce consumption, which leads to waste, not
- [Social changes and waste: the case of Bergen](https://wastelessfuture.com/social-changes-and-waste-the-case-of-bergen/) - Today I am happy to introduce you my recent but good friend Toralf Igesund. I have started to exchange emails with Toralf few months ago, when we realised that we had a similar view on the disruption and the changes that are coming to waste management sector and recycling due to the fourth industrial revolution.
- [EPR and insurance: ensuring our future](https://wastelessfuture.com/epr-and-insurance-ensuring-our-future/) - This is a guest blog, prepared by Hermann Erdmann, CEO of REDISA (Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa), a company that has already recycled 226,000 tones of end of life tyres, serves more than 1,000 dealers and has created 3,254 jobs. I found the link between Extended Producer Responsibility and environmental insurance pretty interesting and
- [Disruption is only the beginning: let's meet Rubicon](https://wastelessfuture.com/disruption-is-only-the-beginning-lets-meet-rubicon/) - I have been informed about Rubicon as soon as it was created by some good friends from the US. I share the core idea of the company: to disrupt the waste and recycling industry and create less expensive, more sustainable solutions. I watch carefully the evolution of Rubicon, something that is not so difficult as
- [What WEEE are?](https://wastelessfuture.com/what-weee-are/) - Few months ago, when I was trying to identify innovative approaches and start-ups related to waste management and circular economy (I am still searching, any suggestion is more than welcomed) I received an email from Alessio De Marchi. I found extremely interesting and fascinating that he runs a start up that tries to connect e-waste, art, science, and
- [Trash Dump Photographer: as rare as Timothy Bouldry](https://wastelessfuture.com/trash-dump-photographer-as-rare-as-timothy-bouldry/) - When I recently visited ISWA's Scholarship children in Managua (see my October 11, 2016 blog) I had the opportunity to spend roughly 20 hours with Timothy Bouldry, the inspirer and organiser of ISWA Scholarship program that has already driven 40 children from Managua's dumpsites to schools. I met Timothy in Antwerp, during ISWA's 2015 Annual Congress. In
- [The first Chatbot in waste management is already functional!](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-first-chatbot-in-waste-management-is-already-functional/) - Almost one month ago, I was surprised when I read that "BioHiTech Global, Inc., a green technology company that develops and deploys innovative and disruptive waste management technologies, announced the launch of its BioHiTech Alto™, a next generation interactive industrial communication technology that enables users to communicate intelligently with industrial equipment in real-time". Well, a
- [BINBAG: a network approach to waste & resource management](https://wastelessfuture.com/binbag-a-network-approach-to-waste-resource-management/) - When I started to search for innovative approaches to waste management, one of the first companies I met in India was Binbag. Back in December 2014, the two-month-old startup was incubated at NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), IIM Bangalore. Recently, it was on BBC! You can watch a relevant video here. When recently I
- [Re-engineering the environmental engineers...](https://wastelessfuture.com/re-engineering-the-environmental-engineers/) - Recently I made a lecture at Columbia University, NYC, invited by the Earth Engineering Center Professor Nickolas Themelis and his colleague Adjunct Assistant Professor Athanasios Bourtsalas. I spent almost 2 hours with 35-40 students discussing the future of waste management and recycling as well as some thoughts for the education and the skills required for environmental engineers. You
- [Inclusive recycling in Colombia: a Roadmap to reality!](https://wastelessfuture.com/inclusive-recycling-in-colombia-a-roadmap-to-reality/) - This is a post prepared by my good friend Maria Carolina Perdomo Rojas, an environmental engineer working at the Comisión de Regulación de Agua Potable y Saneamiento Básico CRA (Regulatory Commission for Drinking Water and Sanitation), in Bogota, Colombia. I met Carolina two years ago, in a waste management conference in Bucaramanga, and we shared some very interesting discussions regarding
- [The Internet of Garbage Trucks!](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-internet-of-garbage-trucks/) - For sure my readers know that I strongly believe that the future of waste collection are the hybrid models involving trucks, bins, citizens and algorithms that will customise and optimise waste collection efficiency and deliver on demand services. I have written about it in my post "The Internet of Bins". But when I asked for
- [Grassroots Innovation Movements: a great new book!](https://wastelessfuture.com/grassroots-innovation-movements-a-great-new-book/) - Whenever I deal with innovation, I insist that technical innovation will be useless or event harmful if we can't combine it with the required social innovation. See my comment on technological determinism about it. So, I was really fascinated when I discovered the new book "Grassroots Innovation Movements", written by Adrian Smith, Mariano Fressoli, Dinesh Abrol, Elisa Arond,
- [New report reveals: 750 deaths by dumpsites in six months!](https://wastelessfuture.com/new-report-reveals-750-deaths-by-dumpsites-in-six-months/) - This is a preview of the new ISWA's report "A Roadmap for Closing Waste Dumpsites, The World's most Polluted Places". ISWA reveals that only in seven moths (December 2015 - May 2016) there were at least 750 deaths related to dumpsites, collapse of waste collection systems and the relevant sanitation problems that were created! The report aims to
- [A Value Chain Analysis tool for informal recyclers](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-value-chain-analysis-tool-for-informal-recyclers/) - This is a post by a young environmental engineer, Remi Jaligot. Recently I had the opportunity to read the publication "Applying value chain analysis to informal sector recycling: A case study of the Zabaleen" (Resources, Conservation and Recycling 114 (2016) 80–91), which is written by Remi Jaligota, David C. Wilson, Christopher R. Cheeseman, Berti Shaker and, Joachim Stretz.
- [The cost of waste in a bad place...](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-cost-of-waste-in-a-bad-place/) - This is a post prepared by Joost de Kluijver, director of the very interesting initiative Closing the Loop that has collected already more than 1 million end-of-life mobile phones in Africa! It is a post from an innovator about the need for further and more radical innovation in waste management and resource recovery, in response to my call for
- [A good intro to Circular Economy available in five languages for free!](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-good-intro-to-circular-economy-available-in-five-languages-for-free/) - It is my pleasure to publish the following post, prepared by Jonathan T. Scott, Founder/Director of the Center for Industrial Productivity and Sustainability (CIPS), an international, non-profit, education/training-based organization that works in partnership with EFMD (Brussels, Belgium), and the Product-Life Institute (Geneva, Switzerland). I met Jonathan through Linkedln and I appreciated his textbook on Circular Economy, actually I
- [A book about a Wasteless Future is coming - it will have your footprint too!](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-book-about-a-wasteless-future-is-coming-it-will-have-your-footprint-too/) - Dear friends, this is an open letter to everyone who is interesting about the subject. As I have already announced in a recent post in Linkedjn, I am preparing a book regarding the potential of a Wasteless Future and the transformation of the traditional waste management and recycling industry due to the exponential technologies. In this
- [Creating a Wasteless Future: is it possible?](https://wastelessfuture.com/creating-a-wasteless-future-is-it-possible/) - "I believe that the solution is outside of the resource and waste management world. We need a new economic paradigm, a new economic science that will describe systematically our world without the religion of continuous economic growth. We need to involve environmental and resource values in the core of the economic system, we need to
- [The rise of Internet of Bins](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-rise-of-internet-of-bins/) - Last week I participated in a workshop, organised by D-Waste, about the Internet of Bins. The workshop was about a LIFE project named EWAS. The project aims to foster innovation in the area of public and private interest of waste management by demonstrating the potential of new information technologies (combining software platforms with ultrasound sensors) to optimise
- [E-waste: stop child labor, start global Extended Producer Responsibility!](https://wastelessfuture.com/e-waste-stop-child-labor-start-global-extended-producer-responsibility/) - We all know that the e-waste that are exported to developing countries, in most of the cases, are being treated with huge environmental and health impacts. But let's have a closer look, see the pictures in the following links. Let's see what's happening to China's Guiu, an e-waste village, where some 5,000 workshops in the village
- [Shaping the Social Footprint of Circular Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/shaping-the-social-footprint-of-circular-economy/) - Circular Economy can be implemented by delivering more wealth and prosperity but it can also be achieved driving more inequality and leading to more impoverishment. In a recent post about extensive lead poisoning from battery recycling in India, I wrote that "I do hope that no one considers those practices as part of the Circular Economy discussion, but
- [Recycling markets: problematic or disrupted?](https://wastelessfuture.com/recycling-markets-problematic-or-disrupted/) - Recently, I spoke about recycling markets in a recent ISWA's event in Brussels. I understood that my points were impactful and created positive reactions, so I decided to write them down and share them with my readers. Your comments are more than welcomed, of course. My major idea is simple. We can' simply speak about
- [Your legacy = your waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/your-legacy-your-waste/) - Just take a step back from your daily routine, and think a little bit more the basics of your life. You are working hard to survive. You are trying to support your family and relatives. You are interacting with your friends' circle. Maybe, if you are more ambitious, you are trying to create something for
- [It's about People, not Waste!](https://wastelessfuture.com/its-about-people-not-waste/) - I used to finish my lectures by saying “It’s about People, not Waste”. In a recent discussion with some volunteers in Tirana, I was asked to explain more why, finally, it’s all about people, not waste. Here are some thoughts about it, just to trigger a necessary further discussion. Waste is a social phenomenon. It
- [A very useful book: The Composting Troubleshooter](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-very-useful-book-the-composting-troubleshooter/) - I have a great suggestion for each and everyone involved in garden compost making. If you want to combine the art of compost making with the scientific knowledge on biodegradation, then Jane Gilbert's book “The Composting Troubleshooter – How to Compost and What to Do if it Goes Wrong” is what you are looking for. The
- [The new era of logistics: broadband is the only limit!](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-new-era-of-logistics-broadband-is-the-only-limit/) - Recently, I had the opportunity to go through the great report Towards Intelligent Intermodal Trade: Industrial Big Data and Analytics in Transportation and Logistics. The report, prepared by LuxReseacrh, deals with the future of logistics in an interconnected world, where the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous cars, and drones will vastly improve the the transport and logistics
- [Henry Ford Vs 3D printers: a fight that will redefine "recycling"](https://wastelessfuture.com/henry-ford-vs-3d-printers-a-fight-that-will-redefine-recycling/) - I consider 3D printers as one of the Game Changers that will transform the waste management and recycling industry. In my book Wasteless Future, that will be published before the end of the year, I am dealing with several details about them. But if you consider that 3D printers will mainly affect the developed and
- [Great infographic: USA consumes 65.4 billion paper sheets per day!](https://wastelessfuture.com/great-infographic-usa-consumes-65-4-billions-paper-sheets-per-day/) - I am happy to publish one more great infographic, this time about paper consumption in USA. The infographic provides astonishing figures and very successful equivalents of the daily paper use in USA. As an example the 65.4 billion paper sheets that are daily used in USA have a 4 billion dollars value and they correspond
- [Why Garbagemen should earn more than Bankers](https://wastelessfuture.com/why-garbagemen-should-earn-more-than-bankers/) - In many cases, during my lectures, I use to say that waste management is like good health. You don't appreciate it unless you miss it. This is a slogan I use to highlight both the importance of garbage collection for the quality of our urban lives and the direct linkages between health protection and waste
- [Maria Coronado: a Global Ban to Plastic Microbeads is an opportunity](https://wastelessfuture.com/maria-coronado-a-global-ban-to-plastic-microbeads-is-an-opportunity/) - With this post, I will start to introduce you some young scientists and professionals that I have met and I feel they have something special to share with us. Allow me to highlight that I strongly believe that we need a new generation of mindsets that will be capable to understand and manage the emerging challenges with
- [Waste treatment for neighbourhoods and households!](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-treatment-for-neighbourhoods-and-households/) - Many times in my lectures I speak about the new era of small, decentralised waste treatment facilities that provide the technical means to design and implement neighbourhood or even household waste treatment solutions. The fast evolution of digital manufacturing and the revolution of sensors result in the emergence of a new type of waste treatment
- [Unsound waste management and public health revisited](https://wastelessfuture.com/unsound-waste-management-and-public-health-revisited/) - 'Is the link between improper management of solid wastes and its potential adverse effects upon the health of the general population sufficiently understood and valued by our societies? Here, inevitably without getting into the core scientific evidence in great detail, we revisit what we fear has become an undervalued debate. We aspire that our short
- [From waste bins to recycling drones!](https://wastelessfuture.com/from-waste-bins-to-recycling-drones/) - The pace of change during the 4th industrial revolution is so fast that we need to step back and see the whole picture in order to understand the disruption ahead. Digital manufacturing, artificial intelligence, new sensors, robotics and driverless cars converge with the circular economy shift and create a new unmapped landscape. And this is
- [Food waste prevention becomes mainstream: from governments to startups](https://wastelessfuture.com/food-waste-prevention-becomes-mainstream-from-governments-to-startups/) - Globally a year’s production of uneaten food guzzles as much water as the entire annual flow of the Volga, Europe’s most voluminous river. Growing the 133 billion pounds of food that retailers and consumers discard in the United States annually slurps the equivalent of more than 70 times the amount of oil lost in the
- [UN calls for food waste revolution](https://wastelessfuture.com/un-calls-for-food-waste-revolution/) - The following was published by James Murray, in BusinessGreen, 23 Feb 2009. The world could easily feed its growing population if farmers, businesses and government's simply stepped up efforts to curtail food waste, according to a major new study from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report, which was published at last week's meeting
- [New materials --> New Waste: The case of coffee capsules](https://wastelessfuture.com/new-materials-new-waste-the-case-of-coffee-capsules/) - We all know that recently coffee capsules (known also as K-Cups) became a fashion, with the support of some huge advertisement budgets. Was there a special reason for making coffee capsules? Did they provide a new service or cover a real social need? Not even a single one, as the only tangible benefit they brought
- [The Oscar goes to Biological Supercomputer..](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-oscar-goes-to-biological-supercomputer/) - Few hours before the Oscars’ ceremony, I noticed something that clearly highlights a potential winner, in the category of Computers, maybe not for this year but for the next one. While we are waiting the announcement of the 88th Academy Awards winners and almost everyone expects Leonardo’s Di Caprio first Oscar, for his turn as
- [Masdar's dream fades out...exponentially](https://wastelessfuture.com/masters-dream-fades-out-exponentially/) - Masdar city, almost 15 km away for Abu-Dhabi, in UAE, was dreamed as the first zero carbon footprint city in the world. Ten years later, according a recent article in The Guardian "Now the world’s first planned sustainable city … could well be the world’s first green ghost town.” Masdar became a point of reference
- [Back to the #future# - 10 trends for the future of recycling and waste management (continued)](https://wastelessfuture.com/back-to-the-future-10-trends-for-the-future-of-recycling-and-waste-management-continued/) - As most of my readers already know, my passion is to bring recycling and waste management at the forefront of the global agenda - I want to make it as trendy as it is to speak about New York Fashion Week (although sometimes this is really ridiculous) with designers like Vera Wang, Coach, Oscar de la
- [Hurricane Patricia and Future Trend #6: Climate Change](https://wastelessfuture.com/hurricane-patricia-and-future-trend-6-climate-change/) - Hurricane Patricia headed toward southwestern Mexico yesterday, as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere that forecasters said could make a "potentially catastrophic landfall" later in the day, according the latest reports. The hurricane is expected to bring accumulated rains ranging from 6 to 12 inches which could easily produce
- [Public Private Partnerships in Waste Management: the first Greek Experience](https://wastelessfuture.com/public-private-partnerships-in-waste-management-the-first-greek-experience/) - First the facts: the first application for Public – Private Partnership (PPP) in the field of Waste Management (WM) has already been approved by the Special Secretariat for PPPs and the Interministerial PPP Committee. The project of “Integrated Waste Management in Western Macedonia” includes design, construction and operation of a modern waste treatment facility and
- [A very good seminar regarding recycling crisis: May 13, Milan, Italy](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-very-good-seminar-regarding-recycling-crisis-may-13-milan-italy/) - The global economic crisis has led, as we all know, to a crisis in the recycling of many waste fractions. How these markets are evolving, what is happening in different countries in Europe and the developing world, what measures are needed to kick start the recycled materials markets, what policy changes are needed when a
- [A comment by George Sbokos regarding financial Vs climate crisis](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-comment-by-george-sbokos-regarding-financial-vs-climate-crisis/) - This is a comment posted by my good friend George Sbokos who happens to be one of the very few lawyers I know with high environmental expertise. George is also running the web-site ECOTHESIS which is unfortunately available only in Greek language – I hope that George is going to prepare and English version too.
- [Recycling and personal behaviour](https://wastelessfuture.com/recycling-and-personal-behaviour/) - As the movement towards recycling societies seems to be global, there is a need for a better understanding of success and failures factors for recycling activities. Big differences between recycling programs within a country, even within a city, highlight the importance of local conditions and appropriate design of recycling activities. But going further it is
- [Brazilian Conference: SWM towards a (re)cyclical system, 5-7 of May Sao Paolo](https://wastelessfuture.com/brazilian-conference-swm-towards-a-recyclical-system-5-7-of-may-sao-paolo/) - Nowadays the waste management sector is facing several changes and challenges at a global level. The exchange of experiences and information is a task for everybody. Because of that, ABRELPE, ISWA National Member in Brazil will hold an ISWA Beacon Conference in Sao Paulo, next may, with the theme “Waste Management towards a (re)cyclical system”.
- [Albina Ruiz: a waste side story!](https://wastelessfuture.com/albina-ruiz-a-waste-side-story/) - This is a contribution by Alberto Huiman Cruz, from Lima, Peru, a colleague I recently met in Mexico. It is the story of the recently awarded Albina Ruiz. I have made a little search about her and I have to say that the results achieved by her efforts are really important, especially in terms of
- [ISWA “From Open Dumps to Sanitary Landfills” Workshop - Saturday 1 November 2008, Singapore](https://wastelessfuture.com/iswa-from-open-dumps-to-sanitary-landfills-workshop-saturday-1-november-2008-singapore/) - SEMINAR PROGRAM Click Here to download a printable pdf version of the seminar brochure 8.30am Registration 9.00am Opening & Welcome Introduction Derek Greedy, Chair of ISWA Working Group on Landfill (UK) 9.10am Closure of Open Dumps Jan Thrane, Odense Renovationsselskab A/S (Denmark) 9.30am CDM - A Driver for Improvded Landfill Practices in Developing Countries
- [The Change Ring: Policy, Know-How and History as a frame for SWM development](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-change-ring-policy-know-how-and-history-as-a-frame-for-swm-development/) - This is an idea that will be presented in details in ISWA 2008 Conference at Singapore. The concept, developed in the framework of a paper about "Barriers and Drivers for SRF applications in Low-Income Countries", written by A. Mavropoulos, R. Skoulaxinou, A. Mentzis and K. Naoum, provides a way to understand SWM development and the
- [The Internet of Things and the future of Recycling: think, prepare, react](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-internet-of-things-and-the-future-of-recycling-think-prepare-react/) - This is a short video I prepared to trigger the discussion abut the Internet of Things and the future of recycling - it is also a short introduction of my new seminar on the 3rd industrial revolution and the future of waste management - well, the future is here and we better prepare ourselves for
- [OnePlus, Nintendo smartphone and Microsoft Lumia 950 : why the term waste is already redefined!](https://wastelessfuture.com/oneplus-nintendo-smartphone-and-microsoft-lumia-950-why-the-term-waste-is-already-redefined/) - Just have a look at the speed with which new, unbelievable powerful mobile phones are arriving. 1. Chinese company OnePlus is hosting a launch event on October 29 in India (and other countries) where it will - in all probability- take the wraps off its new affordable Mini device, touted as the OnePlus X. The OnePlus X is
- [Coming back from Durban...](https://wastelessfuture.com/coming-back-from-durban/) - This is a post written by David Newman, my good friend and contributor to this blog. I consider that David's thoughts below reflect our world in a sentimental but more that true mirror and I am sure that most of us, the EU and USA residents, will have similar thoughts many times, especially coming back
- [What's the outcome of Durban regarding waste?](https://wastelessfuture.com/whats-the-outcome-of-durban-regarding-waste/) - This is a valuable contribution from my good friend David Newman, ISWA's Vice - President who participated at the Durban Climate Change event as ISWA representative. I think that it is really thoughtful and worth to read it carefully. Thnaks a lot David, your posts are highly appreciated not onlly by me but by my
- [Ecological behaviour and commitment to the environment](https://wastelessfuture.com/ecological-behaviour-and-commitment-to-the-environment/) - This is from Science for Environment Policy, an EC service, issue 265, December 2011."Researchers have used the psychological concept of ‘commitment’, normally used to understand relationships between people, to investigate our relationship with the environment. The results indicate that an individual’s commitment to the environment is important in their ecological behaviour, for example, their willingness
- [A comment by Derek greedy](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-comment-by-derek-greedy/) - This is a comment I just received from my good friend Derek Greedy, which is also the President of CIWM. Thanks a lot Derek for your contribution and congratulations for your CIWM inauguration."Viewed the video with interest and content duly noted. However it doesn't get us away from the fact that the Greek economy is
- [A comment regarding the Greek Crisis](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-comment-regarding-the-greek-crisis/) - This is a comment regarding Greece and its economic crisis. It is a video - please spend some minutes to watch it. But before watching the video, please read carefully some lines.I am sure that there are things to debate about the video. For sure, Greece and Greeks have their own, substantial responsibility for what
- [Informal Waste Management Knowledge Hub!](https://wastelessfuture.com/informal-waste-management-knowledge-hub/) - I was really positively surprised when I visited the Informal Waste Sector Knowledge Hub. I think that it deserves a thorough reading of the many materials that are posted and I am asking my readers to visit it and have a look at:http://www.informalwastesector.netIt is really a very good initiative aimed to highlight the informal sector
- [Urban waste management and Climate Change adaptation](https://wastelessfuture.com/urban-waste-management-and-climate-change-adaptation/) - Speaking for waste management, the adaptation challenge is currently underestimated compared to the great importance that has been given to climate change mitigation issues. Taking into account that waste management is still out of the mainstream agenda of the climate change policy – makers and decision - makers, although there is evidence that sound waste
- [The future of waste management is URBAN!](https://wastelessfuture.com/the-future-of-waste-management-is-urban/) - This is a short lecture I recently gave to an AIDIS event in Sao Paulo. The event was dedicated to the presentation of the excellent report of AIDIS "Waste Management in Latin America" and I really have to congratulate the organizers for the excellent report they presented. For more about AIDIS see athttp://www.aidis.org.br/htm/eng_htm/index_eng.htmlFor more about
- [From LCA to Life Cycle  Management](https://wastelessfuture.com/from-lca-to-life-cycle-management/) - This is from Science for Environmental Policy, DG Environment News Alert Service, issue 252."Although life cycle assessment (LCA) is a widely accepted method for supporting decision-making, it can face difficulties when being translated into practical life cycle management. A recent case study on local waste management has led to the development of several principles to
- [2012 +...Maybe the future has already arrived](https://wastelessfuture.com/2012-maybe-the-future-has-already-arrived/) - This is a very interesting article from my good friend David Newman, ISWA's Vice - President and director of ISWA Italia. He is always thinking the broad landscape and provides thoughtful insights about our future. You can find more about David in a very interesting self-description he has written at:http://www.iswa.org/fileadmin/galleries/Organisational%20Structure/Profile_David%20RobertNewman.pdf"Thanks a lot David for this
- [Impact of landfill caps on leachate emissions – an Austrian case study](https://wastelessfuture.com/impact-of-landfill-caps-on-leachate-emissions-an-austrian-case-study/) - This is from "Science for Environment Policy - DG Environment News Alert Service" issue 251. "Municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, which consist of everyday consumer items, are potential long-term sources of emissions that could threaten the environment and human health if they are not managed carefully after closure. New research has presented a methodology to
- [ISWA: Knowledge base free for all!](https://wastelessfuture.com/iswa-knowledge-base-free-for-all/) - What is the value of knowledge? What is the difference between private and public knowledge? What is the relationship of knowledge to conscious? How can we know? Is knowledge valuable because of its role in practical reasoning? These are some of the daunting questions that philosophers ask about the nature of knowledge. No matter what
- [Coming back from Napoli](https://wastelessfuture.com/coming-back-from-napoli/) - I just finished a presentation I delivered to “Summer School: Biological and Thermal Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste” that took place in Napoli, Italy, 2-6 May 2011. This is a summer school organized in the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate ETeCoS3 (www.internationaldoctorate.unicas.it )I really enjoyed the spirit of the event. Although I did
- [Waste Management 2030+](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-management-2030/) - This is an article I prepared for the magazine Waste Management World. It is based on my key-note lecture at ISWA´s conference in Lisbon, October 2009.The purpose of the article is to outline the major trends and challenges that will shape the future of waste management for the next few decades. Although in our complex
- [ABRELPE is getting recognized as a key-stakeholder in Brazil](https://wastelessfuture.com/abrelpe-is-getting-recognized-as-a-key-stakeholder-in-brazil/) - With great pleasure I visited Brazil once more, as an invited key-note speaker for ABRELPE´s seminar on waste management technologies. Every time I come to Brazil I feel a vibrating country, people with great expectations and hopes, a booming market and a growing waste management sector. The last is certainly reflected to the great participation
- [Sustainable landfill concepts from a practicioner's view](https://wastelessfuture.com/sustainable-landfill-concepts-from-a-practicioners-view/) - This is paper written by Haris kamariotakis and me.It was presented and discussed at ISWA Master Class for sustainable landfills, October 2009 in Lisbon. The Master Class was organized by ISWA Working Group on Sanitary Landfills, which is chaired by ny good friend Derek Greedy. I think its view was really appreciated by the participants.
- [Megacities and waste management: A challenge for 21st century](https://wastelessfuture.com/megacities-and-waste-management-a-challenge-for-21st-century/) - This is a paper presented at th recent ISWA Conference in Hamburg, November 2010. Its purpose is to present the challenge of waste management for the emerging megacities of the developing world and transition countries and to outline major issues that have to be further elaborated in order to create sustainable patterns in waste management.
- [Breaking the link between economic growth and waste generation](https://wastelessfuture.com/breaking-the-link-between-economic-growth-and-waste-generation/) - This from "Science for Environment Policy", issue 203, a service delivered by DG Environment. " High levels of waste production must be tackled as part of the move towards sustainable living. Recent research has used Sweden as a case study to assess the strength of suitable policies and strategies that are required to break the
- [SWEEP - Net: a hope for waste management in MENA region?](https://wastelessfuture.com/sweep-net-a-hope-for-waste-management-in-mena-region/) - I spent three fruitful days in Tunis participating in the first meeting of SWEEP – Net (Solid Waste Exchange of Information and Expertise Network). This is an initiative supported by GTZ, Germany and the Tunisian ANGed, trying to promote sustainable waste management in the countries of Middle East and North Africa (MENA region) through adequate
- [Industrial recycling networks](https://wastelessfuture.com/industrial-recycling-networks/) - This is from "Science for Environment Policy", Issue 200, 17-6-2010,a periodical newsletter by DG Environment.Recycling waste products between companies in industrial recycling networks can bring environmental and competitive benefits. A recent study on whether such networks can be used to advance sustainable development more broadly suggests companies first need a clear, shared network identity before
- [ARS is on the way up!](https://wastelessfuture.com/ars-is-on-the-way-up/) - As I was flying from Buenos Aires to Frankfurt I was thinking about the ARS (Argentinean ISWA National member) Beacon Conference on Sustainable landfills I just attended. And I have to say that I was happy enough considering that the event was a great success for both ISWA and ARS. For ARS, it was an
- [PANORAMA of Solid Waste Management in Brazil and RIO AMBIENTE event](https://wastelessfuture.com/panorama-of-solid-waste-management-in-brazil-and-rio-ambiente-event/) - I was just attended an excellent event organized in Rio de Janeiro, within the framework of RIO AMBIENTE 2010. It was a two days international seminar on waste management technologies and systems, organized by ABRELPE, the Brazilian ISWA National member. The event was organized on a high professional level and I have to say that
- [A real special web-site !](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-real-special-web-site/) - For those ones who would like to have a very clear and regularly updated picture of what’s happening in waste management in Brazil, there is one and only solution. The excellent web-site:http://www.resol.com.brDuring my recent visit to Rio I had the luck to meet the person who is behind this thesaurus of information and I was
- [A great event in Netherlands](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-great-event-in-netherlands/) - Last week I was in Leeuwarden, Netherlands for the ISWA Beacon Conference on Waste Prevention, organized by NVRD, the Dutch National member of ISWA. I had the honor and the pleasure to chair the first day of the conference and to watch carefully the second one. So allow me to say, that this was one
- [Annual Waste Report for Italy](https://wastelessfuture.com/annual-waste-report-for-italy/) - This a contribution by my good friend David Newman - thanks a lot David this is realy interestingLast week the government institute for the environment in Italy, called ISPRA, published its annual Waste Report, using data from 2008. There are some really interesting developments I wanted to share with your readers. Firstly, for the first
- [A very good ISWA Beacon Conference in Perugia](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-very-good-iswa-beacon-conference-in-perugia/) - I just came back from perugia, Italy where I attended an excelent ISWA Beacon Conference on Biowaste Management organized by ISWA Italia. Congratulations to ISWA Italia and of course to my good friends David Newman and Enzo Favoino for their timeless efforts and the results achieved. The conference structure and content were of a very
- [Composting green waste saves as much CO2 as energy recovery ?](https://wastelessfuture.com/composting-green-waste-saves-as-much-co2-as-energy-recovery/) - This is from "Science for Environmental Policy", issue 191, 15 April 2010"Recycling green waste as compost could match the environmental benefits of converting it into renewable energy, in terms of CO2 savings, according to new German research. It suggests that the two forms of waste management should be seen as complementary and both should receive
- [No Need to Waste?](https://wastelessfuture.com/no-need-to-waste/) - ISWA and NVRD are organizing the 2010 ISWA Beacon Conference on Waste Minimization and Recycling on May the 20th and21st in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands. The title of the event is representative of its content: "No Need to Waste". As Waste prevention and recycling are becoming more and more integral parts of sustainable waste management and
- [A campaign I like](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-campaign-i-like/) - As we move towards a more and more intensive recycling new and innovative approaches for awareness and campaigns are developed. The last one that i like is described below (adapted by UNEP and http://www.environmental-expert.com/newsletter/News_Waste_Recycling_25032010.htm )"Adventure Ecology founder and environmentalist David de Rothschild and his intrepid crew; Jo Royle, David Thomson, Olav Heyerdahl along with National
- [Romania becomes first country to introduce junk-food tax](https://wastelessfuture.com/romania-becomes-first-country-to-introduce-junk-food-tax/) - This is from EurActiv Romania web-site.A new tax on junk food products will be introduced as of March 2010 in Romania, the proceeds of which will go on health programmes, EurActiv Romania reports (www.euractiv.com). The move appears to set a worldwide precedent.The new tax is due by the juridical persons who produce, import or process
- [Consumer footprints for personal hygiene and cleaning products](https://wastelessfuture.com/consumer-footprints-for-personal-hygiene-and-cleaning-products/) - This is from "Science for Environment Policy / Issue 177" (service from the European Commission)A new study provides recommendations to reduce the environmental impact of personal hygiene and cleaning products on the environment. Researchers undertook life-cycle assessments of products including detergents, soaps and toilet cleaners, and compared their environmental footprints looking at different types of
- [Global warming: a public threat?](https://wastelessfuture.com/global-warming-a-public-threat/) - Contribution by George Sbokos (info@ecothesis.gr)Dear Antonis,thanks for delivering the ISWA White Paper Summary on Waste and Climate Change. I hope your message will be a part of the decision making proccess in Copenhagen. On the same day, the 7th of Dec. “…an important piece of news came from the U.S.: the Environmental Protection Agency found
- ['Intelligent' waste collection system trialled in Shanghai](https://wastelessfuture.com/intelligent-waste-collection-system-trialled-in-shanghai/) - This is from "Science for Environment Policy / Issue 176" (service from the European Commission)New research has developed a system to monitor municipal waste. It uses sensors to calculate the weight, volume and, potentially, type of waste, identify hazardous waste and optimise the routes of waste collection trucks.The EU's Sixth Environment Action Programme identifies waste
- [Waste management after 2030](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-management-after-2030/) - It seems that this presentation was a real hit. In ISWA's 2009 Lisbon congress and in HSWMA's 2009 Athens Conference the more or less same presentation created a huge effect between the audience and a plethora of congratulations. Please allow me to thanks all people encouraging me to write a paper with the same title
- [Comparing N2O emissions from organic and mineral fertilisers](https://wastelessfuture.com/comparing-n2o-emissions-from-organic-and-mineral-fertilisers/) - This is from "Science for Environment Policy / Issue 158" (service from the European Commission)A recent study compares the effects of organic, 'natural' fertilisers, such as compost, with mineral, synthetic fertilisers, such as urea, on N2O emissions from Mediterranean soil. It suggests that there is little difference between the fertilisers, but that pig slurry offers
- [Biowaste management and ISWA's position](https://wastelessfuture.com/biowaste-management-and-iswas-position/) - This a presentation that outlines ISWA's position paper on the Green Paper for Biowaste Management. It was made during an event organised by the European Economic and Social Counciland the municipality of Salerno, which applies a complete source separation program. The presentation emphasizes the view for biowaste management as well as lessons that have been
- [Recycling campaigns: factors affecting succcess and failures](https://wastelessfuture.com/recycling-campaigns-factors-affecting-succcess-and-failures/) - A new paper is posted athttp://www.scribd.com/doc/16951395/Recycling-Campaigns-factors-affecting-success-and-failuresThe paper has been presented in Brazil and Serbian conferences.The abstract is like this. "As the move towards recycling societies seems to be global, there is a need for a better understanding of success and failures factors for recycling activities. Big differences between recycling programs within a country, even within
- [New York to phase out bottled water for public sector!](https://wastelessfuture.com/new-york-to-phase-out-bottled-water-for-public-sector/) - This is something I copied from www.edie.net/news. It is written by Mr. Sam Bond and I really find it very interesting."13-5-2009The Governor of New York has announced plans to ban the purchase of bottled water by state-owned agencies. The ban will cover both small bottles and those used by water coolers. State agencies will be
- [COMING BACK FROM BRAZILIAN BEACON CONFERENCE](https://wastelessfuture.com/coming-back-from-brazilian-beacon-conference/) - I just came from Brazil where I was invited to deliver a lecture on “Recycling and personal behavior” during the conference ““Waste Management towards a (re)cyclical system”, which was held in Sao Paulo by the Brazilian member of ISWA ABRELPE.Waste Management in Brazil seems to have finished its childhood – almost 50% of the huge
- ["Turning Waste into Ideas" - ISWA/APESB World Congress 2009,](https://wastelessfuture.com/turning-waste-into-ideas-iswaapesb-world-congress-2009/) - Every year ISWA’s Congresses constitute a highlight occasion for waste experts and professionals around the world. This year the Annual ISWA Congress will take place in Lisbon with the coorganisation of the Portuguese Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering (APESB). The Congress will take place between 12th to 15th October 2009, in Lisbon, at the
- [How waste management industry can be involved with production and consumption patterns?](https://wastelessfuture.com/how-waste-management-industry-can-be-involved-with-production-and-consumption-patterns/) - This is a contribution from Erik De Baedts, NVRD director. Thanks a lot Erik for this really inspiring post, I hope there will be some good replies. I am sure that the current discussion regarding green market and green development are inspiring you."In The Netherlands the economic crisis is -among other things- seen as an
- [Global View of Waste Management is also available through Facebook](https://wastelessfuture.com/global-view-of-waste-management-is-also-available-through-facebook/) - Yesterday I created a Facebook Group regarding the Global View of Waste Management blog. You can join it at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=72894372340&ref=mf#The intention is to inspire a discussion regarding the most important waste management issues with a global interest and view and to find more contributors. Within the first day 32 friends have joined and Erik De
- [Waste without borders in the EU?](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-without-borders-in-the-eu/) - The following text is taken from the conclusions of the 1/2009 report of the European Environmental Agency. The title of this interesting report is "Waste without borders in the EU" and you can download it fromhttp://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/waste-without-borders-in-the-eu-transboundary-shipments-of-waste"Developments in shipments of waste indicate that many of the principles in the EU Waste Framework Directive and EU policies
- [David Newman comments on UN report](https://wastelessfuture.com/david-newman-comments-on-un-report/) - This report is a fairly outdated and probably expensive UN report stating the obvious.We already knew these data from a UK report published over a year ago which shows how Britons throw away 30 percent of the food they buy, even when it is perfectly edible. But so what ?When we go to the developing
- [5 year jail term for a plastic bag in New Delhi!](https://wastelessfuture.com/5-year-jail-term-for-a-plastic-bag-in-new-delhi/) - The discussion around plastic bags and their impacts to solid waste management has gone a long way last years.Just last month New Delhi passed a preliminary ban imposing a five-year jail term or a 100,000-rupee fine, about $2,055, on anyone caught carrying or handing out plastic bags.That did not stop 67,000 plastics professionals from convening
- [Some thoughts regarding SWM and Climate Change](https://wastelessfuture.com/some-thoughts-regarding-swm-and-climate-change/) - The importance of Green House Gases (GHG) in decision making for SWM systems becomes an elementary part of every discussion about the future waste management. Below you will find some questions to consider and some thoughts to share about the issue.I do believe that half of the effort we need is to create an appropriate
- [Using mobile phones to promote recycling: the London experiment](https://wastelessfuture.com/using-mobile-phones-to-promote-recycling-the-london-experiment/) - The text that follows is copied by www.edie.net (12/2/2009)Londoners are being encouraged to starve their bins in a new electronic game that they can play on the move. Recycle for London's latest publicity campaign, which is funded by the London Waste and Recycling Board, is using a mobile phone game to spread the word.It is
- [Urban waste management solutions](https://wastelessfuture.com/urban-waste-management-solutions/) - This is an article from the DG Environment Newsletter "Science for Environmental Policy" (Special Issue 11, February 2009)."What is the best way to manage urban waste? Towns and cities generate huge volumes of waste that are often disposed of as landfill. In a new study, researchers explain that sorting urban waste into organic and inorganic
- [Recycling crisis and barriers that we have to overcome](https://wastelessfuture.com/recycling-crisis-and-barriers-that-we-have-to-overcome/) - Dear AntonisYou keep going with special articles about the debate to recycling crisis and after a review I made would like to contribute on that as followingRECYCLING CRISIS1. What are the barriers we have to overcome?· Lack of short term capital· Companies will increasingly need financial resources and/ or bank or state guaranties to continue
- [Ideas for discussion regarding landfill tax across EU member states, by A. Kouskouris](https://wastelessfuture.com/ideas-for-discussion-regarding-landfill-tax-across-eu-member-states-by-a-kouskouris/) - After the question you uploaded about harmonized landfill tax within EU member states, I could put the following ideas for discussion:a) Harmonized landfill tax would provide incentives for waste producers to find solutions for waste recovery, enhance recycling or re-use, and lead to a drop in the amount of waste produced.b) Against a harmonized minimum
- [A landfill tax might not be the best solution, by Greg Vogt](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-landfill-tax-might-not-be-the-best-solution-by-greg-vogt/) - The question posed by Mr. Andrew Kouskouris returns to the issue of using special taxes to achieve certain policy goals. Some do not support taxes of any kind, while some support special taxes directed for special costs, purposes, or society benefits. Certainly if one significantly increases a special tax on a certain item, say a
- [Do we need a harmonised landfill tax across EU members?](https://wastelessfuture.com/do-we-need-a-harmonised-landfill-tax-across-eu-members/) - Dear Antonis I write down for your blog the folowintg question I can support and have sent as well to your e-mail: Statistics and reports show that there is not sufficient progress from EU member states to divert waste away from landfill trying to implement landfill directive. Are there any ideas about a harmonised landfill
- [Assessing waste prevention schemes among SMEs](https://wastelessfuture.com/assessing-waste-prevention-schemes-among-smes/) - This was published in Science for Environmental Policy, a publication by DG Environment. The article is based at publication "D. and Rechberger, H. (2009). Quantitative evaluation of waste prevention on the level of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Waste Management. 29(2): 606-613".Evaluating waste prevention schemes is necessary to ensure that funds are spent as
- [Questions that need answers regarding recycling](https://wastelessfuture.com/questions-that-need-answers-regarding-recycling/) - Andrew Kouskouris wrote:"What are the main problems to recycling markets due to the financial downturn?If we have to start landfilling recyclables we will lose public confidence in recycling schemes and it will take a long time to build this up again.Local Authorities must determine the extent of the problems they may be facing.There is a
- [From East to West recycling chain collapses...](https://wastelessfuture.com/from-east-to-west-recycling-chain-collapses/) - It seems that problems with recycling due to global crisis are going worst. The followink link from Guardian is very usefull for more detailshttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/09/recycling-global-recession-chinaLot of thanks to David Newman for his contribution
- [Would you like to have a diary for 2009 that promotes ISWA?](https://wastelessfuture.com/would-you-like-to-have-a-diary-for-2009-that-promotes-iswa/) - Trying to arrange my activities for 2009, I thought it will be very useful to have a diary to promote ISWA.So I simply created one in a word document format. If you want to use it too, you can download it from:http://www.scribd.com/doc/9903651/ISWA-Calendar-2009If you like it, please promote it through my blog. That is a simple
- [Happy 2009 to all droplets that read this blog](https://wastelessfuture.com/happy-2009-to-all-droplets-that-read-this-blog/) - Happy New Year to everyone – I would like to share a text in order to celebrate the 2009 arrival.The following is an effort to “translate” in English an excellent text written by the Greek writer Mirto Georgiou – Nielsen who has wrote the beautiful book “The art to be parent” (ISBN: 9789600333923). The text
- [Derek Greedy comments on George's post for climate change](https://wastelessfuture.com/derek-greedy-comments-on-georges-post-for-climate-change/) - It really is good to see that you have some realists contributing to your Blog.Yes maybe we do or maybe we don't have a climate change agenda that needs to be addressed but to address that does come at a cost. So should we as is being required by the EU and the member states
- [A social - environmental comment by George Sbokos](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-social-environmental-comment-by-george-sbokos/) - Sitting in my small Attorneys office a week before Christmas. Cases in postponement due to strike, banks in wooden cover due to rivaling, society in despair due to the lack of democracy. Lack in education, lack in governance, lack in social and environmental aspects. A sudden anger and indignation awake us from our idiot –(“private”
- [Greece: youth anger against an empty future and a hostile present!](https://wastelessfuture.com/greece-youth-anger-against-an-empty-future-and-a-hostile-present/) - The facts are already known but the reasoning remains misty, even in Greece. So I feel an obligation to write about the reasoning, just to provide a meaning to what is internationally demonstrated as “Riots in Greece”. I am 100% sure that the discussion about riots in Greece has a global interest and through this
- [Pay as you throw scheme: new findings](https://wastelessfuture.com/pay-as-you-throw-scheme-new-findings/) - The following article has been published in "Science for Environmental Policy" a DG Environment News Service. It is written by Mrs. Sauer (sauer@vse.cz).New research has concluded that 'Pay As You Throw' waste collection schemes can increase levels of recycling among households, but should be accompanied by effective public information campaigns.Pay As You Throw waste schemes
- [Welcome Mr Greedy - more comments about recycling and financial crisis](https://wastelessfuture.com/welcome-mr-greedy-more-comments-about-recycling-and-financial-crisis/) - It is my honor and pleasure as well to host comments by a good friend Mr. Derek Greedy Chair of the ISWA Landfill Working Group - thanks a lot Derek and feel free to post more..Derek wrote:"Dear Antonis I think both Greg and Andrew make some very good points but I do just have one
- [Comments on recycling and financial crisis](https://wastelessfuture.com/comments-on-recycling-and-financial-crisis/) - Greg Vogt, ISWA MD wrote:"Some considerationsBe mindful of the opportunities to both buyers and sellers when prices are subject to near-term volatility and your materials /products can sometimes afford to move on a different supply chain.Calling for protective price controls for one business sector is not the way forward, history tells us. Where transportation and
- [Some thoughts regarding recycling and the famous “de-couple” approach](https://wastelessfuture.com/some-thoughts-regarding-recycling-and-the-famous-de-couple-approach/) - The starting point for the following note was the last news regarding the prices of recycled materials. A meltdown of them is more or less a reality going together with the rapid decrease in raw materials prize (by the way Mr. Newman deserves to be proud about his prediction).Stuart Foster, of Recoup UK, which advises
- [David Newman strikes back: financial meltdown and waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/david-newman-strikes-back-financial-meltdown-and-waste-management/) - Dear FriendsWhen I wrote about the financial crisis last October 6th, I made some predictions about how the situation would unfold.Sadly many of those predictions have already come true.1. Credit will dry up forcing banks and then companies into liquidation as consumers stop spending.2. Unemployment will rise fast as companies slow production and fire staff.3.
- [Global financial slowdown and its impact on SWM industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/global-financial-slowdown-and-its-impact-on-swm-industry/) - Here are some more thoughts for the current crisis and their impacts to our industry, just some more thoughts to stimulate a fruitful discussion.In Chinese language crisis and opportunity are symbolized by the same ideogram. What a perfect symbolism for the current financial crisis which will definitely strengthen the role of China and other emerging
- [III International Conference on Municipal Waste:“THE EUROPEAN RECYCLING SOCIETY FROM THE NEW WASTE FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE”](https://wastelessfuture.com/iii-international-conference-on-municipal-wastethe-european-recycling-society-from-the-new-waste-framework-directive/) - Lipor- Serviço Intermunicipalizado de Gestão de Resíduos do Grande Porto, and the Institute for the Sustainability of the Resources (ISR) jointly organise the III International Conference on Municipal Waste, which will be held next 23rd and 24th October 2008 in the city of Porto (Portugal).With the recently approved new Waste Framework Directive as a backdrop,
- [Call for vote regarding the Waste Management Industry and the Global Financial Crisis](https://wastelessfuture.com/call-for-vote-regarding-the-waste-management-industry-and-the-global-financial-crisis/) - I invite everyone to vote for the answer to the question "Is Solid Waste Industry affected by global financial crisis?" as it seems on the right side of my blog.I also accept the call for debate regarding Waste Framework Directive and I encourage evryone to write about it. I will also do the same as
- [Call for debate regarding the new Waste Framework Directive](https://wastelessfuture.com/call-for-debate-regarding-the-new-waste-framework-directive/) - Dear AntonisAs you will know , the revised Directive is likely to be adopted by the EU Council of environmental Ministers on 20/21 October. Following its publication in the Official journal, Member States will have two years to transpose the revised Directive into national law. The Greek government I hope will be carrying out extensive
- [One more comment from David for global financial meltdown](https://wastelessfuture.com/one-more-comment-from-david-for-global-financial-meltdown/) - It's interesting that Greg takes a US privatistic view point. In Europe, where services are paid for by municipalities, our companies working on a tender contract basis for local government entities, whether public or private companies, all face the financial stress - the growing inability of local governments to collect taxes and pay their bills.In
- [Global crisis and waste management industry? A comment by Greg Vogt](https://wastelessfuture.com/global-crisis-and-waste-management-industry-a-comment-by-greg-vogt/) - It seems that David hit a hot-spot. Andrew Kouskouris, Chairman of the Hellenic FEAD, raised a question about waste management industry and global financial crisis and my good friend Greg Vogt, Managing Director of ISWA, gives an initial response to that question (thanks a lot for that Greg):"It is important that we in the solid
- [Global financial meltdown - written by David Newman](https://wastelessfuture.com/global-financial-meltdown-written-by-david-newman/) - This is a note from David Newman, a nice looking + thinking friend, member of ISWA Board. He kindly permited me to publish his thoughts regarding global financial meltdown. I found theme very interesting and I am sure that all readers will do the same. Thanks a lot David and I hope that this will
- [Some words about the global financial meltdown from David Newman](https://wastelessfuture.com/some-words-about-the-global-financial-meltdown-from-david-newman/) - This is a note written by David Newman, member of ISWA Board. David sent it by e-mail and he kindly permited me to publish itThe impact in the real economy of this year's financial meltdown will nowstart to make itself felt. And we are all about to be hit by an economictsunami.The banks can no
- [Recycling Benefits Vs Transport Impacts: globalisation makes Life Cycle Thinking a Necessity](https://wastelessfuture.com/recycling-benefits-vs-transport-impacts-globalisation-makes-life-cycle-thinking-a-necessity/) - The rise of recycling rates in developed countries and the contemporary growth of China and other big Asian economies have created a global transfer network for recyclable materials. Only in 2007, 4.7 million tones of recovered paper and half a million tones of recovered plastics were exported from UK.Everyone who is involved, even a little
- [WAste Load Lifter Allocator – Earth class (WALL-E): a dream machine for waste management – a nightmare for the future of earth](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-load-lifter-allocator-earth-class-wall-e-a-dream-machine-for-waste-management-a-nightmare-for-the-future-of-earth/) - Written by Antonis Mavropoulos20-9-2008I just watched the movie WALL-E with my daughter. It is a DISNEY – PIXAR production with high quality animation and interesting characters in the form of robots. But what makes the movie really audacious, at least for people working in waste management business, is that the main hero is a professional
- [Risk assessment as an engineering tool for landfills](https://wastelessfuture.com/risk-assessment-as-an-engineering-tool-for-landfills/) - Risk assessment has been widely used as a tool for the development of waste management facilities. At the strategic level, risk assessment is used to inform decision makers about the planning process. As an engineering tool, risk assessment is used to optimize the mitigation measures required to prevent, control or minimize the risks to the
- [Why there is no incineration in Greece?](https://wastelessfuture.com/why-there-is-no-incineration-in-greece/) - This is an article for the Argentinian magazine VIAL. This article has been based on the material I presented at 2008 ISWA Beacon Conference in Buenos Aires, as an invited speaker. The article contains also an introduction of the Change Ring tool for the evolution of waste management systems.The article can be downloaded fromhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/4909382/Why-there-is-no-incineration-in-Greece
- [Waste management in Argentina is moving forward](https://wastelessfuture.com/waste-management-in-argentina-is-moving-forward/) - I just came back from magnificent Buenos Aires where I partcipated as a speaker at the ISWA Beacon Conference on Sanitary Landfills. I was surprised by the magnitude and the interest of the participation, whic was more that even the optimistic organizers expected.It seems to me that in Argentina it is a period of increasing
- [Public - Private Partnerships and Solid Waste Management Infrastructure](https://wastelessfuture.com/public-private-partnerships-and-solid-waste-management-infrastructure/) - This is a presentation recently (2007-2008) delivered in Hungary and Serbia regarding the concepts of PPPs and their application in waste management. Certain consequenses and modifications are marked for the design, preparation and implementation of such projects.The whole presentation can be found at:http://www.scribd.com/doc/3214162/Public-Private-Partnerships-and-Solid-Waste-Management-Infrastructure
- [Decision making for waste treatment technologies](https://wastelessfuture.com/decision-making-for-waste-treatment-technologies/) - This is a presentation made in Novi Sad, Serbia at 2006 during the conference "Growth of the solid waste sector: Management and solutions". The whole presentation can be found at:http://www.scribd.com/doc/3213880/Decision-making-for-the-selection-of-appropriate-waste-treatment-technologySummary: main concepts and tools available to design an integrated waste management system under the sustainability approach
- [LANDFILL SITING USING GIS AND FUZZY LOGIC](https://wastelessfuture.com/landfill-siting-using-gis-and-fuzzy-logic/) - Thsi paper has been published at Sardinia 2001 conference. The whole paper can be found at:http://www.scribd.com/doc/3213721/LANDFILL-SITING-USING-GIS-AND-FUZZY-LOGICSummary: The construction of landfills is a no alternative option, since a landfill is always necessary independently of the specific waste management system that will be developed. The criteria that must be met to allocate a landfill are various and
- [Uncontrolled landfill investigation: a case study in Athens](https://wastelessfuture.com/uncontrolled-landfill-investigation-a-case-study-in-athens/) - This is a paper published in Waste Research and Management 1999, 17, 159-164 . The whole paper can be found at:http://www.scribd.com/doc/3213642/Uncontrolled-landfill-investigation-a-case-study-in-AthensUncontrolled landfills comprise one of the most important topics as regards to Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Greece. The enviromental impacts of these landfills are closely related to some particular characteristics, namely the composition and
- [Developing the strategy for biodegradable waste management in Greece](https://wastelessfuture.com/developing-the-strategy-for-biodegradable-waste-management-in-greece/) - This is a paper published in 2004 in the conference "Biodegradable and Residual Waste Management 2004", CRe, Harrogate, 2004". The whole paper can be found at:http://www.scribd.com/doc/3213501/Developing-the-strategy-for-biodegradable-waste-management-in-GreeceSummary: The Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, places targets on Member States to reduce the quantities of biodegradable municipal waste (BMW) going on landfill. Greece taking advantage
- [E-LEARNING TOOLS IN THE SECTOR OF SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT.](https://wastelessfuture.com/e-learning-tools-in-the-sector-of-solid-and-hazardous-waste-management/) - This a paper published in Sardinia 2005 conference. The whole paper can be found at:http://www.scribd.com/doc/3213400/ELEARNING-TOOLS-IN-THE-SECTOR-OF-SOLID-AND-HAZARDOUS-WASTE-MANAGEMENTSUMMARY: The specialization and knowledge improvement of those who are occupied in the sector of solid waste management is a high priority. The contemporary development of technology and legislation framework in combination with the accumulated management experience of solid waste structures,
- [LANDFILL DESIGN USING LIMITED FINANCIAL RESOURCES](https://wastelessfuture.com/landfill-design-using-limited-financial-resources/) - This is a paper published in Sardinia 2001 conference. You can find the whole article inhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/3213253/LANDFILL-DESIGN-USING-LIMITED-FINANCIAL-RESOURCESSummary: The objective of this paper is to contribute in finding an effective decision – making tool for landfill design in developing countries. The paper is based on the experience gained from the implementation of the project «Action plan for
- [DRIVERS AND BARRIERS FOR THE APPLICATION OF WASTE-TO-ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN GREECE](https://wastelessfuture.com/drivers-and-barriers-for-the-application-of-waste-to-energy-technologies-in-greece/) - This is an article published in ISWA 2007 conference in Amsterdam.The whole article can be found at:http://www.scribd.com/doc/3212936/DRIVERS-AND-BARRIERS-FOR-THE-APPLICATION-OF-WASTETOENERGY-TECHNOLOGIES-IN-GREECESUMMARY: Although there is uniform waste management legislation throughout European Union, the implementation of it depends strongly on local conditions and technical, financial and human resources. Greece is one of the few countries of EU that do not incorporate
- [A brief introduction of my core concepts for waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/a-brief-introduction-of-my-core-concepts-for-waste-management/) - Let me introduce my self in terms of waste management “ideology”. I strongly believe in two core concepts.Waste management systems are social systems with technical dimensions and not the opposite. Thus every waste management planning and infrastructure should be considered as a social interference with certain social, environmental and technical dimensions that should be considered.

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- [On Urbanisation & Change](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/on-urbanisation-change/) - “The first industrial revolution urbanization wave shaped what we call “western civilization” – the current tsunami of rural to urban migration will reshape the whole planet”
- [Beyond Infrastructure & Logistics](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/onlined/) - “Waste management systems aren’t only about huge infrastructure and public money, as they are usually considered – they are mainly about social patterns, culture, behaviour, consumption, institutions and neighbourhoods.”
- [On Megacities](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/swatfa/) - “If the future is urban, then megacities, through their intense and continuous human interaction, will deliver new, unimaginable solutions to the unimaginable problems they face.”
- [On Globalisation](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/webinane/) - “Globalisation creates its own footprint in each and every local waste management system”
- [On Dumpsites](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/antonis-mavropoulos-2/) - "Dumpsites are a global health emergency"
- [On Mobile Apps](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/on-mobile-apps/) - “Mobile and web apps provide the opportunity to make knowhow available to anyone that needs them. It is the first time we can have waste management for everyone”
- [Waste is Redefined](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/waste-is-redefined/) - “By the end of the current industrial revolution the term “waste” will have been completely redefined, as it was done during the previous industrial revolutions”
- [On Circular Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/on-circular-economy/) - “You can’t understand circular economy out of the context of the fourth industrial revolution”
- [On Zero Waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/timash/) - “It doesn’t matter if zero waste is possible or not – after all, alchemy was impossible and yet delivered the foundation of chemistry.”
- [Regarding Development Assistance](https://wastelessfuture.com/testimonials/antonis-mavropoulos/) - “International Development Assistance for waste management needs to multiply urgently to deal with the growing tsunami of waste.”

## News

- [LOOKING FOR A ZERO WASTE OFFICER](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/looking-for-a-zero-waste-officer/) - D-Waste is a company dedicated to create wasteless communities and circular loops that will stimulate new patterns for circular economy. D-Waste is looking for a Zero Waste Officer (ZWO) that will undertake the responsibility to coordinate a community towards waste prevention, reuse and advanced recycling and recovery patterns. The ZWO should be capable to understand
- ["A fox guarding the henhouse"; the US EPA under Trump's administration](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/a-fox-guarding-the-henhouse-the-us-epa-under-trumps-administration/) - Despite the widespread and longstanding agreement among the scientific community, the new head of the US Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, seems to believe there is ‘tremendous disagreement’ over the extent to which carbon dioxide emissions are a primary contributor to global warming. Pruitt had repeatedly sued the EPA over its pollution regulations during the
- [California drives legislation for driverless cars](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/california-drives-legislation-for-driverless-cars/) - Two weeks ago, California regulators unveiled revised rules that would allow self-driving cars to travel the state’s highways without human drivers for the first time as early as next year, a move that won the support of automakers. Although the driverless technology is gradually becoming mainstream, the relevant legislation and regulations is till referring to
- [The world’s first 3D printed bridge is here!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/the-worlds-first-3d-printed-bridge-is-here/) - There is no doubt that 3D printing now sits at the core of multiple industries, thanks to its enormous range of applications; automobiles, clothing, and food can now be made – and remade – with extreme accuracy and zero waste. Even 3D printed apartments are already designed and programmed. 3D printers are now entering the construction industry since numerous
- [New browser raises consumer awareness using AI](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/new-browser-raises-consumer-awareness-using-ai/) - Greenwashing and a token corporate social responsibility marketing campaign are no longer enough. In an increasingly open, digital world where authenticity is the buzzword of choice, businesses must keep up with growing demands for ethical behavior and transparency in everything; from employee rights and gender discrimination to child labor somewhere in the supply chain. Studies
- [9 million deaths per year due to pollution!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/9-million-deaths-per-year-due-to-pollution/) - Global pollution kills is responsible for the loss of nine million lives every year; the deaths attributed to pollution are triple those from Aids, malaria and tuberculosis combined, despite the fact that the latter have received more attention in both academic and practical level. Global pollution, including toxic air, water, soils and workplaces, is one
- [The Urban Mining Exchange tool is online](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/the-urban-mining-exchange-tool-is-online/) - Urban mining - the trend to recover raw materials from urban waste streams - is giving classic mining a run for its money. At least that´s what it seems like if you listen to the comments of analysts. On a global scale, facts are that the in-use stock of metals in cities and in society are
- [Let's Do It World: Indigenous Peruvians use drones to fight pollution!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/lets-do-it-world-indigenous-peruvians-use-drones-to-fight-pollution/) - Indigenous Peruvians have deployed drones to show the world the truth about toxic pollution in the Amazon. This is an amazing story that demonstrates the potential of the fourth industrial revolution to deliver social benefits and its immediate deployment in the remotest areas of the world. Read it carefully! For years indigenous federations and other
- [Texting directly from your brain is coming soon...](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/texting-directly-from-your-brain-is-coming-soon/) - 2017 has been a coming-out year for the Brain-Machine Interface (BMI), a technology that attempts to channel the mysterious contents of the two-and-a-half-pound glop inside our skulls to the machines that are increasingly central to our existence. Last April, Elon Musk announced a secretive new brain-interface company called Neuralink. Days later, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared that “direct
- [Americans eat 660 plastic particles per year!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/americans-eat-660-plastic-particles-per-year/) - Plastic pollution keeps surprising us. After scientists discovered plastic pollution even in the world’s most remote places and have been continuously warning for the dangers of plastic concentration as it passes higher up the food chain, now it's time to discuss about plastics in tap water and salts. Following recent revelations in the Guardian about levels of
- [Employees join the Internet of Things...](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/employees-join-the-internet-of-things/) - Most people would agree their daily lives would now seem impossible without a smartphone, although the lack of privacy followed by this ringing body extension proved to be an ambiguous subject, especially when it comes to workplaces. Different employee monitoring systems are available and largely used, from tracking keyboard activity to watching online behaviour. For
- [Chatbots are not politically neutral!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/chatbots-are-not-politically-neutral/) - Chinese messenger app Tencent QQ introduced their chatbots “Baby Q” and “Little Bing”, a penguin and a little girl, this March, but it now seems the teenage chatbots have gone rogue, apparently voicing criticism of the Chinese government. One user posted the comment "Long live the Communist Party," and received a response from Baby Q
- [San Francisco banned bottled water](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/san-francisco-banned-bottled-water/) - Americans used about 50 billion plastic water bottles last year. However, the U.S.’s recycling rate for plastic is only 23 percent, which means 38 billion water bottles – more than $1 billion worth of plastic – are wasted each year. Many people drink bottled water because they believe it to be of a higher quality,
- [Has human lifespan hit its natural limit?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/has-human-lifespan-hit-its-natural-limit/) - The notion of extending the human lifespan has captured imaginations for millennia. Among scientists, enthusiasm for the idea has grown in recent years with a host of Silicon Valley companies springing up to join academic institutions in attempting to chip away at issue of longevity - among them Google’s California Life Company, or Calico, as it
- [London: Autonomous cars deliver goods in groceries](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/london-autonomous-cars-deliver-goods-in-groceries/) - Ocado has sent a self-driving truck trundling through the backstreets of south-east London, as part of the UK’s first trial of autonomous grocery deliveries. The TRL-led GATEway Project together with Ocado Technology (a division of Ocado, the world’s largest online-only supermarket) has completed the UK’s first trials of an autonomous vehicle around the Berkeley Homes, Royal
- [China aims to 10% - 20% autonomous cars by 2025!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/china-aims-to-10-20-autonomous-cars-by-2025/) - At a recent developer's conference in Beijing, Chinese Internet giant Baidu described its plans and timetable for its self-driving car technology. Its timeline for introducing fully autonomous driving capabilities on city roads aims at 2020, while announcing that driving tests in restricted environments will start immediately. Baidu is making its autonomous car software open source in the
- [Flying cars are becoming commercial by 2018!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/flying-cars-are-becoming-commercial-by-2018/) - Flying cars are about to hit the market, but it still seems unlikely for them to become the norm in the future of transport. The Personal Air Land Vehicle (PAL-V) Liberty is looking likely to become the first flying car intended for general adoption and real world application — and it could be available soon. While the first model
- [Charging your phone every 3 months is possible!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/charging-your-phone-every-3-months-is-possible/) - Researchers from the University of Michigan and Cornell University could potentially make computers and other electronic devices more energy efficient by requiring less charging, using a magnetic film. Instead of making a new battery, they developed a new magnetoelectric multiferroic material which allowed the processors to work with 100 times less energy, instead of using semiconductor-based systems
- [10% more renewable energy - 2% less coal for another year](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/10-more-renewable-energy-2-less-coal-for-another-year/) - Despite the expected US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, renewable energy costs are decreasing, leading to a record global boost at a markedly lower cost, according to new global data. Although the total financial investment in renewables actually fell due to the political climate, the new renewable energy capacity installed worldwide in 2016 was 161GW,
- [40 times more floods in 2050](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/40-times-more-floods-in-2050/) - The amplification of flood frequencies by sea level rise is expected to become one of the most economically damaging impacts of climate change for many coastal locations, scientists warned. In a recent study, undertaken by researchers from Princeton and Rutgers universities, it was found that along the US coastline, the average risk of a 100-year
- [Host a server and take its heat for your home!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/host-a-server-and-take-its-heat-for-your-home/) - A server generates plenty of excess heat, and a Dutch startup wants to take that excess energy and use it to heat your home! This is really wasteless! If you are looking for an alternative heating source, there you have it; your laptop generates plenty of excess heat. If your running laptop is enough to
- [New drone capable to carry one ton!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/new-drone-capable-to-carry-one-ton/) - JD.com, one of the largest online retailers in China, announced that it plans to develop a drone capable of carrying one ton of cargo for deliveries to and from remote parts of the country. The company will test its drone technology in the northwestern Chinese province of Shaanxi, where the online retailer has reached an
- [Deadlines 2020: a must-read study by C40](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/deadlines-2020-a-new-climate-study-by-c40/) - Few days before Donald Trump picked Scot Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general and a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to run the Environmental Protection Agency, C40, a network of the world’s megacities committed to addressing climate change, released its new report Deadlines 2020. The report outlines what is needed from C40 and cities, in general,
- [The world's most polluted city is in Zambia](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/the-worlds-most-polluted-city-is-in-zambia/) - From 4 to 6 of December 2017, the United Nations Environmental Assembly will take place in Nairobi. As the overarching theme this year is pollution, in all of its forms, I thought it will be useful to have a look at the world's mot polluted places. Let's start with Kabwe. Kabwe, in Zambia, is the world’s
- [Augmented Reality: a great support to Waste Prevention and Circular Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/augmented-reality-a-great-support-to-waste-prevention-and-circular-economy/) - I am sure that most of my readers, when they think about augmented reality, the first thing they realise is that a new type of complex e-waste will sooner pr later become massive:the augmented reality lenses. However, we need to see the whole picture. 2016 is considered the year of augmented reality, especially for its emerging
- [Plastics have become an integral part of the Earth's ecosystem!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/plastics-have-become-an-integral-part-of-the-earths-ecosystem/) - While evidence around the globe shows plastic pollution is getting out of hand, scientists in Cambridge are betting on plastic eating caterpillars to reverse the catastrophic trend. Each year, about 80 million tonnes of the plastic polyethylene are produced around the world. The plastic is used to make shopping bags and food packaging, among
- [3D printers are taking over the housing industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/3d-printers-are-taking-over-the-housing-industry/) - There is no doubt that 3D printing now sits at the core of multiple industries, thanks to its enormous range of applications; automobiles, clothing, even food can now be made - and remade – with extreme accuracy and zero waste. 3D printers are now entering the housing industry since numerous homebuilders have chosen to automate
- [1 robot wipes out 6 jobs on average in US](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/1-robot-wipes-out-6-jobs-on-average-in-us/) - North American manufacturing companies bought a total of 9,773 industrial robots, valued at approximately $516 million, in the first quarter of 2017. That means 32 percent more robots were bought this year than at the same time in 2016 — it’s the strongest first quarter on record for robots ordered by North American companies, according
- [Trump Alarm: Let's Do It World Now!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/trump-alarm-lets-do-it-world/) - The impressive Women's March that was organised on more than 600 cities is a clear signal that the new US President has pressed the alarm button for millions or even billions of people worldwide. The proper response to this alarm will be certainly discussed this week, in the Clean World Conference 2017 "Connecting Heroes", where more
- [Robot makes 1000 salads per day!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/robot-makes-1000-salads-per-day/) - Coffee machines frequently found in airports and offices were not merely enough to replace a traditional canteen or even a hot dog stand waiting for hungry professionals after a long day’s work. Automatizing coffee -making seems relatively easy compared to cooking, whose complexity demanded human interference up until recently. Developing robots for food service is
- [Space mining = undermining Circular Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/space-mining-undermining-circular-economy/) - In a recent important political movement, President Donald Trump stimulated the efforts to utilize metals and rare earths from non-earth resources (asteroids, Moon, Mars). It seems that the financial interests involved in the current Linear Economy dominant model, at least in the USA, prefer to spend decades or hundreds of billions for finding and bringing back to
- [The world's first mall for recycled and repaired goods opened in Sweden](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/the-worlds-first-mall-for-recycled-and-repaired-goods-opened-in-sweden/) - Sweden has a reputation for having one of the best recycling rates worldwide, so it should not be surprising that the Nordic country is home to the world’s first mall that only sells recycled, upcycled and repaired goods. ReTuna Återbruksgalleria, which is about 75 miles west of Stockholm, opened in August 2015 in the city
- [Coca Cola is producing more than 108 billion plastic bottles per year!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/coca-cola-is-producing-more-than-108-billion-plastic-bottles-per-year/) - Last March, Greenpeace conducted a survey of the plastic footprints and policies of the top six global soft drinks brands: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Suntory, Danone, Dr. Pepper Snapple and Nestlé. Despite plastic bottles forming a major source of ocean plastic pollution, the survey results reveal a woeful lack of action by the soft drinks industry to
- [Airlines' efforts to cut food waste: small steps for a growing problem](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/airlines-efforts-to-cut-food-waste-small-steps-for-a-growing-problem/) - Although aviation is a relatively small industry, it has a disproportionately large impact on the climate system. It accounts for four to nine per cent of the total climate change impact of human activity. It burns the equivalent of more than 5m barrels of oil a day, adding up to around 2.5% of all carbon
- [Global warming released 400 icebergs in a week!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/global-warming-released-400-icebergs-in-a-week/) - In the waters close to where the Titanic went down on April 15, 1912, a swarm of icebergs is once again raising fears and forces ships to take detours as a precaution, reminding everyone in the North Atlantic- and hopefully the US - that global warming is real. According to The Guardian, experts are attributing
- [Buy below $ 500 - die before 50](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/buy-below-500-die-before-50/) - Child labor in Bangladesh continues to be rampant; according to a survey of 2,700 slum households carried out by the Overseas Development Institute, most child laborers living in slums work an average of 64 hours each week – many in supply chains connected to the world’s most popular brands. Bangladesh’s $30bn clothes manufacturing industry is one
- [Wind-Powered Recycling Robot recovers 25% of recyclables](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/wind-powered-recycling-robot-recovers-25-of-recyclables/) - ZenRobotics Ltd, a firm based in Helsinki, has delivered the first wind-powered recycling robot in Sweeden, an invention reflecting an emerging view among some companies that more sophisticated sorting technology has a substantial role to play in bringing our waste crisis under control. The video above shows the robot in action. The company, which
- [Two more rivers are assigned legal rights in India](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/two-more-rivers-are-assigned-legal-rights-in-india/) - Few days after the historical decision that assigned a legal voice, similar to human beings, to Whanganui River (in New Zealand), another court in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand ordered on Monday that the Ganges and its main tributary, the Yamuna, be accorded the status of living human entities. The decision, which was welcomed by
- [Human Rights assigned to River!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/from-human-rights-to-water-to-water-human-rights/) - This is a historical shift, with unpredicted consequences, a decision that has the potential to reshape the environmental laws worldwide. Up to now we were speaking about the human rights related to water access. From now on, water bodies like rivers are assigned human rights too! In New Zealand, the Whanganui River, after an almost 150
- [Dumpsite landslide killed 48, dozens are missing, in Addis Ababa](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/addis-ababa-landslide-killed-48/) - According a 12/3/2017 BBC report, at least 48 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump on the outskirts of Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa, officials say. They say dozens of people are still missing since the landslide on Saturday night at the Koshe landfill. A resident said 150 people were there at
- [Lakes on fire by lack of waste management services in India](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/lakes-on-fire-by-lack-of-waste-management-services-in-india/) - In mid-February, the biggest lake in the city of Bangalore, India, caught fire and kept on burning for 12 hours, leaving behind a black air patch and a bunch of terrified fire fighters wondering how this could have happened in the first place. It is the second time Bellandur Lake is reported burning, and there
- [The Real Junk Food Project](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/the-real-junk-food-project/) - Food activists came up with the best way to denounce food waste; not wasting it! Adam Smith was working as a professional chef in the UK for over ten years, but it was only after he visited Australia that he witnessed first-hand the scale of food wasted in the agricultural sector and catering industry. The UK
- [March 15th: Workshop for Informal Recyclers & Circular Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/march-15th-workshop-for-informal-recyclers-circular-economy/) - A great workshop is organised on March 15th in Leeds. The workshop is organised by my good friend and great scientist Costas Velis who has spent a lot of years working on informal recyclers issues. I suggest you to follow his work and publications through Research Gate, they are an endless source of knowledge. This workshop is
- [Mobile app for informal recyclers in Chile](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/mobile-app-for-informal-recyclers-in-chile/) - Passing by the streets of Sandiago, Chile's capital, engineering student Cristián Lara and his friends noticed an older man picking through a dumpster nearby. It was probably not an unusual sight, although Chile is the wealthiest country in Latin America. The man was searching for anything that could be recycled, and loading it onto his
- [Drones are integrated in our daily lives](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/drones-are-integrated-in-our-daily-lives/) - Last September, a few lucky Virginia Tech students sat on a special kiosk in the university campus and watched as their burritos order prepared to land at their feet. After the first pizza ever delivered by drone in New Zeland, it was made clear that drone delivery service was here to stay. Few months ago, Amazon
- [Instagram drives food wastage?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/instagram-drives-food-wastage/) - Of course, in one or another way, all of us are involved in the huge problem of food waste - that means my daughter too, to a certain extent that depends on her habits, culture and diet options. But the real dimensions of the problem, surprisingly, still remain untouched by many mainstream approaches. According to
- [Happy Valentine's Day ???](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/happy-valentines-day/) - I am not so fanatic of the St Valentine’s Day. Still, I understand the ones that consider it as an opportunity to express their love to their beloved persons, independently of the truth involved in this annual massive commercial emotional stimulation. After all, as Charles Schulz has said “All you need is love. But a
- [Household Food Waste Plant by Whirlpool](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/household-waste-treatment-on-the-pipeline/) - I have written several times that due to the exponential technologies and the fourth industrial revolution, we are already in the era of small, decentralised waste management treatment for neighbourhoods and even for households. A new example came to my attention recently. Whirlpool recently announced the Zera Food Recycler, which is capable of turning a week’s worth of food
- [Towards a new phase of human evolution?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/towards-a-new-phase-of-human-evolution/) - In the next 30 years, humanity is in for a transformation the likes of which we’ve never seen before. This is what XPRIZE Foundation founder and chairman Peter Diamandis believes. According a recent article he published this will give birth to a new species. Diamantis clearly puts the challenge ahead. "Today’s extraordinary rate of exponential
- [100 tonnes of waste threats Shanghai's water reservoir](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/100-tonnes-of-waste-pollute-shanghais-water-reservoir/) - 100 tons of medical waste, broken bottles and household trash were discovered few days before Christmas nearby an important drinking water reservoir in Shanghai. A massive load of garbage has floated onto the northern bank of the island, with much of it accumulated near Dongfengxisha Reservoir, one of Shanghai’s four major water sources and which supplies drinking
- [Industrial Internet of Things for Power Plant in Japan](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/industrial-internet-of-things-supports-power-plant-in-japan/) - The Futtsu Power Station (富津火力発電所), the second largest gas-fired power station in the world, is capable of generating 5,040 MW of electricity for millions of Japanese homes and businesses. Now, it is going to use Industrial Internet of Things in order to see if it can squeeze even more efficiency out of the plant. Using General Electric's cloud-based
- [Join ISWA for closing the world's most polluted places!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/join-iswa-for-closing-the-worlds-most-polluted-places/) - ISWA has launched its global campaign for closing the world's biggest dumpsites. The first part of this campaign is to collect support from scientists, municipalities and companies to a declaration that is going to be presented to UN. Join ISWA's campaign and sign the declaration below by a simple click here. Please circulate the declaration
- [Astroscale: The first space garbage collection company!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/astroscale-the-first-space-garbage-collection-company/) - ASTROSCALE is a Singapore-based satellite services company that was founded in 2013 with the objective of developing innovative solutions against the growing number of space debris. The company’s mission is to actively contribute to the sustainable use of the space environment by developing scalable and innovative on-orbit technologies, in order to safely remove the most
- [Robots deliver food to households in London](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/robots-deliver-food-to-households-in-london/) - Greenwich, London residents have officially begun receiving deliveries from autonomous, six-wheeled rolling cooler bots, which are handling the “last mile” of food delivery from nearby takeout restaurants. According the Daily Mail the company Just Eat has made the first delivery of takeaway using a robot. A woman in South East London received her Turkish with a twist
- [Circular Economy in C40 Mayors Summit in Mexico](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/circular-economy-in-c40-mayors-summit-in-mexico/) - The sixth biennial Mayors Summit, C40’s flagship event started on November 30, in Ciudad de México and it will last till December 2, 2016. Hosted by Mayor of Ciudad de México Miguel Ángel Mancera and led by C40 Chair, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, the event draws mayors and leading thinkers from around the
- [View online results from the Internet of Bins!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/view-online-results-from-the-internet-of-bins/) - At the beginning of November, a new platform for benchmarking and social engagement in recycling and waste collection activities arrived, the Life EWAS platform. The platform, which was prepared by D-Waste and its partners in the specific Life program, presents online the results of the waste collection optimisation that is achieved through the use of
- [NASA opened in-suit Waste Management Challenge](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/nasa-opened-in-suit-waste-management-challenge/) - The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) seeks proposed solutions for fecal, urine, and menstrual management systems to be used in the crew’s launch and entry suits over a continuous duration of up to 144 hours. An in-suit waste management system would be beneficial for contingency scenarios or for any long duration tasks. Up
- [A Vision for a Wasteless Future](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/a-vision-for-a-wasteless-future/) - A Wasteless Future is more realistic than ever - still we are heading towards a Waste Crisis in the developing world. The waste management and recycling industry needs to surf on the tsunami of technological and social changes that are already reshaping our world. We have to be prepared for substantial changes. What is coming is a
- [Bill Gates predicts a major energy breakthrough is on the way](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/bill-gates-predicts-a-major-energy-breakthrough-is-on-the-way/) - Bill Gates is one of those people for whom “needs no introduction” is actually true. The polymathic Microsoft founder now leads the world’s largest and most important private foundation, and he’s using that platform to predict that we’re finally on the cusp of the clean energy breakthrough that’s going to save the world. In his
- [New project for recycling Guitar Strings!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/new-project-for-recycling-guitar-strings/) - Since I can't live without good music, I am always sensitive about recycling initiatives and practices in the music industry. So, after the recent post for plastic free music concerts, here is another interesting development. A new initiative about recycling guitar strings is already in progress. According some estimates, almost 680 tones or 1.5 million pounds
- [ISWA's global survey: 4th industrial revolution and the waste sector](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/iswas-global-survey-4th-industrial-revolution-and-the-waste-sector/) - ISWA recently launched the first global survey that aims to examine the attitudes of the waste management sector towards the emergence of the fourth industrial revolution. The survey targets to identify the waste industry's opinions and views, as well as to understand the expected impact of the fourth Industrial Revolution on waste management and recycling. In my
- [How Internet of Things can help to manage hurricanes?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/how-internet-of-things-can-help-to-manage-hurricanes/) - A very interesting blog post was recently published by IBM's Jen Clark. The post deals with the benefits that can be provided by Internet of Things (IoT) in managing major weather-related crises. The post was written during the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, which had a death toll of 900 people only in Haiti and more than two
- [Recycling markets: the perfect storm?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/recycling-markets-the-perfect-storm/) - On June 14th, I have written a blog with the tile "Recycling Markets: Problematic or Disrupted". What I was actually writing was simple. The current problems we face in recycling markets are not temporary - most probably they are signs of the greater disruption that's on the way. The whole recycling and waste management sector
- [Slavery in the name of recycling?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/new-02/) - According to SKY News, the Romanian government is being accused of risking the lives of thousands of people by forcing them to live and work on a toxic waste dump. Many are from the Roma community and have been evicted from their homes and rehoused near the former chemical dump, a former Soviet facility. For
- [14 million people are facing hunger in Africa](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/14-million-people-are-facing-hunger-in-africa/) - Southern Africa experiences its worst drought in decades and a serious food crisis is expected in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. About 14 million people in Southern Africa are facing a hunger threat, within next months. The South African Weather Service announced that 2015 was the driest year on record and it shows no sign of
- [Robots and driverless cars will reshape waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/robots-and-driverless-cars-will-reshape-waste-management/) - The waste industry — which tends to be old-fashioned and "stuck in traditional ways" of operation — is bound to be disrupted by technology and if industry leaders don't embrace such change, it could have negative consequences and essentially "wipe out" businesses. That was the main message I delivered one week ago, during my lecture in
- [Rio Olympic Games: 90 tones floating waste per day!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/rio-olympic-games-drowned-in-sewage/) - 31 days before the official opening ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games, it seems that many problems are unsolved. It also seems that the environmental footprint of the games will be probably the worst ever due to the combination of the Brazilian political and economic crisis with the environmental challenges of Rio de Janeiro itself. The
- [Self-driving & 3D printed bus ready for on-demand services](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/self-driving-3d-printed-bus-ready-for-on-demand-services/) - Surprise: the new 12-seats bus that is ready to offer on-demand pick-up services for up to 12 people, is not only self-driving but also 3D printed! The bus is named Olli and it has been developed by Local Motors, a pioneer in 3D printed cars. Olli has been designed to serve as an on-demand transportation option, like
- [A commentary on Circular Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/a-commentary-on-circular-economy/) - The Global Edition of Recycling Today published recently a piece on Circular Economy, titled "Commentary: Circular Economy from Project to Concept". The commentary is based on the recent ISWA's event on circular economy in Brussels and it presents ISWA’s ground-breaking reports on Resource Management, as well as views by Bjorn Appleqvist, Chairman of ISWA's Working Group on Recycling
- [Future Bus = Future Garbage Trucks!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/future-bus-future-garbage-trucks/) - The first fully autonomous driverless bus for mass transportation is here! Mercedes Benz has revealed its design for an autonomous bus (called Future Bus), which recently made its first self-driven journey along a 20-kilometre-long route in the Netherlands. You can watch a video regarding the Future Bus here. The Future Bus was designed for the Bus
- [Top ten urban innovations: a great new report!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/top-ten-urban-innovations-a-great-new-report/) - Ten of the best urban innovations that are having a positive effect on quality of life and economic development were recently compiled in a new report by the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities . All of those innovations are already having a positive effect on quality of life and economic development. According the World's Economic
- [Angola: 158 dead due to collapse of sanitation and waste services](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/angola-158-dead-due-to-collapse-of-sanitation-and-waste-services/) - A yellow fever outbreak in Angola that began late last year has killed 158 people, up from 50 a month ago, as deaths from the disease transmitted by mosquitoes accelerate, a World Health Organisation official said on Friday. According to Reuters, there has also been an increase in malaria, cholera and chronic diarrhea in Luanda and
- [Webinar, 14 November, 16:00 - 17:00 GMT: 4th Industrial Revolution meets Waste Management](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/webinar-14-november-1600-1700-gmt-4th-industrial-revolution-meets-waste-management/) - I am happy to invite you to a live open-mic session with the title "Fasten your seatbelt! 4th Industrial Revolution meets Urban Waste Management", on November 14, 16:00 - 17:000 GMT. You can join the webinar for free through this link. If you want to participate at the discussion and comment, you should register at the
- [Drones against illegal disposal and littering in Dubai](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/drones-against-illegal-disposal-and-littering-in-dubai/) - The United Arab Emirates city of Dubai has announced that it will soon use an army of drones to identify people involved in illegal littering and disposal. This initiative is part of the city’s efforts to improve its “smart services” and to keep in line with what’s employed in other major international cities. After involving "smart bins" for
- [ISWA drives 25 kids from dumpsite to school](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/iswa-drives-25-kids-from-dumpsite-to-school/) - 25 kids, who grew up playing and working in La Chureca dumpsite in Managua, Nicaragua's capital, have started school due to the ISWA's Scholarship Program. Timothy Bouldry, ISWA's partner who administrates and supervises the program, in a recent Instagram post, mentions "Love, gratitude and inspiration radiated from the ISWA Kids today as we talked about grades, conduct,
- [Fasten your seatbelts (session Video)](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/fasten-your-seatbelts-video/) - The 4th Industrial Revolution is already here and the waste management sector can't escape the disruption ahead. Are we going to utilize it towards a circular economy or we will just accelerate resource depletion with advanced efficiency? Are we going to redesign products, business models and social practices or we are going to continue with
- [Greetings and hopes from Colombia!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/greetings-and-hopes-from-colombia/) - I just completed a weekly visit to Bogota, Colombia. I visited Bogota, Colombia's capital, for a masterclass that was organised by ISWA's National Member Association Andina Dos Residuos. The concept and the program of the masterclass can be found here and I feel obliged to thanks the sponsor of the event Grupo Sala (and of course the
- [EPR, the key - element for circular economy: Buenos Aires April 25 - 26th](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/epr-the-key-element-for-circular-economy-buenos-aires-april-25-26th/) - A very interesting ISWA Beacon conference about the role of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in modern waste management and resources systems and especially the potential applications of EPR in Latin America is organised on April 26-27 in Buenos Aires Argentina. The conference is organised by ARS, ISWA's National Member in Argentina and many distinguished international speakers
- [Historical agreement for international bottom ash trade](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/historical-agreement-for-international-bottom-ash-trade/) - An international voluntary agreement has been struck between the UK, France, Flanders and the Netherlands designed to stimulate international trading of secondary resources left over after waste incineration, such as incinerator bottom ash. As LetsRecycle.com reveals the deal, signed on March 3rd in Brussels, could also impact on the trading of refuse derived fuel (RDF),
- [Berta Caceres + 116 environmental activists killed in one year...](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/berta-caceres-116-environmental-activists-killed-in-one-year/) - The death of Honduran environmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres, barely a week after she was threatened for opposing a hydroelectric project, is an unspeakable tragedy — but it’s not unique. She is the latest in a long line of victims in Honduras since a coup overthrew the reformist President Mel Zelaya in 2009. The co-founder
- [Drones & Robots for garbage collection integrated by Volvo](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/drones-robots-and-garbage-trucks-integrated-by-volvo/) - The exponential technologies deliver substantial change much faster than we consider and the disruption in waste management industry arrives earlier than we think. In a game-chianging movement, Volvo recently released a new video that shows a 100% automated garbage collection process with the integration of a robot, a drone and a traditional garbage truck. The project is
- [San Francisco bans plastic bottles](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/new-01/) - In a bold move toward pollution control, San Francisco has just become the first city in America to ban the sale of plastic water bottles, a move that is building on a global movement to reduce the huge amount of waste from the billion-dollar plastic bottle industry. For more see at http://www.globalflare.com/san-francisco-becomes-the-first-city-to-ban-sale-of-plastic-bottles/
- [Two milestones, one message: fasten your seatbelt!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/two-milestones-one-message-fasten-your-seatbelt/) - Two important milestones were achieved within recent 15 days. Milestone 1: The first driverless taxi fleet is already operational in Pittsburgh. On September 14, Uber announced that the world’s first Self-Driving Ubers are now on the road in the Steel City of Pittsburgh. As the company explains "We’re inviting our most loyal Pittsburgh customers to experience the
- [Transparent Wood is here!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/transparent-wood-is-here/) - Researchers at Stockholm's KTH Royal Institute of Technology have developed a new transparent wood material that's suitable for mass production. In the not so far future, windows and solar panels could be made from one of the best — and cheapest — construction materials known: transparent wood. A scientific team led by Professor Lars Berglund, head
- [Philanthropy for public health, then lobby against it! How about recycling?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/philanthropy-for-public-health-then-lobby-against-it-how-about-recycling/) - As long as the sustainability agenda is defined by big multinationals, then there is no place for any action that impacts their own interest, even slightly. So, as an example, reuse will always be less preferred than recycling, just because it is less profitable than selling single use cans! Here is another example, from the
- [We did it: plasticised seabirds and fishes!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/we-did-it-plasticised-seabirds-and-fishes/) - Seabirds are declining faster than any other group of birds, with plastic ingestion and associated contaminants linked to negative impacts on marine wildlife, including more than 170 seabird species. High levels of ingested plastic are correlated with increased concentrations of chlorine, iron, lead, manganese, and rubidium in feathers. The frequency of plastic ingestion by Laysan Albatross and
- [Brexit and Environmental Policy](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/brexit-and-environmental-policy/) - Only 70 hours before the UK referendum that will decide whether Britain should leave or remain in the European Union, a narrow range of issues has dominated the debate, leaving many others, including working conditions, international development and the environment firmly in the shadows, as Viviane Gravey, Andrew Jordan and Charlotte Burns have written recently at EurActiv.com Searching little
- [Brexit: Views on Recycling and Waste Management](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/brexit-views-on-recycling-and-waste-management/) - After the tremendous success of the recent post on Brexit, many readers asked me to provide more details regarding the impacts to waste management and recycling industry. So, today, one day before the UK Referendum, let's have a look at the major views and answers to the question: what will be the changes in waste management
- [502 deaths related with poor waste management?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/502-deaths-related-with-poor-waste-management/) - Poor solid waste management is a common phenomenon in Zimbabwe's cities and towns, and it represents a major health risk that has contributed to many diseases outbreaks leading to the unnecessary death of hundreds of people every year. According to 2015 statistics, released two weeks ago by the Ministry of Health and Child Care, diarrhoea accounted for 502 recorded
- [US elections: Climate Change out of the agenda](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/us-elections-climate-change-out-of-the-agenda/) - Although the fight between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is really hard, the recent debates about US elections were more than disappointing regarding Climate Change. It is unbelievable that, despite the fanfares about the success of the Paris Agreement, the discussion about the elections in the world’s second-largest emitter, and one of the biggest emitters per head, left
- [Artificial Intelligence: beyond the Tipping Point?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/artificial-intelligence-beyond-the-tipping-point/) - Microsoft has made a major breakthrough in speech recognition, creating a technology that recognizes the words in a conversation as well as a person does. In a paper published on 17-10-2016, a team of researchers and engineers in Microsoft Artificial Intelligence and Research reported a speech recognition system that makes the same or fewer errors than professional
- [Waste Crime = The new Narcotics!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/waste-crime-the-new-narcotics/) - Illegal waste activity costs England £1bn a year and more than 1,000 illegal waste sites were discovered last year, more than in the previous two years combined, with 662 still active as of the end of March! Sir James Bevan, chief executive of the Environment Agency, in a recent interview by The Guardian, explained that “Waste is the
- [Next station: decentralised facilities for e-waste recycling!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/next-station-decentralised-facilities-for-e-waste-recycling/) - As e-waste becomes a more and more emblematic problem for the future of waste management, the need for new more radical solutions drives innovative efforts worldwide. After Apple's Liam, a robot that manages 1.2 million mobile phones per year, a new innovative approached attracted my attention. Veena Sahajwalla, professor of engineering at the University of NSW, has
- [3D printers for plastic recycling in space!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/3d-printers-for-plastic-recycling-in-space/) - Tethers Unlimited, a company that develops advanced technologies to enable transformative capabilities and dramatic cost savings for special missions, has been awarded a NASA contract to develop and deliver a Positrusion Recycler to sterilize and recycle plastic waste such as packaging materials, utensils, trays and food storage containers into high-quality 3D filament. Dirty plastic dinnerware will ultimately
- [Tuesday September 13th: The first Wasteless Future Newsletter is coming!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/tuesday-september-13th-the-first-wasteless-future-newsletter-is-coming/) - Well, it is something that a lot of you have asked for and definitely we are late. But next Tuesday, September 13th, our first newsletter is arriving and it will be there on the first Tuesday or Thursday of every month. For the first newsletter, there are two surprises: a new (hopefully inspiring) video plus suggestions for music
- [Hopes for a Plasticless Future?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/hopes-for-a-plasticless-future/) - Well, it seems that there is a kind of global movement towards a world with less plastics or as I prefer a Plasticless Future. Let's see three recent, hopeful news. Last week it was announced that the Estonian Ministry of the Environment plans on banning free lightweight plastic bags in stores beginning July 2017 and raising the
- [ISWA 2016 Annual Congress, September 19-21: don't miss it](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/iswa-2016-annual-congress-september-19-21-dont-miss-it/) - The 2016 ISWA's Annual Congress is going to take place in September 19-21 at Novi Sad, Serbia. More than a 1000 academics and professionals of the waste management and recycling industry will be gathered and discuss solutions on the different localised waste management problems for four days. The final programme has been already announced and it
- [Drones deliver medicine and blood in Rwanda](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/drones-deliver-medicine-and-blood-in-rwanda/) - When we talk about the 4th industrial revolution, we need to consider that the rise of exponential technologies will open new, unimaginable possibilities for what can be achieved, in what cost and time framework. Here is a good example: Zipline, a robotics company based in California that has just begun negotiating directly with African countries’ governments
- [Five men death toll at recycling centre!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/five-men-death-toll-at-recycling-centre/) - Five workers were found dead and one more is seriously injured after a wall collapsed at Hawkeswood Metal Recycling Limited, based in Birmingham, UK. The wall collapsed on Thursday, July 7th, but three of the bodies were recovered early Friday morning, after a painstaking two-day operation by emergency services involving the use of heavy lifting gear. According the
- [Banks: part of the cartel or addicted to cocaine billions?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/banks-part-of-the-cartel-or-addicted-to-cocaine-billions/) - Recently I went through the book about cocaine trade "Zero Zero Zero" of the Italian investigative reporter Roberto Saviano, who is famous for his book Gomorrah, a journey into the business and criminal world of the Camorra and of the places where the organization was born and lives. Saviano describes the world of cocaine in depth and his
- [We did it: first mammal extinction due to climate change](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/we-did-it-first-mammal-extinction-due-to-climate-change/) - We did it: Bramble Cay melomys, the Great Barrier Reef’s only endemic mammal species that lives on a tiny island in the eastern Torres Strait, has been wiped-out from its only known location. And all the details indicate that the major reason is Climate Change! According Natalie Waller and Luke Leung from the University of Queensland, the
- [Corporate tax evasion undermines sound waste management efforts and EPR](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/corporate-tax-evasion-undermines-sound-waste-management-efforts-and-epr/) - It seems that the recent leak of Panama papers created a wave of reactions against the frauds that are becoming a global rule for big multinational companies and super-rich individuals. In his recent high level address to the Second United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, ISWA's President David Newman explained the linkages between huge corporate tax evasion
- [Battery Recycling drives lead poisoning in Indonesia](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/battery-recycling-drives-lead-poisoning-in-indonesia/) - Recycling of lead acid batteries is one of the major toxic problems plaguing Indonesia, along with much of the developing world, as a recent article at National Geographic highlights. Thousands of unlicensed and heavily polluting smelters are continuously emitting high concentrations of lead and other toxic substances into the air. Lead, a major component of vehicle batteries,
- [Towards plastic free music concerts?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/towards-plastic-free-music-concerts/) - As the problem with plastic pollution and its tremendous impacts to the ocean ecosystems is becoming more and more studies and widely discussed, broader audiences are getting involved into important efforts to drive a plastic free life-style. While a new study by the University of Leicester, published in the journal Anthropocene, suggests that the surface of the planet is
- [How about Household Biogas Generation?](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/how-about-household-biogas-generation/) - Innovation comes faster that we can follow it. I do believe that the era of decentralised neighbourhood or even household waste treatment facilities has already arrived and this is one more piece of evidence. On average, 1 Kg / 2.2 pounds of food waste produces about 200 liters or 7 Cubic feet of gas, which
- [Print your food & manage your food waste with 3D printers...](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/hungry-no-worries-print-your-food-exactly-as-you-want-it/) - Few days ago I published a blog about 3D printers and their impacts to recycling and waste management. But innovation comes with speeds that are exponentially higher than we can digest, so here is one more revolutionary application of 3D printers. I am talking about a vending machine that will print your snacks as you
- [Don't say that you don't know: dumpsites are a deadly threat](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/dont-say-that-you-dont-know-dumpsites-are-a-deadly-threat/) - The news are speaking themselves. In Spain, just 50 km from Madrid, on May 12th, a fire at an illegal dumpsite with 75,000 tons spent tyres created a so thick toxic fume that billows of thick black smoke could be seen for 20 miles. Despite the efforts of the firefighters to contain the fire (something that seemed to
- [Circular Economy in Practice: June 8th, Brussels](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/circular-economy-in-practice-june-8th-brussels/) - ISWA's European Group is organising the event "Circular Economy: from Concepts to Projects", in Brussels, on June 8th. In a period where circular economy becomes the policy cornerstone for waste and resource management, ISWA's European Group opens the discussion on two hot-issues. The role and potential of Secondary Raw Material Markets in the European Circular Economy.
- [Global warming will create millions of climate refugees from Middle East](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/global-warming-will-create-millions-of-climate-refugees-from-middle-east/) - A new research project implemented by Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Cyprus Institute in Nicosia reveals a dramatic future due to global warming. According the research Middle East and North Africa could become so hot that human habitability is compromised. The goal of limiting global warming to less than two degrees Celsius, agreed at the recent
- [Italian Supreme Court: Stealing food to eat is not a crime!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/italian-supreme-court-stealing-food-to-eat-is-not-a-crime/) - Almost 150 years after the publication of the famous Victor Hugo's novel Les Miserables (in which Jean Valjean served prison time after stealing bread for his sister's starving children) the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation came with an historic decision. The court overturned homeless man Roman Ostriakov's 2011 theft conviction, in which he stole about $4.50 worth of
- [Liam guides us towards the end of e-waste...](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/liam-guides-us-towards-the-end-of-e-waste/) - Apple recently relaunched its recycling program, which will now be called Apple Renew. With almost 700 million iPhones sold (roughly 1/3 of them within 2015) and more than a billion gadgets in use, it seems that Apple is is going very seriously to the recycling challenge. This is highlighted by Apple's new invention, a new robot
- [Circular Economy: it's all about supply chains](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/circular-economy-its-all-about-supply-chains/) - I had the pleasure to coordinate a recent ISWA webinar on Circular Economy and Resource Management. The purpose of the webinar was to address the challenges of Circular Economy in a realistic way and to highlight the contribution of the waste management and recycling industry. A brief but concise description of the discussion and the
- [All you need to know: drones are a key-tool for waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/all-you-need-to-know-drones-are-a-key-tool-for-waste-management/) - I know that some of my followers are in doubt about the potential use of drones in waste management or they do not expect that this is something for the near future. Well, let's see what's happening with the use of drones in the construction industry in USA, and then we can make our own conclusions.
- [2.8 billion dollars MBT project shuts down in Lancashire, UK](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/2-8-billion-dollars-mbt-project-shuts-down-in-lancashire-uk/) - Just after six years from the date they started their full operation, and nine years after a 2.8 billion dollars deal was signed for their construction and 25 years operation, two of Britain’s biggest recycling plants are set to close, leaving more than 250 workers facing redundancy. Residual waste will also no longer be treated at the two plants,
- [African Universities join forces to tackle waste management problems](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/african-universities-join-forces-to-tackle-waste-management-problems/) - Six major universities from five African countries - Kenya, Egypt, Mauritius, Burkina Faso and Ethiopia - established recently the region's first University Consortium on Waste Management this year. "The overall purpose of the Consortium is to build capacities of African countries to better manage solid waste, particularly in cities," explained Professor Mungai, a member of the
- [Panama papers and waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/panama-papers-and-waste-management/) - In the wake of the Panama Papers revelations, ISWA President David Newman riles at tax dodging political and business elites hoarding money which could save lives with waste and sanitation infrastructure. In his recent blog "How Tax Evasion has Repercussions on Waste Management", David Newman concludes that: "... the Panama Papers make it clear that
- [New Video: the rise of recycling robots](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/new-video-the-rise-of-recycling-robots/) - In my recent lecture in Malaysia, during ISWA's Beacon Conference on Circular Economy and Resource Management, I emphasised on the emergence of robots and their potential for the waste management industry. I created a new video for that purpose and this has been already uploaded to my personal YouTube Channel, which contains 17 videos from several
- [First urban drone delivery in USA](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/first-urban-drone-delivery-in-usa/) - A package that included bottled water, emergency food and a first aid kit was the first legal drone delivery to an urban residential area in Hawthorne, Nevada, USA. The delivery was made by Flirtey, a Nevada based start-up that is specialised in real - time delivery using flying robots. This was the first Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- [Italy promotes food waste prevention for supermarkets](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/italy-promotes-food-waste-prevention-for-supermarkets/) - Italy is set to pass a law that will make supermarkets donate their waste food to charities, as a recent article in The Independent detailed. It will become the second European country to pass such laws after the French introduced a bill in February which bans supermarket throwing away or spoiling unsold food. Unlike France, which
- [UN in search of Change Catalysts](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/un-in-search-of-change-catalysts/) - The United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) has launched a 'pioneers programme' to accelerate grassroots leadership on the new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According a recent post in Edie.net the programme is part of a wider SDG action plan, designed to assist the UNGC’s 80-plus local networks in developing and executing SDG implementation strategies, linking them
- [3,000 miles flight fuelled by plastic waste!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/3000-miles-flight-fuelled-by-plastic-waste/) - It' s coming soon, most probably on August 2016. Jeremy Rowsell, a British pilot, will fly more than 3,000 miles from San Francisco to Alaska in the pioneering 'On Wings of Waste' flight, which will use recycled plastic waste as aviation fuel. According Edie.net, Rowsell was inspired to embark on the project after seeing devastating
- [Hondura's environmental war: Nelson Garcia was murdered too](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/honduras-environmental-war-nelson-garcia-was-murdered-too/) - Less that 10 days after Berta Caceres' murder, one of her most close colleagues was murdered too. On Tuesday March 15, Nelson García, another indigenous environmental activist, was killed by unidentified gunmen as he returned to his family home. He was a co-founder and one of the the most renowned and active members of the Civic Council
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- [ISWA warns: without instant action we are heading towards a waste crisis](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/iswa-warns-without-instant-action-we-are-heading-towards-a-waste-crisis/) - In a recent press release, the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) is calling on governments and organisations to broaden their understanding of the global waste crisis following a recent focus on the issue of marine plastic debris. While the alarming amount of plastic in the oceans has justifiably received recent attention, it is just one
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- [Flexible glass brings unimaginable opportunities](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/flexible-glass-brings-unimaginable-opportunities/) - Glassmakers are already manufacturing bendable glass that’s thinner than a human hair and half a kilometre long, and they say foldable glass is just around the corner. German glassmaker Schott is now mass-manufacturing glass that’s ultrathin, strong, and smooth. Electronics can be made on it, and it flexes like plastic. The first consumer product to use
- [Tablets Bring Waste Management Technology Into the Digital Era](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/tablets-bring-waste-management-technology-into-the-digital-age/) - While thermal imaging camera is developed in smartphones to identify how cold or hot someone/something is, a new application has been developed to transform the hot issue of waste collection into a “cold” issue. The American solid-waste disposal company “Daily Disposal” invested in a custom mobile app called eMobile, Samsung Galaxy tablets with 10.1-inch screens
- [New aluminum alloy with 75% recycled content](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/new-aluminum-alloy-with-75-recycled-content/) - Novelis , a world leader in aluminum products, Atlanta, has announced that its RC5754 alloy, a new automotive product designed to contain up to 75 percent recycled content, has been successfully integrated into the structural components of high volume production passenger vehicles. RC5754 was developed with Jaguar Land Rover and serves as a key component of Jaguar's
- [Mumbai dumpsite fire can be seen from space!](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/mumbai-dumpsite-fire-can-be-seen-from-space/) - Few months ago, in the report “Wasted Health” published by ISWA, it was clearly mentioned that dumpsites are becoming a global health emergency. Both the authors (me and David Newman) couldn’t imagine that the fire that started recently in Deonar, Mumbai’s 132 hectares oldest dumpsite, that receives 4,000 tons of waste per day, will be
- [Circular Economy & Field Experiences](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/new-03/) - In a recent Brussels workshop organized by the ISWA’s Hazardous Waste Working Group, on January 28th, Antonis contributed with a presentation regarding the field experiences from plastic recyclables and reuse practices. Based on real experiences and on the recent ISWA’s work on Resource Management (http://www.iswa.org/iswa/iswa-groups/task-forces) he highlighted the need for a fully functional traceability of
- [St. Valentines day gift: drones deliver contraceptives in Ghana](https://wastelessfuture.com/news/st-valentines-day-gift-drones-deliver-contraceptives-in-ghana/) - Each year when Valentine's Day approaches, our thoughts turn to love, relationships and coupling. Well, this year, I believe that we had a really useful gift for Valentine’s Day. Public health specialists have created a project named Dr. One, a scheme that uses drones to deliver contraceptives to women living in remote rural areas in

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- [Waste Hierarchy](https://wastelessfuture.com/category/waste-hierarchy/)
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- [Martin Luther King](https://wastelessfuture.com/category/martin-luther-king/)
- [Workers](https://wastelessfuture.com/category/workers/)

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- [end of waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/end-of-waste/)
- [recycling markets](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/recycling-markets/)
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- [waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-management/)
- [anaerobic digestion](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/anaerobic-digestion/)
- [methane](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/methane/)
- [neighborhood](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/neighborhood/)
- [Universities](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/universities/)
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- [ARS](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ars/)
- [infographics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/infographics/)
- [compost](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/compost/)
- [Microplastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/microplastics/)
- [Microbeads](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/microbeads/)
- [Ocean Pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ocean-pollution/)
- [MBT](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/mbt/)
- [Treatment](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/treatment/)
- [PPP](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ppp/)
- [UK](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/uk/)
- [Garbagemen](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/garbagemen/)
- [markets](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/markets/)
- [Advantages of drones](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/advantages-of-drones/)
- [3D printers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/3d-printers/)
- [Zero waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/zero-waste/)
- [Paper](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/paper/)
- [Apple](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/apple/)
- [E-Waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/e-waste/)
- [Climate Refugees](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/climate-refugees/)
- [Global Warming](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/global-warming/)
- [Paris Agreement](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/paris-agreement/)
- [event](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/event/)
- [Brussels](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/brussels/)
- [Spain](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/spain/)
- [tyres](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/tyres/)
- [toxic gas](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/toxic-gas/)
- [Jane Gilbert](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/jane-gilbert/)
- [green waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/green-waste/)
- [Biogas](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/biogas/)
- [Music](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/music/)
- [behaviour](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/behaviour/)
- [consumption](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/consumption/)
- [legacy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/legacy/)
- [Transparent Wood](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/transparent-wood/)
- [Construction Materials](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/construction-materials/)
- [Solar Panels](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/solar-panels/)
- [Batteries](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/batteries/)
- [Indonesia](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/indonesia/)
- [Steven Hawking](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/steven-hawking/)
- [Guitar](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/guitar/)
- [Guitar strings](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/guitar-strings/)
- [Panama papers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/panama-papers/)
- [UNEA](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/unea/)
- [Tax evasion](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/tax-evasion/)
- [Cocaine](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/cocaine/)
- [Banks](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/banks/)
- [Banking system](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/banking-system/)
- [Drug Cartel](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/drug-cartel/)
- [recycling failures](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/recycling-failures/)
- [EU](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/eu/)
- [BREXIT](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/brexit/)
- [Environmental Policy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/environmental-policy/)
- [Inclusive growth](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/inclusive-growth/)
- [Referendum](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/referendum/)
- [Plastic Pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/plastic-pollution/)
- [Seabirds](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/seabirds/)
- [organic fraction](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/organic-fraction/)
- [biowaste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/biowaste/)
- [self-driving](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/self-driving/)
- [Olympic Games](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/olympic-games/)
- [Rio 2016](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/rio-2016/)
- [Brazil](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/brazil/)
- [Rio Olympic Games](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/rio-olympic-games/)
- [Child Labor](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/child-labor/)
- [recycling f](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/recycling-f/)
- [global economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/global-economy/)
- [work](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/work/)
- [health and safety](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/health-and-safety/)
- [labor force](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/labor-force/)
- [Sensors](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/sensors/)
- [Future Bus](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/future-bus/)
- [Future Garbage Trucks](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/future-garbage-trucks/)
- [Healthcare](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/healthcare/)
- [Tavis Bucklin](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/tavis-bucklin/)
- [Business Innovators](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/business-innovators/)
- [Annual Congress](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/annual-congress/)
- [Novi Sad](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/novi-sad/)
- [September 19-21](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/september-19-21/)
- [circular e](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/circular-e/)
- [Help](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/help/)
- [Support](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/support/)
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- [Masterclass](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/masterclass/)
- [Waste management plans](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-management-plans/)
- [textbook](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/textbook/)
- [Jonathan T. Scott](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/jonathan-t-scott/)
- [Innovation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/innovation/)
- [Plastic bags](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/plastic-bags/)
- [Ban](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ban/)
- [Estonia](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/estonia/)
- [France](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/france/)
- [Wasteless Future](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/wasteless-future/)
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- [Remi](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/remi/)
- [David Wilson](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/david-wilson/)
- [Space waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/space-waste/)
- [Developing countries](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/developing-countries/)
- [Health problems](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/health-problems/)
- [Closure](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/closure/)
- [Fourth Industrial Revolution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/fourth-industrial-revolution/)
- [Grassroots](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/grassroots/)
- [Social Innovation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/social-innovation/)
- [New Technologies](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/new-technologies/)
- [Internet of Trucks](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/internet-of-trucks/)
- [Optimisation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/optimisation/)
- [resource value](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/resource-value/)
- [Waste Crime](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-crime/)
- [Illegal Dumping](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/illegal-dumping/)
- [environmental engineering](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/environmental-engineering/)
- [students](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/students/)
- [careers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/careers/)
- [SWANA](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/swana/)
- [Waste Pickers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-pickers/)
- [Inclusive Recycling](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/inclusive-recycling/)
- [Public Health](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/public-health/)
- [Multinationals](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/multinationals/)
- [Philanthropy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/philanthropy/)
- [EPR](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/epr/)
- [speech recognition](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/speech-recognition/)
- [tipping point](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/tipping-point/)
- [Binbag](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/binbag/)
- [Internet of Things](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/internet-of-things/)
- [Hurricane Matthew](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/hurricane-matthew/)
- [Disaster Management](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/disaster-management/)
- [Urbanisation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/urbanisation/)
- [WEF](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/wef/)
- [Global Agenda Council](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/global-agenda-council/)
- [SWM industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/swm-industry/)
- [Augmented Reality](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/augmented-reality/)
- [DIF](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/dif/)
- [Webinar](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/webinar/)
- [Timothy Bouldry](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/timothy-bouldry/)
- [ISWA Scholarship](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/iswa-scholarship/)
- [Managua](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/managua/)
- [Trade trash for education](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/trade-trash-for-education/)
- [US Elections](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/us-elections/)
- [Hillary Clinton](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/hillary-clinton/)
- [Donald Trump](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/donald-trump/)
- [Developing world](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/developing-world/)
- [Be Waste Wise](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/be-waste-wise/)
- [Upcycling](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/upcycling/)
- [Art](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/art/)
- [WHAT WEEE ARE](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/what-weee-are/)
- [Big data](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/big-data/)
- [Survey](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/survey/)
- [Environmental Economics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/environmental-economics/)
- [Circuar](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/circuar/)
- [NASA. Space Poop](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/nasa-space-poop/)
- [Astronauts](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/astronauts/)
- [GHGs](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ghgs/)
- [CO2 footprint](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/co2-footprint/)
- [South Africa](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/south-africa/)
- [REDISA](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/redisa/)
- [Environmental Insurance](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/environmental-insurance/)
- [Waste generation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-generation/)
- [Bergen](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bergen/)
- [BIR](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bir/)
- [Growth](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/growth/)
- [Norway](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/norway/)
- [Waste Regulation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-regulation/)
- [Food Delivery](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/food-delivery/)
- [London](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/london/)
- [Future is now](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/future-is-now/)
- [Space debris](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/space-debris/)
- [ASTROSCALE](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/astroscale/)
- [Low Earth Orbit](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/low-earth-orbit/)
- [c40](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/c40/)
- [deadlines 2020](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/deadlines-2020/)
- [Power Plants](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/power-plants/)
- [Japan](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/japan/)
- [binee](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/binee/)
- [new business models](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/new-business-models/)
- [resource management](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/resource-management/)
- [Minha Coleta](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/minha-coleta/)
- [Mobile Apps](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/mobile-apps/)
- [Start-ups](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/start-ups/)
- [proteins](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/proteins/)
- [China](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/china/)
- [Shanghai](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/shanghai/)
- [Pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/pollution/)
- [Christmas](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/christmas/)
- [Personal Note](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/personal-note/)
- [2016 review](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/2016-review/)
- [towards 2017](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/towards-2017/)
- [By Fire and Sword](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/by-fire-and-sword/)
- [I have a dream](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/i-have-a-dream/)
- [Human Evolution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/human-evolution/)
- [Meta-Intelligence](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/meta-intelligence/)
- [Peter Diamandis](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/peter-diamandis/)
- [Beirut](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/beirut/)
- [Lebanon](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/lebanon/)
- [Decision - Making](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/decision-making/)
- [Waste Planning](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-planning/)
- [Zen Robotics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/zen-robotics/)
- [Robotic Recycling](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/robotic-recycling/)
- [Zero Food Recycler](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/zero-food-recycler/)
- [Whirlpool](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/whirlpool/)
- [Martin Luther King](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/martin-luther-king/)
- [Trump](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/trump/)
- [Inaugural Speech](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/inaugural-speech/)
- [Women's March](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/womens-march/)
- [USA](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/usa/)
- [Internet of Bins](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/internet-of-bins/)
- [Enevo](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/enevo/)
- [Smart Collection](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/smart-collection/)
- [Collaborative Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/collaborative-economy/)
- [Geological Cycle](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/geological-cycle/)
- [Energy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/energy/)
- [Material Flows](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/material-flows/)
- [Jobless Future](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/jobless-future/)
- [Human Vs Machine](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/human-vs-machine/)
- [Basic Income](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/basic-income/)
- [Litterati](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/litterati/)
- [Smartphones](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/smartphones/)
- [Litter](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/litter/)
- [Jeff Kirschner](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/jeff-kirschner/)
- [Gibsons Recycling Depot](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/gibsons-recycling-depot/)
- [Governance](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/governance/)
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- [Consumerism](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/consumerism/)
- [Love](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/love/)
- [Digitalisation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/digitalisation/)
- [Smart Sensors](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/smart-sensors/)
- [Sorting](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/sorting/)
- [Microfibers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/microfibers/)
- [Fleece](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/fleece/)
- [Ocean Plastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ocean-plastics/)
- [Millenials](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/millenials/)
- [Food industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/food-industry/)
- [Internet of Packaging](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/internet-of-packaging/)
- [Delivery](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/delivery/)
- [Informal Recyclers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/informal-recyclers/)
- [Interconnectivity](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/interconnectivity/)
- [Smart Phones](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/smart-phones/)
- [Chile](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/chile/)
- [Global South](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/global-south/)
- [Real Junk Food Project](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/real-junk-food-project/)
- [Junk Food](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/junk-food/)
- [Sharing Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/sharing-economy/)
- [Bioelektra](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bioelektra/)
- [Autoclave](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/autoclave/)
- [Biostabilisation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/biostabilisation/)
- [Low cost](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/low-cost/)
- [Poland](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/poland/)
- [Urbanization](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/urbanization/)
- [Ethiopia](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ethiopia/)
- [Addis Ababa](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/addis-ababa/)
- [Death toll](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/death-toll/)
- [Bangalore](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bangalore/)
- [Health emergency](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/health-emergency/)
- [Facebook](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/facebook/)
- [Citizenship](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/citizenship/)
- [Algorithms](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/algorithms/)
- [St Patrick's Day](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/st-patricks-day/)
- [Deposit Schemes](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/deposit-schemes/)
- [Overconsumption](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/overconsumption/)
- [Whanganui River](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/whanganui-river/)
- [New Zealand](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/new-zealand/)
- [Maori](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/maori/)
- [river](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/river/)
- [environmental justice](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/environmental-justice/)
- [environmental law](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/environmental-law/)
- [sustainability](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/sustainability/)
- [sustainable development](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/sustainable-development/)
- [access to water](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/access-to-water/)
- [Self-driving cars](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/self-driving-cars/)
- [UBER](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/uber/)
- [Cities](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/cities/)
- [Traffic](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/traffic/)
- [Construction](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/construction/)
- [Giral](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/giral/)
- [Catadores](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/catadores/)
- [Business Models](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/business-models/)
- [Social Inclusion](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/social-inclusion/)
- [Ganges](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ganges/)
- [Water Rights](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/water-rights/)
- [Rivers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/rivers/)
- [US EPA](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/us-epa/)
- [Oil and Gas Industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/oil-and-gas-industry/)
- [Human Brain](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/human-brain/)
- [Neural lace](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/neural-lace/)
- [Neuralink](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/neuralink/)
- [Elon Musk](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/elon-musk/)
- [Human - Machine Symbiosis](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/human-machine-symbiosis/)
- [Robotics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/robotics/)
- [Aquapak](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/aquapak/)
- [Flexible Plastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/flexible-plastics/)
- [Bangladesh](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bangladesh/)
- [Heavy Metals](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/heavy-metals/)
- [Politics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/politics/)
- [Agriculture](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/agriculture/)
- [Industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/industry/)
- [Icebergs](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/icebergs/)
- [Greenland](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/greenland/)
- [Shipping](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/shipping/)
- [Titanic](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/titanic/)
- [Marketplace](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/marketplace/)
- [Online platform](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/online-platform/)
- [Social Justice](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/social-justice/)
- [Big Philanthropy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/big-philanthropy/)
- [Inequality](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/inequality/)
- [Mega-Rich](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/mega-rich/)
- [Super-Elite](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/super-elite/)
- [Policy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/policy/)
- [Airlines](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/airlines/)
- [Hazardous Subances](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/hazardous-subances/)
- [Penrose](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/penrose/)
- [Chess](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/chess/)
- [Consciousness](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/consciousness/)
- [Urban Transvergence](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/urban-transvergence/)
- [Soft Drinks](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/soft-drinks/)
- [Coca Cola](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/coca-cola/)
- [Consumptions](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/consumptions/)
- [reuse](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/reuse/)
- [repair](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/repair/)
- [Sweden](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/sweden/)
- [Asteroids](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/asteroids/)
- [Moon](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/moon/)
- [Mars](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/mars/)
- [Artificial Intelligenece](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/artificial-intelligenece/)
- [Salad maker](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/salad-maker/)
- [Chowbotics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/chowbotics/)
- [Sally](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/sally/)
- [SDGs](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/sdgs/)
- [Unemployment](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/unemployment/)
- [Automation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/automation/)
- [Workforce](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/workforce/)
- [Housing](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/housing/)
- [Coffee cups](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/coffee-cups/)
- [Biodegradable](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/biodegradable/)
- [Australia](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/australia/)
- [Worms](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/worms/)
- [Ecosystem](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ecosystem/)
- [Whales](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/whales/)
- [Henderson Island](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/henderson-island/)
- [Electric Vehicles](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/electric-vehicles/)
- [Life Cycle Analysis](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/life-cycle-analysis/)
- [Coal](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/coal/)
- [Lead](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/lead/)
- [Lead poisoning](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/lead-poisoning/)
- [Toxic pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/toxic-pollution/)
- [Mining](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/mining/)
- [social media](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/social-media/)
- [capitalism](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/capitalism/)
- [Google](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/google/)
- [surveillance](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/surveillance/)
- [behavioural science](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/behavioural-science/)
- [internet](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/internet/)
- [users](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/users/)
- [privacy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/privacy/)
- [Redesign](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/redesign/)
- [Design](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/design/)
- [Recovery](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/recovery/)
- [Alphabet](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/alphabet/)
- [Logistics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/logistics/)
- [Disassembly](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/disassembly/)
- [Cloud Computing](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/cloud-computing/)
- [Energy Recovery](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/energy-recovery/)
- [Servers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/servers/)
- [Home](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/home/)
- [House heating](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/house-heating/)
- [Energy Bills](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/energy-bills/)
- [Floods](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/floods/)
- [Coastal Areas](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/coastal-areas/)
- [CO2 emissions](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/co2-emissions/)
- [Fossil Fuels](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/fossil-fuels/)
- [Economy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/economy/)
- [Inarritu](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/inarritu/)
- [Migration](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/migration/)
- [Refugees](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/refugees/)
- [Virtual Reality](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/virtual-reality/)
- [Cinema](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/cinema/)
- [Mexico Border](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/mexico-border/)
- [mobile phones](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/mobile-phones/)
- [chargers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/chargers/)
- [Recycle](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/recycle/)
- [Substitution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/substitution/)
- [Flying cars](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/flying-cars/)
- [Cars](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/cars/)
- [Plastic Industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/plastic-industry/)
- [Plastic consumption](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/plastic-consumption/)
- [Apparel Industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/apparel-industry/)
- [Viscose](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/viscose/)
- [Fast fashion](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/fast-fashion/)
- [Autonomous Cars](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/autonomous-cars/)
- [Baidu](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/baidu/)
- [Car Industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/car-industry/)
- [Ocado](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ocado/)
- [Groceries](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/groceries/)
- [Supply Chain](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/supply-chain/)
- [Wind Turbines](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/wind-turbines/)
- [Blades](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/blades/)
- [Composite Materials](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/composite-materials/)
- [Human Life](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/human-life/)
- [Aging](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/aging/)
- [Natural Limits](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/natural-limits/)
- [Longevity](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/longevity/)
- [Death](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/death/)
- [Biology](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/biology/)
- [Workspace](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/workspace/)
- [The future of work](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/the-future-of-work/)
- [Oculus](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/oculus/)
- [Ford](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ford/)
- [chatbots](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/chatbots/)
- [AI](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ai/)
- [Data Privacy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/data-privacy/)
- [Roomba](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/roomba/)
- [iRobot](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/irobot/)
- [Brand New World](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/brand-new-world/)
- [Horse Manure Crisis](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/horse-manure-crisis/)
- [Henry Ford](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/henry-ford/)
- [Electric cars](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/electric-cars/)
- [workers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/workers/)
- [microchips](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/microchips/)
- [implants](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/implants/)
- [Epicenter](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/epicenter/)
- [connected people](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/connected-people/)
- [interconectivity](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/interconectivity/)
- [Wastewater](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/wastewater/)
- [Alabama](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/alabama/)
- [Food Chain](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/food-chain/)
- [Brain Machine Interface](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/brain-machine-interface/)
- [Industrial Revolution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/industrial-revolution/)
- [Software](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/software/)
- [Cyborgs](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/cyborgs/)
- [CTRL-Labs](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ctrl-labs/)
- [Cognition](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/cognition/)
- [responsible consumption](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/responsible-consumption/)
- [ethical consumption](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ethical-consumption/)
- [fair trade](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/fair-trade/)
- [company values](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/company-values/)
- [transparency](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/transparency/)
- [browser](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/browser/)
- [Kickstarter](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/kickstarter/)
- [fundraising](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/fundraising/)
- [Impakt](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/impakt/)
- [Human Health](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/human-health/)
- [Lancet](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/lancet/)
- [Air Pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/air-pollution/)
- [Soli Pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/soli-pollution/)
- [Chemical Pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/chemical-pollution/)
- [Water Pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/water-pollution/)
- [Workplace pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/workplace-pollution/)
- [Anthropocene](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/anthropocene/)
- [Book](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/book/)
- [Information](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/information/)
- [City Management](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/city-management/)
- [Dietmar Offenhuber](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/dietmar-offenhuber/)
- [MIT](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/mit/)
- [Urban Legibility](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/urban-legibility/)
- [Concrete](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/concrete/)
- [Bridge](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bridge/)
- [Netherlands](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/netherlands/)
- [California](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/california/)
- [Regulations](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/regulations/)
- [Tesla](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/tesla/)
- [REFIND](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/refind/)
- [Johanna Reimers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/johanna-reimers/)
- [Machine Learning](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/machine-learning/)
- [Machine Vision](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/machine-vision/)
- [Silicon Valley](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/silicon-valley/)
- [Amazon](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/amazon/)
- [digital revolution](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/digital-revolution/)
- [high-tech](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/high-tech/)
- [tech giants](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/tech-giants/)
- [monopolies](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/monopolies/)
- [market](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/market/)
- [IT](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/it/)
- [hardware](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/hardware/)
- [competition](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/competition/)
- [market power](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/market-power/)
- [lobby](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/lobby/)
- [tax avoidance](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/tax-avoidance/)
- [HomeBiogas](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/homebiogas/)
- [Household waste management](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/household-waste-management/)
- [Leftovers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/leftovers/)
- [Law](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/law/)
- [Compology](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/compology/)
- [Wate Collection](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/wate-collection/)
- [Single Use Plastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/single-use-plastics/)
- [Bans](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bans/)
- [Environmental Taxes](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/environmental-taxes/)
- [Policy making](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/policy-making/)
- [Bioplastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bioplastics/)
- [Alternative Plastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/alternative-plastics/)
- [Bio-materials](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bio-materials/)
- [Black Carbon](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/black-carbon/)
- [Waste Tyres](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-tyres/)
- [Microwave](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/microwave/)
- [Spent Tyres](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/spent-tyres/)
- [Advanced Recycling](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/advanced-recycling/)
- [New Black Technologies](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/new-black-technologies/)
- [Bryce Powell](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bryce-powell/)
- [Industry 4.0](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/industry-4-0/)
- [indigenous people](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/indigenous-people/)
- [Peru](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/peru/)
- [toxic waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/toxic-waste/)
- [big oil](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/big-oil/)
- [land](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/land/)
- [oil spills](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/oil-spills/)
- [dogs](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/dogs/)
- [chicken](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/chicken/)
- [poop](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/poop/)
- [decentralisation](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/decentralisation/)
- [animal waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/animal-waste/)
- [electricity](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/electricity/)
- [data centers](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/data-centers/)
- [buses](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/buses/)
- [light](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/light/)
- [green energy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/green-energy/)
- [future of technologies](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/future-of-technologies/)
- [Internet of Materials](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/internet-of-materials/)
- [blockchain](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/blockchain/)
- [cryptocurrency](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/cryptocurrency/)
- [bitcoin](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/bitcoin/)
- [ethereum](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ethereum/)
- [garbage](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/garbage/)
- [global markets](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/global-markets/)
- [pricing](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/pricing/)
- [simon penney](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/simon-penney/)
- [waste hierarchy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-hierarchy/)
- [sustainable consumption](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/sustainable-consumption/)
- [solid waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/solid-waste/)
- [International Aid](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/international-aid/)
- [Urban Mining](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/urban-mining/)
- [Resource Recovery](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/resource-recovery/)
- [Loic Breton](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/loic-breton/)
- [Ad Lansink](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ad-lansink/)
- [Challenging Changes](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/challenging-changes/)
- [Waste to Resources](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/waste-to-resources/)
- [Oil Industry](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/oil-industry/)
- [Racicm](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/racicm/)
- [Adam Read](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/adam-read/)
- [Social Behaviour](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/social-behaviour/)
- [Policies](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/policies/)
- [Practices](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/practices/)
- [Report](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/report/)
- [China Ban](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/china-ban/)
- [ISWA2018](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/iswa2018/)
- [Kuala Lumpur](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/kuala-lumpur/)
- [UNEP](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/unep/)
- [plastic marine debris](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/plastic-marine-debris/)
- [coronavirus](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/coronavirus/)
- [pandemics](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/pandemics/)
- [covid-19](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/covid-19/)
- [global crisis](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/global-crisis/)
- [Healthcare waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/healthcare-waste/)
- [Medical Waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/medical-waste/)
- [Italy](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/italy/)
- [Quarantine](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/quarantine/)
- [nielsen](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/nielsen/)
- [IND 4.0](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/ind-4-0/)
- [food wastage](https://wastelessfuture.com/tag/food-wastage/)

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- [ISWA](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/iswa/)
- [Informal Sector](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/informal-sector/)
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- [Space garbage](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/space-garbage/)
- [Space Waste Collection](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/space-waste-collection/)
- [Global Warming](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/global-warming/)
- [Cloud-based](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/cloud-based/)
- [Energy generation](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/energy-generation/)
- [Internet of Things](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/internet-of-things/)
- [Industrial Internet of Things](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/industrial-internet-of-things/)
- [General Electric](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/general-electric/)
- [composting](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/composting/)
- [compost](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/compost/)
- [Slums](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/slums/)
- [WHO](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/who/)
- [Toxic pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/toxic-pollution/)
- [Space](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/space/)
- [NASA](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/nasa/)
- [Asteroids](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/asteroids/)
- [Plastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/plastics/)
- [Plastic Bags](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/plastic-bags/)
- [Plastic Pollution](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/plastic-pollution/)
- [Mining](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/mining/)
- [Lead Poisoning](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/lead-poisoning/)
- [Hazardous waste](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/hazardous-waste/)
- [UNEA](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/unea/)
- [Children](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/children/)
- [Cloud services](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/cloud-services/)
- [Cloud computing](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/cloud-computing/)
- [Heat recovery](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/heat-recovery/)
- [Cities](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/cities/)
- [Resilience](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/resilience/)
- [Megcities](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/megcities/)
- [Renewable Energy](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/renewable-energy/)
- [Coal](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/coal/)
- [China](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/china/)
- [Baidu](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/baidu/)
- [Autonomous cars](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/autonomous-cars/)
- [Logistics](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/logistics/)
- [Supply Chain](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/supply-chain/)
- [Human Life](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/human-life/)
- [Biology](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/biology/)
- [Natural Limits](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/natural-limits/)
- [Bottled Water](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/bottled-water/)
- [Chatbots](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/chatbots/)
- [Microsogt](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/microsogt/)
- [Marine Litter](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/marine-litter/)
- [Waste Management](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/waste-management/)
- [Microplastics](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/microplastics/)
- [Brain](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/brain/)
- [Brain Machine Inteface](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/brain-machine-inteface/)
- [Cognition](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/cognition/)
- [Consumerism](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/consumerism/)
- [Corporate Ethics](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/corporate-ethics/)
- [Responsible Consumption](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/responsible-consumption/)
- [Indigenous People](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/indigenous-people/)
- [Peru](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/peru/)
- [Amazon river](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/amazon-river/)
- [Resource Management](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/resource-management/)
- [Urban Mining](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/urban-mining/)
- [Wasteless](https://wastelessfuture.com/news-category/wasteless/)