ARS´ OBJECTIVES

• Carry out research studies, assessment and exchange of experiences
• Develop the existing technological resources applied in each sector
• Improve waste treatment systems to promote the ecosystems’ protection
• Disseminate specific information 
• Grant scholarships in order to improve human resources 
• Foster exhibitions and fairs 
• Organize national and international seminars, and university courses
• Promote the creation of comprehensive systems for an appropriate solid waste management

PROPOSAL

Take steps towards: 

•  Being broadly representative of the sector at the national level 
  
•  Promoting the highest professional and excellence standards within the sectors related to treatment and management 
  
•  Achieving a worldwide integration with institutions and organizations which share the same goals. Therefore, ARS was admitted as a National Member of ISWA which has allowed our entity to gain access to an international professional network, contacts and updated data on the subject matter, and to exchange worldwide experiences.
  

ARS, Asociación para el Estudio de Residuos Sólidos, is a non-profit association established in Buenos Aires, Argentina, created in 1997. Its major objective is to professionalize and provide qualifications for those individuals and/or entities associated to the collection, transport, recycling and final disposal of solid waste. The need to improve the existing solid waste management techniques gave rise to its foundation.

ARS came into existence thanks to the concern of a number of significant companies and institutions developed in the waste management field, moved by the need to provide the sector with representation and to join forces for the improvement of those techniques allowing the preservation of the environment.

The increase in urban solid waste generation is an effect of urbanization and economic development, and it is essential that this growth does not become detrimental to human environment. The problem of solid waste is not exempted from being put forward within the framework of the apparent contradiction existing between economic development and environmental quality.

What is ISWA?

ISWA is an international association working in the public interest to promote and develop professional waste management worldwide, to attain a sustainable society.
The Association is open to individuals and organisations from the scientific community, public institutions and public and private companies from all over the world working and interested in waste management.
ISWA’s main objective is to promote Sustainable Waste Management Worldwide, by means of the exchange of information and experience, seeking for solutions and applying professional criteria regarding the solid waste issue comprehensively.

National Members of ISWA:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA.

ISWA Congresses

ISWA’s annual events assembles Professionals, Governmental Officials, Engineers, Project Designers, Representatives of the Waste Sector, Environmental Analyzers, Researchers, Technicians, Consultants, Specialists, NGO Representatives and experts from all over the world who share their experiences and technical solutions in order to actively participate in all issues requiring permanent discussion, assessment and comparison.

Among the diverse experiences, the following may be highlighted: technological innovations, greater requirements in regulations, participation in waste management problems in developing countries offering and adapting the successful experiences gone through in this field.