20th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WASTE MANAGEMENT,
RESOURCE RECOVERY AND SUSTAINABLE LANDFILLING / 13-17 OCTOBER 2025

IRACE Session / Health related issues

SESSION A13 / 17 October 2025 / 11:00 - 12:30

IRACE Session / Health related issues

Chair / Presidente: Norbert Freyman (BE)


 IRACE is a newly established International Research Association on Circular Economy, officially founded on May 9, 2025. Its aim is to bring together individuals - academics, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, institutions, and associations - from diverse disciplines to advance the Circular Economy in a constructive and integrated manner. The idea of IRACE has already received strong support, with 73 experts from 23 countries and representing 18 disciplines (including Agronomy, Architecture, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Ecology, Industrial Biotechnology, Geology, Law, Material Science, Medicine, Pharmacology, Physics, Political Science, Sociology, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Wastewater Engineering), endorsing its creation.

  • M. Ferrante (IT)

    Overview on impacts on health by different waste management technologies (CIRS Report)

  • M. Horvat, J. Snoj Tratnik, D. Mazej, A. Alilović, M. Jagodic Hudobivnik, I. Falnoga, D. Kocman (SI)

    Participatory Research on Human Biomonitoring and Environmental Impact of Co-Combustion of Waste in Cement Plants

  • S. Ahmed, T.L. Gladding, C. Boardman (GB)

    Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistance in food waste and its potential for public health transmission as a bioaerosol

  • W. Saad, J. Zeiater, L. Halawy, D. Batlouni, C. Massoud, G. Saad, A. Milane (LB)

    Innovative strategies for pharmaceutical waste management: pyrolysis, immobilization, and behavioral interventions