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

Opening session

9:00 - 10:30 / Welcome Addresses:

  • Raffaello Cossu, University of Padova (IT)

  • Marion Huber-Humer, BOKU University (AT)

  • Pinjing He, Tongji University (CN)

  • Jurate Kumpiene, Luleå University of Technology (SE)

  • Rainer Stegmann, Hamburg University of Technology (DE)

  • Cristina Trois, IWWG President (ZA)

  • Paolo Russo, President of Tavolo di Roma (IT)

  • Rosanna Laconi, Regional Councilor for the Environment, Sardinia (IT)


Opening Lecture:

  • Waste and Cinema
    Matilde Nardelli, University of West London /
    to be confirmed
    or
  • Waste and Biodiversity
    Matthias Glaubrecht, Evolutionary Biologist / to be confirmed


10:30 - 11:00 / Coffee Break

11:00 -12:30 / Introductory Lectures:

  • Development of the Sardinia Symposia over the Years
    Raffaello Cossu (IT)

  • Milestones in Waste Management over the Past Forty Years
    Rainer Stegmann (DE)

  • Environmental Aspects of Waste Management During the Green Transition – The Future of Waste Management in a Fossil-Free Society
    Thomas Hans Christensen, Technical University of Denmark (DK)

  • Guest Country Lecture: South Africa
    Cristina Trois, University of Stellenbosch (ZA)

  • Presentation of the IWWG Waste Vision 2100 Award and the 2025 Winner