19th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WASTE MANAGEMENT,
RESOURCE RECOVERY AND SUSTAINABLE LANDFILLING / 9-13 OCTOBER 2023

Symposium structure

The scientific programme of Sardinia 2023 is structured in 8 parallel tracks and includes more than 450 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 5 or 6 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".

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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 9 October 2023

09:00 - 12:30

OPENING SESSION

Chair: Raffaello Cossu (IT)

15:00 - 16:30

session A01

Strategies & policies in waste management

Chair: I.D. Williams (UK)

session B01

LCA in waste management I

Chair: V. Bisinella (DK)

session C01

Management of unconventional waste

Chair: C. Trois (ZA)

session D01

Waste generation & characterization

Chair: D. Panepinto (IT)

session E01

Landfill processes modelling & simulation

Chair: J. Gebert (NL)

session F01

Strategie e prassi nella gestione dei rifiuti

Chair: F. Tatano (IT)

session G01

Workshop: Organic waste fractions: Call for partners in EU projects proposals

Chairs: R. Tomczak-Wandzel, B. Szatkowska (NO)

17:00 - 18:30

session B02

Waste management and Ecology

Chair: K. Kuchta (DE)

session C02

Composting: strategies & pre-treatment

Chair: S. Schmuck (DE)

session D02

Separate waste collection

Chair: S. Salhofer (AT)

session E02

Landfill gas extraction & utilization

Chair: R. Gregory (UK)

session F02

Rifiuti organici e trattamenti biologici

Chair: . De Feo (IT)

session G02

Workshop: Waste Architecture

Chair: I.D. Williams (UK)

Tuesday 10 October 2023

15:00 - 16:30

session A05

Waste sorting performance

Chair: J. Kumpiene (SE)

session B05

LCA in waste management II

Chair: T.H. Christensen (DK)

session C05

Biorefinery processes

Chair: V. Zepic Bogataj (SI)

session D05

Waste management in Developing Countries

Chair: C. Camolesi Guimarães (BR)

session E05

Landfill aeration specific aspects

Chair: N. Berge (US)

session F05

Workshop: Waste and Health

Chairs: M.C. Lavagnolo, M. Ferrante (IT)

session G05

Workshop: Fast fashion Vs Circular Economy

Chair: A. Bartl (AT)

17:00 - 18:30

FOCUS SESSION I: Definition of waste and products. How far are we with the End of Waste procedure?

Moderator: Rainer Stegmann (DE) - Panelists: Pierre Hennebert (FR), Maria Cristina Lavagnolo (IT), Alejandro Navazas (BE), Maria Pettersson (SE)

Wednesday 11 October 2023

09:00 - 10:30

session A06

C&D waste: quality & classification

Chair: J. Lederer (AT)

session B06

Recovery of material from plastic waste

Chair: A. Navazas (BE)

session C06

Food waste generation & management

Chair: E. Binner (AT)

session D06

Education & communication

Chair: J. Gutberlet (CA)

session E06

Assessment and prediction of landfill gas

Chair: P. Kjeldsen (DK)

session F06

Workshop: Advanced issues in waste gasification

Chair: M. Materazzi (UK)

ACTIVE LAB 06: Monitoring techniques of odours in waste management

Chairs: T. Bonato, N. Quagliato, A. Pivato (IT)

11:00 - 12:30

session A07

C&D waste: policies & strategies

Chair: C. Trois (ZA)

session B07

Decision tools in waste management

Chair: A. Damgaard (DK)

session C07

Food waste minimization

Chair: P. Shaw (UK)

session D07

Thermal recycling of plastic waste

Chair: U. Arena (IT)

session E07

Aerial based landfill monitoring

Chair: H. Yoshida (JP)

session F07

Workshop: Recent development in landfill aeration

Chair: M. Ritzkowski (DE)

session G07

Workshop: Future for public communications about waste

Chair: I.D. Williams (UK)

ACTIVE LAB 07: Monitoring techniques of odours in waste management

Chairs: T. Bonato, N. Quagliato, A. Pivato (IT)

15:00 - 16:30

session A08

C&D waste: valorization

Chair: C. Trois (ZA)

session B08

PFAS in landfills environment

Chair: J. Kumpiene (SE)

session C08

Waste in agriculture

Chair: G. Cappai (IT)

session D08

Fly ash: characterization & treatment

Chair: O. Hjelmar (DK)

session E08

Leachate recirculation

Chair: K. Knox (UK)

session F08

Workshop: Ecotoxicology for waste management

Chair: R. Pedrazzani (IT)

17:00 - 18:30

FOCUS SESSION II: Do we need new definition and regulations for landfilling in Circular Economy?

Moderator: Raffaello Cossu (IT) - Panelists: Robert Gregory (UK), Kerstin Kuchta (DE), Peter Wessman (EU)

Thursday 12 October 2023

09:00 - 10:30

session A09

Recycling of WEEE

Chair: S. Salhofer (AT)

session B09

Microplastics in surface waters

Chair: M. Ferrante (IT)

session E09

Waste landfilling: case studies

Chair: R. Stegmann (DE)

session G09

Workshop: PFAS removal from contaminated matrices

Chair: I. Carabante (SE)

11:00 - 12:30

session A10

Packaging waste: characterization

Chair: M. Vaccari (IT)

session B10

Microplastics in composting & anaerobic digestion

Chair: A. Reichel (DK)

session C10

Greenhouse gases in biowaste management

Chair: E. Allegrini (FR)

session E10

Waste management case studies

Chair: G. Bertanza (IT)

session F10

Workshop: Circular Construction in Regenerative Cities

Chairs: K. Kuchta, J. zum Brock (DE)

session G10

Workshop: Potential of candidate materials for methane oxidation systems

Chairs: J. Gebert (NL), M. Huber-Humer (AT)

15:00 - 16:30

session A11

Innovative recycled materials from waste

Chair: M. Zanetti (IT)

session B11

Microplastics in different environments

Chair: A. Muntoni (IT)

session C11

Advanced wastewater treatment

Chair: W. Clarke (AU)

session D11

Carbon capture based processes

Chair: C. Eden (UK)

session E11

Landfill mining

Chair: R. Cossu (IT)

session G11

Workshop: Semi-aerobic landfilling: online technology transfer

Chairs: Y. Matsufuji, A. Tanaka (JP)

17:00 - 18:30

FOCUS SESSION III: Reuse, upcycling, downcycling, sidecycling, bicycling: where to go?

Moderator: Jurate Kumpiene (SE)- Panelists: Uta Jenull (AT), Timo Lange (DE), Akira Otsuki (CL), Bettina Rutrecht (AT), Stefan Salhofer (AT)

Friday 13 October 2023

09:00 - 10:30

session A12

Hydrothermal carbonization of waste

Chair: S. Andersson (SE)

session C12

Soil remediation

Chair: T. Gisbert (FR)

session D12

Performance of covers Vs landfill lifetime

Chair: D. Cazzuffi (IT)

session E12

Workshop: Tools for evaluating the real convenience of recycled materials

Chairs: M.C. Lavagnolo, G. Beggio (IT)

session F12

Workshop: Evaluation of food waste prevention

Chair: G. Obersteiner (AT)

11:00 - 12:30

session A13

Products from hydrothermal carbonization of waste

Chair: M. Materazzi (UK)

session B13

Environmental impact assessment in waste management

Chair: G.K. Varghese (IN)

session C13

Packaging waste: recycling

Chair: J. Fellner (AT)

session D13

Aftercare and sustainability of landfills

Chair: R. Cossu (IT)

session F13

Workshop: Circular Economy in the Mediterranean area

Chair: O.Y. Marzouk (FR)

15:00 - 17:00

FOCUS SESSION IV: ROUND TABLE - Role of Waste Management in meeting SDGs

Moderator: Marion Huber-Humer (AT) - Panelists: Margherita Ferrante (IT), Jutta Gutberlet (CA), Gudrun Obersteiner (AT), Michal Struk (CZ), Dongbei Yue (CN), Ian Williams (UK)

Poster session - from 9 to 13 October 2023