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.

Please note that this is a first draft that may be subject to changes.

 

  • Circular Economy

  • Decision tools, A.I. and Environmental issues

  • Biological treatments

  • Thermal treatments

  • Landfilling

  • Strategies, communication and various issues

  • Italian sessions

  • Active Labs

Monday 09 October 2023

09:00 - 13:00

session A00

OPENING SESSION

Chair: Raffaello Cossu (IT)

15:00 - 16:30

session A01

Strategies & policies in Waste Management

Chair: I. 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)

session LAB 01

Black Soldier fly larvae: a full week test for biowaste treatment - Part 1

Organised by: M. Meneguz, V. Grossule (IT)

17:00 - 18:30

session B02

Waste management & 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: G. De Feo (IT)

session G02

Workshop: Waste Architecture

Chair: I. Williams (UK)

session LAB 02

Black Soldier fly larvae: a full week test for biowaste treatment - Part 1

Organised by: M. Meneguz, V. Grossule (IT)

Tuesday 10 October 2023

09:00 - 10:30

session A03

Circular Economy in EU: how far from recycling targets

Chair: M. Pettersson (SE)

session B03

Artificial Intelligence in waste management

Chair: W. Peng (CN)

session C03

Composting: processes & emissions

Chair: R. Moral-Herrero (ES)

session E03

Landfill methane oxidation systems

Chair: A. Cabral (CA)

session F03

Recupero di materiali ed energia dai rifiuti

Chair: G. Cappai (IT)

session LAB 03

Plasma application for the removal of emerging contaminants

Organised by: M. Saleem, K. Altuntas (IT)

11:00 - 12:30

session A04

Critical issues and risks in Circular Economy

Chair: M. Huber-Humer (AT)

session D04

Pyrolysis: processes & performance

Chair: A. Giannis (GR)

session E04

Semi-aerobic landfill and aeration

Chairs: M. Ritzkowski (DE)

session F04

Discariche e sink sostenibili per i rifiuti residui

Chair: Q. Napoleoni (IT)

session LAB 04

Plasma application for the removal of emerging contaminants

Organised by: M. Saleem, K. Altuntas (IT)

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. Žepič 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

Chair: M.C. Lavagnolo (IT)

session G05

Workshop: Fast fashion Vs Circular Economy

Chair: A. Bartl (AT)

session LAB 05

Writing and publishing a scientific paper

Organised by: A. Cabral (CA)

17:00 - 18:30

session FOCUS 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 (IAT)

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)

session LAB 06

Monitoring techniques of odours in waste management

Organised by: 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 communication about waste

Chair: I. Williams, P. Shaw (UK)

session LAB 07

Monitoring techniques of odours in waste management

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

15:00 - 16:30

session A08

C&D waste: valorization

Chair: F. Karaca (KZ)

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

Chairs: R. Pedrazzani (IT)

session LAB 08

Writing and publishing a scientific paper

Organised by: A. Cabral (CA)

17:00 - 18:30

session FOCUS II

Do we need new definition and regulations for landfilling in Circular Economy?

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

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

Chairs: J. Kumpiene, I. Carabante (SE)

session LAB 09

Waste management strategies in view of material and energy system transition

Organised by: D. Laner, V. Bisinella (DK)

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

session G10

Workshop: Potential of candidate materials for methane oxidation systems

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

session LAB 10

Methods and approaches to quantifying reuse and avoidance of waste

Organised by: P. Shaw, I. Williams (UK)

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 tretament

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)

session LAB 11

Satellite data and low-cost gas sensors Landfill Monitoring Platform

Organised by: Y. Ponzani (UK), L. Capelli (IT)

17:00 - 18:30

session FOCUS 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 F12

Workshop: Evaluation of food waste prevention

Chair: G. Obersteiner (AT)

session LAB 12

Black Soldier fly larvae: a full week test for biowaste treatment - Part 2

Organised by: M. Meneguz, V. Grossule (IT)

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 G13

Workshop: Implementing modern WM strategies in DCs

Chair: I.M. Rafizul (BD)

session LAB 13

Black Soldier fly larvae: a full week test for biowaste treatment - Part 2

Organised by: M. Meneguz, V. Grossule (IT)

15:00 - 17:00

session FOCUS 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