Video Panels
Helén Williams
December 16, 2019 | be Waste WiseHelén Williams is an associate professor of Environment and Energy system and part of the multi-disciplinary Service Research Center at Karlstad University.Read More
Eliminating Construction Waste | with Robert Crocker
November 22, 2019 | be Waste WiseHow can the present linear model in design and construction be replaced with a circular model?Read More
Duncan Baker-Brown
November 21, 2019 | be Waste WiseDuncan is an architect, academic and environmental activist.Read More
Sustainable Food Chains | with Gijs Langeveld
October 23, 2019 | be Waste Wise 1There is an overload of food waste initiatives, but which are the ones which create impact?Read More
Chris Cochran
October 23, 2019 | be Waste WiseChris provides strategic oversight to the entire ReFED organization and all program areasRead More
Toine Timmermans
October 22, 2019 | be Waste WiseToine Timmermans is Program Manager Circular Economy in Food at Wageningen University & Research, and Coordinator of the EU projects FUSIONS and REFRESH. Read More
The Changing Global Commodity Markets
October 22, 2019 | be Waste WiseWe discuss changes over the last 2 years, following the closure of Chinese markets for plastics, and increasing concerns about paper and plastics in other South East Asian markets. Read More
Simon Rutledge
October 22, 2019 | be Waste WiseSimon has over 25 years of experience within the UK waste management and the wider safety and environmental and sustainability management field, working within the regulatory and policy making arena.Read More
The Ultimate Journey from Dump Sites to a Circular Economy – ISWA YPG 2nd Online Conference (Day 2)
August 2, 2019 | be Waste Wise 1Day 2 of ISWA Young Professionals Group’s second online conferenceRead More
The Ultimate Journey from Dump Sites to a Circular Economy – ISWA YPG 2nd Online Conference (Day 1)
August 2, 2019 | be Waste WiseDay 1 of ISWA Young Professionals Group’s second online conferenceRead More
Social Enterprises in Zero Waste for Profit & Purpose | by Kate Bailey
August 2, 2019 | be Waste WiseJoin two global experts in exploring how the social enterprise business structure can transfer to the recycling and reuse sector. Read More
Eric Lombardi
August 2, 2019 | be Waste WiseEric is working to connect the people and best practices from around the world to facilitate the building of Zero Waste Communities through the creation and expansion of the “Social Enterprise” model. Read More
Gerry Higgins
August 2, 2019 | be Waste WiseGerry Higgins is Managing Director of Social Enterprise World Forum and Director of International Enterprise at Community Enterprise in Scotland (CEIS). Read More
Food Waste Legislation: Approaches from Europe and US
July 24, 2019 | be Waste Wise 2Food waste is one of the biggest challenges that the world faces today, contributing to climate change and resource depletion.Read More
Marco Ricci – Jürgensen
July 24, 2019 | be Waste Wiserco Ricci – Jürgensen is highly considered as an expert who conceives waste and recycling issues going beyond technical detailsRead More
John Fischer
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseJohn Fischer is Branch Chief for Commercial Waste Reduction and Waste Planning at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP).Read More
Kat Heinrich
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseKat Heinrich is a food waste specialist in Australia and winner of the 2017 GISA Women in Waste Leadership Award.Read More
Marine Plastic Pollution – Sources, Forces and Courses of Action
July 24, 2019 | be Waste Wise 1This expert panel reflects on the arrival of plastics in the marine environment, consider how we got here and most importantly what we can do.Read More
Louise Edge
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseLouise Edge is an Environmental Campaign Coordinator at GreenpeaceRead More
Libby Peake
July 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseLibby Peake is senior policy adviser on resource stewardship at Green Alliance, a UK based independent charity and think tank focused on achieving ambitious leadership for the environment.Read More
John Gertsakis
July 8, 2019 | be Waste WiseJohn Gertsakis is a sustainability practitioner with experience as an industry adviser, consultant, research academic and advocate. He is the co-founder of the newly formed Ewaste Watch Institute, and he co-authored Australia’s first report on e-waste recycling in 1995 titled: Short Circuiting Waste from Electronic Products. Read More
Beyond E-waste Recycling – Electronics Consumption and the Challenge of Sustainability
July 8, 2019 | be Waste WiseEwaste Watch in Australia acts in the public interest to protect human health and the environment by accelerating increased levels of electronics sustainability from cradle to cradle. Read More
Optimizing Food Rescue Programs: Prioritizing Strategies to Deliver the Best Community Value
May 3, 2019 | be Waste WiseExpanding food recovery programs is a critical action in a community’s overall strategy to reduce wasted food, but some efforts may deliver more community value than others.Read More
Madeline Keating
May 2, 2019 | be Waste WiseMadeline Keating is an Urban Fellow with NRDC’s Healthy People and Thriving Communities Program and is the City Lead in Denver for NRDC’s Food Matters project.Read More
Elaine Blatt
May 2, 2019 | be Waste WiseElaine Blatt is a Senior Policy and Program Analyst at Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Read More
Peter Canepa
May 2, 2019 | be Waste WisePeter Canepa joined the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality in January 2017, providing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) expertise to Oregon’s Materials Management program.Read More
Vaughan Levitzke
April 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseVaughan is well known for his dedication and intelligence in improving SA’s waste and recycling sector, hitting high profile milestones such as the roll-out of Australia’s first single-use plastic bags ban in 2009, the first Circular Economy strategy in Australia … Read More
Reflections on Sustainable Resource Management in Developing Economies
April 24, 2019 | be Waste WiseNovel approaches to ensure waste management in poorer countries is sustainable.Read More
What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050
March 15, 2019 | be Waste WiseA webinar which launches the World Bank report of the same name. Read More
Catalina Marulanda
March 15, 2019 | be Waste WiseCatalina Marulanda is currently the Practice Manager of the Urban Development Unit in the South Asia Region at the World Bank Group. Read More
Silpa Kaza
March 15, 2019 | be Waste WiseSilpa Kaza is an Urban Development Specialist in the World Bank’s Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice.Read More
Managing Plastics In Your Community And The Environment
January 8, 2019 | be Waste WiseWe’ll train you on how to identify, collect and reprocess the number of different plastic types using simple and practical approaches.Read More
Promising Innovation in Materials Science & Product Design
November 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseOrganized on 5th Sep, 2018, as part of The 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste QUICK SUMMARY & QUOTES DANIELLA RUSSO, Founder & CEO, Think Beyond Plastic
- The world of plastic hasn’t changed in the last 50 years and it … Read More
Next Steps to Eliminate Avoidable Plastic Waste Systematically
November 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseEmma Burlow & Kate Bailey participate in this panel organized as part of the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste. Read More
Communications for Adaptive & Resilient Recycling Systems
November 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseMitch Hedlund & Stephen Bates participate in this panel organized as part of the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste.Read More
Connecting Waste Hierarchy & Circular Economy
November 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseAd Lansink, the author of Challenging Changes, discusses the circular economy in the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste.Read More
New Recycling Systems for United States
November 21, 2018 | be Waste WiseJim Frey & Beth Schmitt discuss new syetms for the United States. This panel was organized as part of the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste. Read More
Status of Landfill Diversion Options
November 21, 2018 | be Waste WiseThis panel was organised as part of the New Systems for North America, theme of the 2018 Global Dialogue on WasteRead More
Developing Local Markets for Recyclables
November 21, 2018 | be Waste WiseKate Davenport & Lynn Hoffman of Eureka Recycling discuss in this panel organized as part of the 2018 Global Dialogue on WasteRead More
Status of Recycling & Opportunities for Innovation
November 21, 2018 | be Waste WiseCole Rosengren interviews Chaz Miller in the inaugural session of the 2018 Global Dialogue on Waste.Read More
Introducing ISWA’s Initiative for Mayors and Municipalities
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseWhy is ISWA specifically targeting mayors and municipalities?Read More
The Basics of the European Waste Collection Systems
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseAn in depth look at European Waste Collection Systems, providing excellent insight in topics from transportation systems to the latest collection and sorting system technologies. Read More
Christian Bremer
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseChristian Bremer is currently working as the Managing Director at SSI SCHÄFER. Read More
Jürgen Jacoby
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseJürgen Jacoby, is the International Sales & Business Development at Envac Optibag AB.Read More
Bernd Leowald
October 26, 2018 | be Waste WiseBernd Leowald is the head of the department Northwest at Stadtreinigung Hamburg (SRH). The SRH is the municipal waste management company in Hamburg with 2600 employees. The department Northwest is a part of Hamburg with 620.000 inhabitants and an area … Read More
D-NOSES: Optimizing Waste Management and Reducing Odour Pollution Through Citizen Science
October 10, 2018 | be Waste WiseThe DNOSES project is about creating a model for citizen science based interventions in odour nuisance/problem situations.Read More
Rosa Arias
October 10, 2018 | be Waste WiseRosa Arias is the Founder of Science for Change and the creator of the citizen science App OdourCollect, to build up collaborative odour maps.Read More
Growing Your Waste Recycling Business: Cleaning the Planet and Creating Jobs | WasteAid UK
October 10, 2018 | be Waste WiseIt’s one thing to want to set up a recycling business, it’s another to make it work. We’ll teach you the the principles of identifying end markets, maximizing quality and making a profit.Read More
Setting Up And Growing Your Organic Waste Management Initiative | WasteAid UK
October 10, 2018 | be Waste Wise 1We’ll walk you through simple ways of handling and processing organic waste to maximize the end-value and financial & environmental returns.Read More
Preventing Marine Litter: Global Priorities | Costas Velis, ISWA Task Force on Marine Litter
October 10, 2018 | be Waste Wise 1A conversation with Costas Velis, ISWA Read More
