Waste Management 2012
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6th International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment

 

4 - 6 July, 2012

New Forest, UK

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Supported by the International Journal of
Sustainable Development and Planning

 Introduction

Waste_200x250The International Conference on Waste Management and the Environment is organised every two years by the Wessex Institute of Technology in collaboration with other renown institutions. This sixth conference follows the success of previous meetings held in Cádiz (2002), Rhodes (2004), Malta (2006), Granada (2008) and Tallinn (2010).

Waste management is becoming one of the key problems of the modern world, an issue that is intensified by the volume and complexity of waste discarded by society's domestic and industrial activities. Unfortunately, many of the practices adopted in the past were aimed at short-term solutions without sufficient regard or knowledge for long term implications on health, the environment or sustainability and this, in many cases, leads to the need to take difficult and expensive remedial action.

With our growing awareness of the detrimental environmental effects of current waste disposal, there is a significant onus of accountability for effective waste management. Better practice and safer solutions are required. Not only is there a need for more research on current disposal methods such as landfill, incineration, chemical and effluent treatment, but also on recycling, waste minimization, clean technologies, waste monitoring, public and corporate awareness, and general education.

Delegates attending Waste Management 2012 will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper for possible publication in the International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning or the International Journal of Safety and Security, two of the six edited by the Wessex Institute.

Waste Management 2012 will provide a forum for the discussion of the most advanced research and applications in this field. It will be of interest to researchers and practitioners from industry and governmental organisations involved with the management, treatment and impact of waste on the environment and society as a whole.



 

Organiser

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Wessex Institute of Technology, UK

Sponsors

jos_logo.jpg WIT Transactions Ecology and the Environment
International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning
International Journal of Safety and Security

Conference Secretariat

Genna West
Wessex Institute of Technology
Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst
Southampton, SO40 7AA
Tel: 44 (0) 238 0293223
Fax: 44 (0) 238 0292853
gwest@wessex.ac.uk

Display Facilities

There will be space for organisations to display products, services and literature related to the theme of the conference. Further details are available from the Conference Secretariat above.

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Conference Chairmen

V Popov
Wessex Institute of Technology, UK

H Itoh
Rare Materials Recovery, Japan

C A Brebbia
Wessex Institute of Technology, UK

International Scientific Advisory Committee

P Brito
Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre, Portugal

P De Filippis
University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy

J González-Alvarez
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

J-H Kim
Seo-Kyeong University, South Korea

M Lega
University of Naples Parthenope, Italy

U Mander
University of Tartu, Estonia

V Naddeo
University of Salerno, Italy

E Rada
University of Trento, Italy

N Tam
City University of Hong Kong, China

F Tatàno
University of Urbino ‘Carlo Bo’, Italy

T Wagner
University of Southern Maine, USA

M Zamorano
University of Granada, Spain