SESSION F12 / 17 ottobre 2025 / 09:00 - 10:30
IRACE Workshop - Circular Economy performance indices
Chair / Presidente: Marco Frey (IT)
IRACE is a newly established International Research Association on Circular Economy, officially founded on May 9, 2025. Its aim is to bring together individuals - academics, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, institutions, and associations - from diverse disciplines to advance the Circular Economy in a constructive and integrated manner. The idea of IRACE has already received strong support, with 73 experts from 23 countries and representing 18 disciplines (including Agronomy, Architecture, Biology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Ecology, Industrial Biotechnology, Geology, Law, Material Science, Medicine, Pharmacology, Physics, Political Science, Sociology, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Wastewater Engineering), endorsing its creation. Introductory lectures:
Vinod M.K., M. Firoz A., M. Shajan, N. Nandini, G.K. Varghese, K. Ganaraj, S. Thiyyakkandi (IN)
A scoring system to evaluate the performance of entities at various levels of a MSW management system
H. Cai, Z. Duan, J. Lv (CN)
The Zero-Waste Index as an urban governance tool for solid waste management: empirical evidence from Chongqing
