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Authors are invited to submit electronically their works according to call requirements via the specific form no later than 31st December 2024. 

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If you are interested in participating, please check the main TOPICS of interest, including but not limited to: 

WASTE PREVENTION & SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT

Waste prevention and sustainable management

● Strategies and best practices in waste prevention and minimization
● Waste management and its sociological issues
● Food waste reduction
● WEEE management and Urban mining
● Pretreatment and reuse of waste
● Sanitary waste management

MATERIAL & ENERGY RECOVERY FROM WASTE

Material & Energy recovery from waste

● Integration between Material & Energy recovery from Waste
● Energy Efficiency and Cogeneration
● Emissions and Carbon Capture Use and Storage (CCUS) in waste treatment
● Quality of recovered materials and process residues
● Biotechnologies and biobased waste treatment
● Biofuels and biowaste residual valorization

INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES & DIGITAL SOLUTIONS

Innovative technologies and digital solutions

● Case studies & Techno-economic evaluations of innovative waste treatment processes
● Smart tools for waste management, collection and plant monitoring
● Waste Industry 4.0
● Alternative thermal treatments and plastic chemical recycling 
● Recovery of materials from electric vehicle batteries
● Hydrogen production and waste-to-chemicals technologies

CIRCULAR ECONOMY & END-OF-WASTE

Circular Economy & End-of-Waste

● Byproducts and End-of-Waste
● Social acceptance of end of pipe technologies for hazardous substances
● Industrial Symbiosis and Efficient Use of Resources
● Environmental Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

NORMATIVE & ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK

Normative and Economic framework

● EU policies: Ecotoxicity & waste classification
● Green deal policies for waste
● Economic regulation, market opportunities and new business models
● Markets for recycled materials
● Waste tariffs

AUTHORS INSTRUCTIONS

Both scientific & technical contributions are extremely appreciated, with a shorter abstract required to works from an industrial perspective or involving existing plants and technologies.

 ABSTRACTS REQUIREMENTS
Language:   Italian
 Length:  Min 2 pages and 4,000 characters*  /  Max 5 pages
* To Industries, Consulting & Engineering Companies, Plant Operators, and Technology Suppliers: min 1 page and 2.500 characters.
 Format:  .doc, .docx or .pdf – Template below
 File Name:  Last name of the corresponding author (e.g. Rossi.doc)

The authors of the most deserving works will be invited to prepare an article to be included in a thematic publication of IDA – Ingegneria dell’Ambiente.

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ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION MODULE

Abstracts must be submitted only through the following form. In case of multiple abstracts, please submit each abstract separately.

Sponsors

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Opportunity for interested company

Please find the sponsorship proposal  and contact us at mater@polimi.it