The ISWA World Congress is a global meeting that attracts over 1,000 delegates from around the world including solid waste management professionals, government officials, industry leaders, policy makers, scientists, and young professionals.
The congress will feature high level plenaries and a comprehensive scientific program highlighting the socioeconomic impacts of waste recycling, waste reduction, health, safety, policy regulation pertaining to recycling and climate change, and achieving the sustainable development goal objectives.
Find more information about Abt’s sessions at ISWA below:
Innovative Technology for a Circular Economy – Using Organic Waste to Power Cold Storage Systems to Reduce Food Waste
Tuesday, October 31
1:50 - 2:10 pm Gulf Standard Time
Presenter: David Cooley, Senior Associate, Abt Global
Improving Measurement, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) in the Waste Sector to Meet Global Methane Pledge Commitments
Wednesday, November 1
9:20 - 9:40 am Gulf Standard Time
Presenter: David Cooley, Senior Associate, Abt Global
Additional Resources
Spotlight On: Methane
Abt provides technical assistance to stakeholders to advance methane mitigation and capture strategies across countries and sectors.
Better Insight on Methane Emissions with SWEET Tool
Having graduated from EPA’s peer review process, the Abt-designed SWEET tool has been updated to better identify and resolve methane emissions.
Spotlight On: Circular Economy
Abt Global helps clients integrate a circular economy perspective into sustainable materials management and pollution prevention.
Mitigating Climate Change and Pollution from Solid Waste
Cities in developing countries often lack the technical capacity, financial resources and technologies to improve solid waste management. They are often paralyzed by the rapidly growing rates at which waste is generated and needs to be disposed, and…
Best Practices to Improve International Solid Waste Management
Many medium and large cities in developing countries lack the capacity to adequately manage solid waste. Limited awareness of best practices for waste management and lack of access to key technical resources are key barriers to improvement. Inadequate…