NAWDO provides a range of benefits for its professional membership, which is as low as £200 per member authority for 2026. The benefits of membership include:

  • Direct opportunities for officers from member authorities to keep informed, up-to-date and share information with, and request information from others.
  • Access to comprehensive benchmarking data and performance information.
  • Opportunities to hear directly from Government officials, industry figures and other key stakeholders.
  • Access to, and the opportunity to influence, responses to all relevant major consultations.
  • Supporting Continuous Professional Development of waste officers (including that all NAWDO General Meetings count as 4 hours CPD for CIWM members).
  • Access to forums where members can openly discuss and debate current and relevant issues facing senior officers with waste treatment and disposal portfolios.

If you work for a local authority with statutory responsibility for the disposal of waste (such as a county council, unitary council or a joint waste disposal authority) and are not already a member, then please get in touch if you are interested in joining.