Blog posts

There are 56 blogs matching your search term circular economy

June 14, 2023
Aarhus Vand has converted wastewater into green energy at the Marselisborg wastewater treatment plant. Over the past decade, the plant has achieved an impressive 25% reduction in power consumption. Simultaneously, energy productio...
In Kalundborg, Denmark, one company´s waste or residual is another company’s resource. This is the site of the world’s first Industrial Symbiosis, which has created value through a symbiotic and circular ap-proach to industry...
Our grandparents focused their lives on making sure they had enough to live; our parents had the chance to start their lives with not much, and grow into a more and more comfortable life; we’re lucky to have been born to a comfo...
July 14, 2016
In moving towards a more sustainable world, we are encouraged by policy makers and thought leaders to apply a ‘systems’ approach and seek ‘integration’. For water management, the vague interpretation of these terms makes t...
September 24, 2015
China’s water problems are the stuff of legend. Decades of extraordinary economic growth have gone hand-in-hand with the mismanagement, pollution and overuse of the country’s water resources and ecosystems. Recognition of the ...

Media posts

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December 6, 2018
 More than 80% of wastewater’s released without treatment to the environment  China water utilities are eager to embrace new technologies for wastewater treatment to serve the increasing freshwater demand IWA was center st...
September 5, 2017
Welcome to High Tide for Change, an IWA podcast where you will be introduced to water champions that are creating waves in their fields and ripples of change towards a water wise world. The first series will focus on the circular ...
Society and businesses are moving towards a circular economy; a concept that has emerged in response to drawbacks of the conventional ‘take-make-consume and dispose’ model of growth, and the shift towards sustainable development. Underpinning the circular economy is the principle of decoupling economic growth and development from the consumption of finite resources; this requires a transition ...
December 10, 2023
10 December 2023 | Kigali, Rwanda The 7th Edition of International Water Association, Water and Development Congress & Exhibition (IWA – WDCE) 2023 convenes at Kigali Convention Centre on 10-14 December 2023. The WDCE 2023 b...
November 29, 2023
As part of IWA’s mission to empower Young Water Professionals to contribute to sustainable water management, a new IWA Young Water Professionals (IWA YWP) chapter has officially been established in France this year. This IWA YW...

Events

There are 35 events and courses matching your search term circular economy

Circular Economy: Tapping the Power of Wastewater

IWA Cluster for Resource Recovery from Water EnglishOnline Free Resource Recovery from Water ON DEMAND

Sustainable Biosolids Management in a Circular Economy

IWA Specialist Group on Sludge Management EnglishOnline Free sludge management; biosolids; anaerobic digestion ON DEMAND

Circular Economy Masterclass

CIWEM EnglishOnline from 1.750 Circular Economy ended 1601 days ago

Circular Economy Masterclass

CIWEM EnglishOnline from 1.750 Circular Economy ended 1736 days ago

Circular Economy: An Introduction

TU Delft, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability. English from 0 EUR Business & Management CONTINUOUS COURSE

Community pages

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December 23, 2015
Since the introduction of drinking water production and wastewater treatment in the beginning of the 20th century, the two main goals were to protect human health and to protect the receiving aquatic environment. To achieve this, ...

Projects

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New Urban Agenda

How to Respond to the Commitments and Call for Action of the New Urban Agenda? The New Urban Agenda (NUA) is the outc...

City stories

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