DCW becomes Patron of WasteAid UK
WasteAid UK is a relatively new development charity set up by professionals to mobilise the UK waste and resource industry both to campaign and to address directly the global waste crisis, bringing solid waste management services to poor communities in the least developed countries. The particular niche where Wasteaid UK has chosen to focus is supporting unserved communities in Africa to recycle their wastes into sellable products, thus developing livelihoods, alleviating poverty AND establishing a sustainable solid waste collection and management system.
Professor David C Wilson’s papers at major international waste conference
DCW was co-author of four papers at this week's 20th anniversary Sardinia 2007, the Eleventh International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium. Three of the paper’s are a result of DCW’s research at Imperial College. DCW was lead author of a paper on Building...
A forgotten chapter in London’s waste history
Professor David C Wilson will present a paper at the Great Waste Seminar on 19 October, the last in a series of events to celebrate the centenary of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM)’s London and Southern Counties Centre. His focus is on the...
Defra publishes its new Waste and Resources Evidence Strategy 2007-2011
A waste and resources evidence programme to help deliver the Government's ambitious waste policies has been outlined by Defra. TheWaste and Resources Evidence Strategy 2007-2011 summarises the key areas where research will be commissioned and evidence sought over the...
Professor David C Wilson chairs hazardous waste conference
DCW chaired the CIWM conference Hazardous Waste Management – an Inspector’s Report, which reviewed progress with implementing the UK’s new regulatory regime. Eight invited speakers provided different perspectives: the conclusion was that, while progress is being made,...
Professor David C Wilson publishes 2 papers in Waste Management & Research
The June issue of the ISWA journal Waste Management & Research (WM&R) is a special issue on Driving waste management towards sustainable development. DCW wrote the keynote paper on ‘Development drivers for waste management’....
Professor David C Wilson publishes paper in new CIWM journal
CIWM launched its new rapid publication journal Communications in Waste and Resources Management (CWRM) today at its Torbay annual conference. The first article in the inaugural issue was written with one of DCW’s students at Imperial College, Nadia Boyarkina. The...
DCW wins 2024 ISWA Publication Award
DCW won the 2024 ISWA Publication Award for his magnum opus, looking back over his long career at the evolution of waste and resource management since the first environmental control legislation in the 1970s, and reflecting on current and future priorities.
DCW awards his Presidential Medal
DCW awarded his CIWM Presidential Medal for 2018 to Mike Webster, the founder and CEO of the new charity Wasteaid, which is working directly with local communities to tackle the global waste crisis.
DCW hands over CIWM Presidency
DCW handed over to Enda Kiernan at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on 13th November 2018. The Gaelic Football team which Enda manages appeared in the lead photo story of the previous day’s Irish Times.
DCW inaugurated as CIWM President
Professor David C Wilson giving his inauguration speech as CIWM President 2017 at Church House Westminster in October 2017. His theme for the year was solid waste management as the forgotten utility service, underpinning modern society.
DCW’s CIWM Presidential Report 2017
DCW commissioned WasteAid UK to prepare a practical toolkit for poor communities on how to make useful products from the low-value plastics and organics in their waste. In its first year, the website was visited 56,000 times, with 7,000 downloads of the toolkit.
ISWA Publication Award 2015
DCW with co-authors Ljiljana Rodic, Andy Whiteman, Costas Velis, Barbara Oelz, Joachim Stretz and Anne Scheinberg, receiving the Award from ISWA Scientific and Technical Committee Chair Antonis Mavropoulos (left), at the ISWA 2015 World Congress in Antwerp on Tuesday 08 September.