ISWA Beacon Confernce on Final Sinks

From Product Design to Clean Cycles and Safe Final Sinks

Call for Abstracts- Only two weeks left!

We are pleased to announce the 3rd International Conference on Final Sinks - from product design to clean cycles and safe final sinks held in Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C on August 23-26, 2015.

The conference is jointly organized by the National Taiwan University, Vienna University of Technology, International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Kyoto University.

Deadline for abstract submission ends on April 15, 2015

Final sinks have become a critical issue for sustainable material use. For sustainable materials management, we need a broader understanding and new solutions for the production, management and disposal of harmful and non-recyclable materials. Extending the scope from the 1st and 2nd Final Sink Conferences, this meeting will address wider topics, including:

* Methodologies to follow materials through the economy
* Design of products and systems in view of clean cycles and final sinks
* Extended producer responsibility
* Cross-countries supply chain materials management
* Waste management focusing on clean cycles
* Management of safe final sinks for conventional and nuclear wastes
* The role of WTE and landfills as sinks
* Novel utilizations of sink capacity and stocks
* The competition for sinks
* Socio-economic issues related to materials uses
* Assessment methods for evaluation of sink services and constraints

Both theoretical analyses as well as case studies focusing on the sink issue in the widest sense are welcome.

The conference is intended for companies with extended producer responsibilities, designers of sustainable products, waste management and recycling companies, administrators in the fields of waste management and environmental protection, consultants in the fields of waste and environmental management, experts from academia and research & development institutions, and others.

Selected papers will be included in a special issue of Waste Management & Research

Please note that the deadline for abstract submission is April 15, 2015.

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Professor Paul H. Brunner, Vienna University of Technology