World Congress ISWA
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www.iswa2021.com
GO GREEN.THERE IS NO
PLANET B
04�06
2021OCTOBERISWA
Athens | GREECE
World Congress
www.iswa.org
ORGANISER
C O N G R E S S & T R A V E L
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CONGRESS ORGANISER
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LOCAL SCIENTIFICPROGRAM ORGANISER
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
Welcome to ISWA 2021!
Dear Friends,On behalf of ISWA, I am delighted to welcome you to the ISWA 2021 World Congress: “From waste management to a circular economy – the road ahead”, that will be virtual from Athens.
According to the United Nations, this is the Decade of Action to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and it is also the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Those themes are directly linked to ISWA’s activities and will be part of the program that is being carefully prepared, under the motto: There is no planet B.
As I’ve mentioned last year during ISWA’s 50th Birthday party: There’s no coming back, there isn’t a “new normal”. There is only a NEW future, to be created by us. The post-Covid era is green and sustainable, where adequate waste management will play a central role to ensure an effective shift from the current linear take-make-disposal system towards a circular one.
We were so saddened when we had to cancel the ISWA World Con-gress 2020, but public health must come first. This year, together with HSWMA (our National Member in Greece), we have created a hybrid ISWA World Congress which will ensure that people from all around the world can meet safely online.
It will be an opportunity to network, learn and grow. There is al-ways a scientific solution and best practices to help us overcome obstacles and face big challenges. It will be a Congress to cele-brate Life!
I look forward to seeing you in October virtually. Get ready for an exceptional event.
Carlos RV Silva FilhoPresident of ISWA
Alexandros KatsiampoulasPresident of HSWMA
Dear Colleagues,
In the recent years, the ISWA World Congress has been recog-nized as the most impactful international congress in the field of waste management. We are very proud that this year it will be held virtual from Athens, Greece, 4-6 October 2021.
The congress is being hosted for the first time by the Hellenic Solid Waste Management Association – HSWMA, in Greece, and organized in cooperation with the International Solid Waste Asso-ciation – ISWA. The congress is entitled:
“From waste management to circular economy – The road ahead”
The ISWA World Congress offers the perfect setting for network-ing between experts and key stakeholders from across the world. Circular economy is a central pillar of new policies interconnected also with climate change mitigation policies. New waves of legislation and regulations are expected to stimu-late serious changes within the coming years regarding the tran-sition from linear economy and waste management to a circular economy at a global level promoting zero waste production and resource efficiency as well as climate change mitigation.
The congress will focus on this transition and the changes re-quired, overcoming obstacles, on our daily practices, infrastruc-ture in recycling and recovery, regulatory aspects, funding mech-anisms, society acceptance, as well as to the design of our cities.
We are honored to invite you and participate actively in this out-standing international event.
Welcome Letters
General Information
Dates 4-6 October, 2021Virtually from Athens, Greece
Professional Congress Organizer
11, 25 Martiou, Chalandri 15232, GreeceT. +30 21 1210 5553E. [email protected]
Official website https://iswa2021.com/
Official language The official language of the Congress will be English.
Information about RegistrationsAll participants are required to register in order to at-tend the lectures online. For group registrations special rates will be applied.
Please contact Mr George Rouskas at+30 2112105553, [email protected]
C O N G R E S S & T R A V E L
ProgramMonday 4, October
08:30 - 10:30
10:30 - 10:45
11:45 - 12:15
10:45 - 11:45
Definitions & Practices of Circular Economy
Break
Keynote session: Jacob Duer, President and CEO Alliance to End Plastic Waste
Opening Ceremony
Alexandros Katsiamboulas, President Hellenic Solid Waste Management Association (HSWMA), Greece
Carlos Silva Filho, President International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), Brazil
Invited speakers
The Relationship Between Circular and Low Carbon
Economies
Global Network of Centers of excellence for climate
change & circular economy
Global Value Chains and Circular Economy
Closed Loops and Recycling Markets
Substances and Concern (chemicals, pathogens)
Understanding Circular Economy: concepts, limitations and questions
Room 1Plenary Room Room 2 Room 3
12:15 – 12:45
12:45 - 13:05
13:05 - 13:25
13:25 - 13:45
Break
Bjorn Appelqvist, Scientific and Technical Committee Chair, ISWA
Prof. Costas Vellis, Lecturer at Ressource Efficiency Systems, University of Leeds
Antonis Mavropoulos, Former ISWA President
Keynote Sessions
Opening Ceremony & Keynote Session
Room 1 Plenary Room
13:45 - 15:45
16:00 - 18:30
15:45 - 16:00
The Role of Digitalization in a Circular Economy
Plastics Circularity Innovation Showcase
from EU funded projects
Break
Metrics & Indicators of a Circular Economy
Material replacement possibilities and impacts Plastic Waste
& Globalization
Going Green: Women’s role in a post-COVID
green economic recovery!
Mechanical vs Chemical Plastic
Recycling : pros & cons
What drives recycling on a circular and warming planet?
Roadmap for Sustainable Waste
Management in Developing Countries - Young Professionals’
Perspective
Understanding Circular Economy: concepts, limitations and questions
Circular Economy & Plastics
Room 1Plenary Room Room 2 Room 3
Multicycle Advanced & Sustainable Recylcing Processes and Value Chains for Plastics
AfternoonMorning
Tuesday 5, October
08:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:15
11:15 - 13:25
Waste Minimization and Prevention
Waste Minimization and Prevention
Break
Redefining Recycling Towards
Circular Models
Session on Food Waste Separation
in High Density Cities
The Role of Biowaste Management in Circular
Models
Project Launch: ISWA Whitebook on Energy-
from-Waste
The Climate and Clean Air Coalition Waste Initiative: Assisting Cities in Moving to
Comprehensive Collection of Source Segregated Waste
in Cities
The Role of Energy Recovery in a
Circular Economy
Hazardous Substances
Management in a Circular Economy
Circular Economy and Fuels Derived from
Waste
The Role of Biowaste Management in Circular Models
Waste and Resources: The Harsh Trade-Offs From Global Issues to Specific Answers
Waste Management in the Circular Economy
13:25 - 13:40 Break
Room 1Plenary Room Room 2 Room 3
16:10 - 16:25 Break
13:40 - 16:10
16:25 - 18:15
Waste Minimization and Prevention
Separate Collection - Optimizing Collection &
Transportation with appropriate separate
waste collection, vehicle selection and ICT
The central role of depollution and pathogens
destruction
The Role of Landfills in a Circular Economy (transi
tioning from dumpsites to sanitary landfills, landfill-ing mining, sustaintable
landfill management)
Textile waste in the field of tension between
legislation, economic interests, technology development and the
Environment
Biological Treatment of
Waste in a Circular Economy
The Role of Landfills in a Circular Economy (transi-tioning from dumpsites to sanitary landfills, landfill-ing mining, sustaintable
landfill management)
Debating the Pros and Cons: Is the waste sector
ready to go beyond weight-basted targets?
The Last Call: From Dumpsite closure to
strategic final sinks in the circular economy
Royal Academy of Engineering - GRoSEEL
Room 1Plenary Room Room 2 Room 3
18:15 - 18:30 Break
AfternoonMorning
How the profile of healthcare waste has
changed as the result of a global pandemic
Municipal Solid Waste & Waste Management on
small Islands
18:30 - 20:30
Waste Management & Research Special Issue:
The Latest Research in Solid Waste Management
Recycling multi-layered products: Removal of coatings from textile
substrates
New circular Design strategies, materials and
support systems to extend the life and value of
products
E-Waste &Demolition Waste
Wednesday 6, October
The Role of Governance in the Shift Towards a Circular Economy
10:40 - 10:55
13:15 - 13:30
Break
Break
08:30 - 10:40
10:55 - 13:15
Greece National Waste Management Plan
&
Greece National Waste Circular Economy Plan
Circular Economy Policies & Regulations &
Financing CE & Waste Management,
Stakeholder inclusion & Communications,
Communication & Social Issues
&How to raise public
acceptance for waste management projects and
initiatives
Status and possibility of implementation of Circular Economy in
South-East European & Balkan Countries
Extended Producer Respon-sibility, Deposit, Return
Systems and Alternatives .
Can the concept of extend-ed producer responsibility
be applied in low and mid-dle income countries?
Marine Litter
How to get published in an academic
journal?
New processes, new materials, new rules: Enhancing Standards,
International Rules and Framework Conditions & Industrial Symbiosis
The role and the economic value of Restoring Carbon
content in Mediterranean soils in the framework of the
Circular economy applied to biowaste recycling
Waste Management in the Circular Economy
Room 1Plenary Room Room 2 Room 3
16:10 - 16:20 Break
KEYNOTE SESSIONS & CLOSING CEREMONY
13:40 - 16:10
16:20 - 18:00
Circular Economy Policies & Regulations &
Financing CE & Waste Management
Financing Waste Management
End of Waste
Circular Economy in Municipalities
Extended Producer Respon-sibility, Deposit,
Return Systems and Alternatives
Communication & Social Issues ; Stakeholder inclusion &
Communications
Circular Economy in Flanders
UN Habitat Waste Wise Cities
The Circularity Salon: Exploring and
Measuring the impacts of Waste prevention
processes and circularity in cities
Room 1Plenary Room Room 2 Room 3
AfternoonMorning
18:00 - 19:00 Keynote Sessions
19:00 - 19:30 Closing Ceremony
Room 1 Plenary Room