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The 33rd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management will be held in Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A. on March 11-14, 2018. 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: [email protected] Fax: 610 499 4461 Phone: 610 499 4042Include: 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, 2017. 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.
To learn about the Conference structure, you may wish to view the agenda of the 32nd Conference: 32nd Agenda