solidwaste 2011 - The 26th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management

The 26th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management will be held in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. on March 27-30, 2011. Participants are expected from over 40 countries.

Researchers, educators, government officials, consultants, managers, community leaders and others with an interest 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

To submit a paper, please click here for the on-line submission form. A confirmation will be sent to you within 1 week.

Notes for on-line submission:

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

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the on-line submission form does not accept the "Enter" key to space between paragraphs. The abstract should be entered as one continuous paragraph with standard punctuation.

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If you copy and paste your abstract into the on-line submission form, do not use the "Enter" key in the document that is copied. It would be interpreted as the end of the abstract.

On-line submission is strongly preferred. 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.

Fax: 610 499 4461
e-mail: solid.waste-AT-widener.edu
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, 2010. 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 25th Conference: 25th Agenda