Waste-to-energy technologies & Energy from Waste (biomass, oil sludge, syngas, etc.)
Recycling & Resources Recovery
EU policies and strategies for solid waste management
Solid waste prevention techniques
Household solid waste treatment technologies
Socio-economic issues related to solid waste management
Household solid waste collection techniques
Integrated management in islands & other isolated areas
Characterization of waste residues
Smart technologies & Decision support tools in the waste management field
Symbiosis and Network
Waste valorisation
Carbon & water footprint
Water circular economy
Recovery of materials from wastewater & sludge
Energy saving
Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving Potential in Industry
Food Economy, Policy and Culture
Environmental assessment and management in the food Industry
Environmental footprint analysis in the food sector
Energy-land-food-water nexus
Hydrogen: solutions & innovations for H2 production, efficient storage, distribution & applications
LCA as a decision support tool in policy making in the food Industry
Food waste management and bio-economy
Circular economy and resource efficiency in the food industry
Business models and investment for tomorrow's food systems
Marine Litter
Hazardous Waste
Biorefineries
Biotechnology
Management of specific waste streams (construction & demolition waste, WEEE, etc)
Sludge management
Agricultural and/or livestock waste
Flows of multi-sized (macro-, micro- and nano-) plastic waste, including current management strategies
Toxicity and eco-toxicity of multi-sized plastic waste particles (especially at long-term / high exposure)
Eco-efficient solutions to reduce plastic waste’s impacts:
Plastic waste environmental impacts: assessment and prediction
Multi-actors approaches and stakeholders behaviour related to plastic waste such as consumer perception, policy makers awareness, industrial lobbying, legislation and R&D investments etc
Brine Management & Treatment
Metal / salt recovery from brine
Networking session for projects dealing with biowaste
Networking session for projects dealing with plastics, paper, metals, glass
Networking session for projects dealing with water circular economy, wastewater & brine management
Biomethane, Methanol and other sustainable biofuels