The 31st International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management

The 31th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management will be held in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. on April 3-6, 2016. Participants are expected from over 40 countries.

Researchers, educators, government officials, consultants, managers, community leaders and others with expertise in solid waste are invited to submit papers for oral presentation or poster session at the Conference.

Papers related to all aspects of solid waste technology and management are of interest, including:

Landfill topics

Recycling

Economics

Waste reduction

Energy recovery and thermal treatment

Composting and biological treatment

Policy

Regulations

EU directives

Facility siting

Public involvement

Education

Household hazardous wastes

Waste composition studies

Chemical and biochemical treatment

Contaminated sites

Municipal wastes

Industrial wastes

Mining and mineral wastes

Medical wastes

Scrap tires

Agricultural wastes

Research topics

Modeling

Utilization of waste materials

Case studies

Solid waste dust

Innovative technologies

Waste collection

Waste generation studies

Integrated waste management

Equipment

Sludge

Ash

Use of waste materials in construction

Environmental impacts

Construction and demolition wastes

Geotechnical topics

Liners, caps, gas and leachate

Environmental equity

Carbon emissions reduction

All other related topics

Notes for abstract submission:

The abstract should be as brief as feasible (maximum size is 1000 characters).

Online submission is strongly preferred, using the “Submit Abstract” link near the top/right of this page. If you are unable to use the on-line submission form, a one-page abstract (in English) should be sent to:

Dr. Ronald L. Mersky, Conference Chair, Department of Civil Engineering
Widener University,1 University Place, Chester, PA 19013-5792 U.S.A.
e-mail: solid.waste@widener.edu Fax: 610 499 4461 Phone: 610 499 4042

Include: the paper title; the names of all authors; the complete postal and email addresses of the corresponding author; a brief abstract. Indicate if you wish to present the paper as an oral presentation, poster session, or both.

The deadline for submission of abstracts is October 31, 2015. Early submission is encouraged.

A discounted Conference registration fee will be available for authors of accepted papers.

Student presentations will be included in the Conference.

Written versions of papers presented at the Conference may be published in the Conference Proceedings.

Papers presented at the Conference may be reviewed for possible publication in the Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management.

Authors may submit multiple abstracts. However, no person may present more than two papers at the Conference.

Data:	3 de abril de 2016
Início:	1 de abril de 2016
País:	United States
Estado:	Pensilvânia
Cidade:	Philadelphia
Informações para Contato:
Tel:	610 499 4042
Email::	solid.waste@widener.edu
Link:	http://solid-waste.org/2016-conference/call-for-papers/