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

Symposium Programme 2025

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 minutes and include a series of presentations followed by the Q&A discussion. Workshops provide a platform for in-depth discussion on specific topics, initiated by introductory lectures designed to spark debate among participants. Active Labs are practical design laboratories during which participants will have the opportunity to apply theoretical notions to an actual case study or a practical activity with colleagues and experts as part of a working team. 
Posters will be continuously accessible in the main hall throughout the conference and discussed in the presence of authors on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from 17:00 to 17:30.
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".

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Please note that this is a preliminary version which may be subject to changes (updated on 14/07/2025).

  • Landfilling

  • Plastics

  • General
    WM

  • WM in
    Developing Countries

  • Thermal
    treatment

  • Non technical
    issues

  • Wastewater and
    sewage sludge

  • Biomass
    management

  • Circular Economy of
    special and industrial waste

  • Italian Session

Monday, 13 October 2025

09:00 - 12:30

OPENING SESSION

Chair: Raffaello Cossu

15:30 - 17:00

session G01

Italian Session

Chair:

session AL01

Active Lab:
BSF larvae for biowaste treatment (Part 1)

Organised by:
V. Grossule (IT),
J.K. Tomberlin (US)

17:30 - 19:00

session D02

Valorization of sewage sludge

Chair: J. Kumpiene (SE)

session F02

Workshop:
Zero-Waste Roadmap Game

Chair: J. Singh (SE)

session G02

Italian Session

Chair:

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

11:00 - 12:30

session C04

Landfill methane oxidation and emissions control

Chair: M. Huber-Humer (AT)

session G04

Workshop: Gestione sostenibile dei rifiuti contenenti amianto: stato dell'arte e prospettive

Chair: R. Cossu (IT)

15:30 - 17:00

FOCUS SESSION I - AI in Waste Management: curse or blessing?

Moderator: Hua Zhang (CN)
Panelists: Rainer Stegmann (DE), Dezhen Chen (CN), Giuseppe Bonifazi (IT) ... to be integrated

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

11:00 - 12:30

session A07

Treatment of WEEE

Chair: S. Salhofer (AT)

session G07

Workshop: Efficiency of WM policies in Universities

Chairs: M.C.Lavagnolo, G.De Feo, E.Perotto (IT)

session AL07

Active Lab:
AI for food waste monitoring systems (Part 2)

Organised by:
M. Yu, L. Secondi (IT)

15:30 - 17:00

FOCUS SESSION II - The future of landfills: sustainable strategies, EU directives, and long-term roles

Moderator: Raffaello Cossu (IT)
Panelists: Marion Huber-Humer (AT), Robert Gregory (UK) ... to be integrated

Thursday, 16 October 2025

15:30 - 17:00

FOCUS SESSION III - How to achieve EU textile recycling targets

Moderator: Andreas Bartl (AT)

17:30 - 19:00

session G11

Workshop: Sustainable management of waste containing asbestos: state of art and future perspectives

Chair: R. Cossu (IT)

Friday, 17 October 2025

15:30 - 17:00

FOCUS SESSION IV AND CLOSING PRESENTATION
Advancing the Circular Economy - What still needs to be done?

Moderator: Marion Huber-Humer (AT)
Panelists: Marco Frey (IT) ... to be integrated

Poster Session - from 13 to 17 October 2025

09:00 - 19:00

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Available at all times throughout the conference.