The scientific programme of Sardinia 2025 is structured in 8 parallel tracks and includes more than 400 presentations selected according to quality by the Programme Committee.
The presentations are organised in Oral sessions, Workshops, Active Labs and Poster sessions. Oral sessions last 90 min and include presentations and a Discussion. Workshops are primarily addressed to experts and seeded by a number of introductory lectures delivered in order to open discussion among participants. Active labs are practical design laboratories during which participants will have the opportunity to apply theoretical notions learnt during the oral sessions to an actual case study or a practical activity with colleagues and experts as part of a working team.
In addition to these traditional sessions, the Symposium includes four plenary Focus Sessions, to be held in the afternoon, dedicated to specific themes of high public interest. A moderator, after a state of the art presentation and statement made by 2-3 experts in the field, will guide the discussion among the experts and the audience. The format and the session settings are similar to a "talk show".
THE FULL PROGRAMME WILL BE SOON AVAILABLE!
Posters are continuously accessible in a dedicated hall and discussed in the presence of authors on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from 16:30 to 17:00. The poster session will be available also digitally, allowing pre-recorded video presentations, download of the individual posters and online discussion with the Authors.
Circular Economy
Decision tools, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental issues
Biological treatment
Thermal treatment
Landfilling
Strategies, communication & various issues
Italian session
Active Lab
Monday 13 October 2025
09:00 - 12:30
OPENING SESSION
Chair: Raffaello Cossu
15:30 - 17:00
Circular Economy in the industrial sector
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Strategies for improving circularity of biowaste
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Leachate generation and control
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Circular Economy and wastewaters
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Large Language Models in waste management
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Workshop / Rethinking waste collection and transport: future paths
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Italian session
Chair:
BFS Larvae for biowaste treatment I
Organised by:
V. Grossule (IT),
J. Tomberlin (US)
17:30 - 19:00
Circular Economy strategies for the industrial waste
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Factors influencing food waste generation
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Optimization of landfill gas capture
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Valoriration of sewage sludge
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Education: engaging students in Circular Economy
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Workshop / Zero Waste Road Map Game
Chair: J. Singh (SE)
Italian session
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Tuesday 14 October 2025
09:00 - 10:30
Recovery of material resources from pyrolisis and gasification
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Food waste reduction / redistribution programmes
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Landfill methane oxydation by biosystems
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Recycling of industrial inorganic waste
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AI and digital solutions in waste management
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Workshop / Unlocking the Black-Box: solutions for sustainable management of old landfill
Chair: J. van der Heide et al. (NL)
Italian Session
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11:00 - 12:30
Biochar production by different thermal treatments
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Food waste monitoring and control in schools and households
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Landfill methane oxydation and emissions control
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Recycling of industrial organic waste
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Reuse of consumer products
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Workshop / Circular plastics and advanced composites
Chair: F. Part et al. (AT)
Workshop / Gestione sostenibile dei rifiuti contenenti amianto: stato dell'arte e prospettive
Chair: R. Cossu (IT)
15:30 - 17:00
FOCUS SESSION I
Moderator:
Panelists:
17:30 - 19:00
Circular Economy strategies for municipal waste
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PFAS in wastewater and sludge
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Thermal treatment of plastic waste
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Sorting processes
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AI and digital solutions for optimizing food waste management
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Workshop: Biogenic waste in the circular bioeconomy - potentials and barriers
Chair: S. Salhofer (AT)
Workshop / Green Landfills: best practices for optimizing landfill biogas management
Chair: C. Trommsdorff, D.Agudelo-Romero (FR)
Wednesday 15 October 2025
09:00 - 10:30
WEEE management strategies
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Composting: enhancement of process and compost quality
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Fate of bioplastics in biotreatment of waste
Chair: R. Cossu (IT)
Future of existing landfills
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Circular Economy strategies: case studies
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Workshop / Quality related risks of recycled products
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Workshop / Low temperature thermal technologies - State of art and perspectives
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AI for food waste monitoring systems I
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11:00 - 12:30
Treatment of WEEE
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GHGs emissions from composting
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Single-use plastics control
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CO2 emissions accounting and reduction in incineration plants
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Aftercare landfill behaviour
Chair: R. Stegmann (DE)
Workshop / Waste to hydrogen: state of art and perspectives
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Workshop / Efficiency of WM policies in Universities
Chair: M.C. Lavagnolo, G. De Feo (IT)
AI for food waste monitoring systems II
Organised by:
M. Yu, L. Secondi (IT)
15:30 - 17:00
FOCUS SESSION II
Moderator:
Panelists:
17:30 - 19:00
Recycling of lithium batteries
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Anaerobic digestion: additives for process enhancement
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Contamination and environlemtal risks in landfilling
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Cost-effective technologies for wastewater treatment
Chair: V. Grossule (IT)
Circular Economy strategies in DC's
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Workshop / How to achieve climate neutrality in landfilling
Chair: M. Ritzkowski (DE)
Workshop / Communication
Chair: M. Struk (CZ)
Thursday 16 October 2025
09:00 - 10:30
Textile waste management strategies
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Anaerobic digestion: strategies for process optimization
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Aerated landfills
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Fly + Bottom ashes quality treatment
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Waste Management issues in DC's
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Workshop / Solid and liquid waste and water management in new cities quarters
Chair: R. Stegmann (DE)
Workshop / From waste tu value battery: success factors for an efficient take back systems for batteries
Chair: N. Wieczorek (DE)
Jute cellulose-based biodegradable sanitary napkins as a sustainable alternative for menstrual hygiene management I
Organised by: M.A.Khan (BD)
11:00 - 12:30
Textile recycling
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Digestate management of resource recovery
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Satellite and other innovative landfill gas emissions monitoring
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Fly ashes utilization
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Landfilling in DC's: state of art and opportunities
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Workshop / GHGs emissions and climate change in WM
Chair: Y. Abera, C. Trois (ZA)
Workshop: Sustainable management of waste containing asbests: state of art and future perspectives
Chair: R. Cossu (IT)
Jute cellulose-based biodegradable sanitary napkins as a sustainable alternative for menstrual hygiene management II
Organised by: M.A.Khan (BD)
15:30 - 17:00
FOCUS SESSION III
Moderator:
Panelists:
17:30 - 19:00
Quality and costs in plastic recycling chain
Resource recovery from waste
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Circular Economy in contruction sector
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Drone based monitoring of landfill surface emissions
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CO2 emissions reduction in Circular Economy
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Workshop / PFAS removal from contaminated matrices: follow up on the IWWG PFAS Task Group
Chair: I. Carabante (SE)
Workshop / Batteries in the electromobility sector: state of art, perspectives and sustainability
Chair: N. Wieczorek, G. Chryssos (DE)
Friday 17 October 2025
09:00 - 10:30
Microplastic contamination
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Photovoltaic recycling
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Emission potential of construction materials
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Management of sewage sludge and dredged materials
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Workshop / Future of landfilling - Concepts, role and design
Chair: R.Cossu (IT)
EU Workshop: Closing knowledge gaps on PFAS degradation in therml waste and remediation systems
Chair: T. Rashwan et al. (UK)
BFS Larvae for biowaste treatment II
Organised by:
V. Grossule, J. Tomberlin (US)
11:00 - 12:30
Health related issues
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Biomass valorization: energy and products
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Light weight plastic - Packaging
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Landfill minitoring by using different techniques
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Phosphorous recovery from sewage sludge
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Workshop / TG CLEAR: Methane oxydation systems in landfills
Chair: J. Gebert, M. Huber-Humer (AT)
Workshop / Use of C&D waste in cement industry
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15:30 - 17:00
FOCUS SESSION IV AND CLOSING PRESENTATION
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