The Sardinia Symposia are organised every two years by the International Waste Working Group (IWWG), with the scientific support of the Universities of Padova (IT), BOKU (AT), Tongji (CN) and the Technical Universities of Luleå (SE) and Hamburg (DE). Held for the first time in 1987, they focus on solid waste management, with each event bringing together around 700 international participants and presenting over 400 papers.

This year, the symposium will focus on 25 topics, including waste policy and legislation, waste management assessment and decision tools, waste characterization and collection, waste minimisation and recycling, biological and thermal treatment, waste management and climate change and construction & demolition waste from disaster waste.

There will be four plenary focus sessions on key issues such as How to achieve EU textile recycling targets and Advancing the Circular Economy - What still needs to be done? The programme will comprise eight parallel tracks and more than 400 presentations during oral sessions (a series of presentations followed by Q&A discussion), workshops (in-depth discussion on specific topics, initiated by introductory lectures), active labs (practical design laboratories where participants will have the opportunity to apply theoretical notions to an actual case study or a practical activity with colleagues and experts as part of a working team) and poster sessions.

This in-person event will take place at the Forte Village Resort in Santa Margherita di Pula in Sardinia on 13-17 October. Most sessions will be in English and some in Italian. Programme and registration.