 The IDP is a World Summit on Sustainable Development Type II Partnership endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme and is financed by voluntary donations from ISWA National Members, Organisation Members and Individual Members as well as third party sponsors.ISWA publications include journals ("Waste Management & Research"), newsmagazine ("Waste Management World"), several position and policy papers, key issue papers and various reports from Working Groups.ISWA Publications can be viewed in the ISWA online Knowledge Base

ISWA carries out several ad hoc training courses and workshops around the world through its various working groups and in cooperation with other entities.