An Urbanicity Conference Alert for: World Solid Waste Congress 2012

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS REMINDER

Call for abstracts - World Solid Waste Congress 2012

The World Solid Waste Congress 2012

Florence, Italy

Monday September 17th to Wednesday September 19th 2012

For more information please visit the website: www.iswa2012.org

Now available in 6 languages: English, Italian, German, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese.

Call for Abstracts 

DEADLINE OCTOBER 30

 

Academics, operators, public officials and operators in the waste industry are invited to submit a one page abstract in English before October 30th 2011, to participate in the World Solid Waste Congress.

The proceedings as well as the template for submission are available on the official website at: http://www.iswa2012.org/call-abstracts/

Contributions will be selected for either oral presentations or posters. Accepted contributions will be published in the proceedings of the Congress with an ISBN number.

Twelve papers will be selected for peer review in the world's leading waste science journal Waste Management & Research, and published worldwide, plus handed out at the Congress as a special issue of the Journal.

Before reading further, please see the extended programme.

Abstracts are invited for the following themes and topics:

General themes:

  • Climate change and waste management
  • Zero waste and waste prevention policies
  • International waste trade
  • Economically developing countries
  • Specific waste crises
  • Recycling of specific waste streams and final residue management
  • Management and impact of urban hygiene in cities

Specific topics:

  • Challenges and limits of recycling
  • Naples - the never ending emergency
  • Aftercare landfills and dump sites
  • Managing waste in historic city centers with high flows of tourists
  • Waste prevention
  • Managing waste in disaster situations
  • Hazardous waste management
  • Ibero-American session
  • Energy recovery
  • Managing healthcare waste
  • Street cleaning and urban decor
  • Biological treatment of waste and anaerobic digestion
  • Recycling and resource recovery
  • Communication and social issues
  • Recycling of electrical and electronic waste
  • The new national system for management of used tyres
  • Experiences and problems within Middle East and North African countries
  • Climate change and waste
  • Technologies and experiences of anaerobic digestion
  • Waste management in Nordic countries
  • Tuscany - waste management planning in Tuscany

Please check the website for abstract submission requirements and instructions

Important Dates
Abstract submission 30 October 2011
Notification of acceptance / rejection 10 January 2012
Full paper for journal publication 28 February 2012
Full paper for proceedings only 30 April 2012
Registration for early birds 31 May 2012

 

Visit the online abstract submission page here

ISWA Secretariat

Email: carin@iswa2012.org | Tel: +39 06 47 40589

Fax: +39 06 48 75513 | Website: www.iswa2012.org

 

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