This is a contibution by Anne Trémier, a colleague I met during the Summer School on Biological and Thermal Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste, in Napoli, Italy, 2-6 May 2011 (see http://www.iat.unina.it/summerschool/home.html). Anne is a researcher at IRSTEA (see http://www.irstea.fr/en/home-page ) and one of the organizers of the upcoming ORBIT 2012 Conference which is dedicated to "Global assessment for organic resources and waste management: Assessment of technologies for
optimal organics management processes and enlightened environmental policies".
I am sure it will be one more succesful ORBIT conference and I will be there to join ORBIT's efforts. Here is what Anne wrote:
"During the last years, a big
strength has been put on organic resources recovery in order to achieve our
aspiration towards a "Recycling Society" and climate stabilisation.
Energy, nutrients and organic matter needs have thus driven sustainable
management of resources and wastes and promoted new technological developments.
In this context, biological processing of organic wastes and the use of natural
resources to recover nutrients as phosphorus, to produce soil improvers and to
supply energy is of great interest.
However rules on the management of organic
resources waste are fragmented and the current legislation in Europe
might be not sufficient to achieve the stated objectives of its effective
management. Moreover there is an open question on the tools that can be used to
assess the efficiency of organic resources and waste management systems and
lead to the adequate processes selection. Especially the increasing use of Life
Cycle Assessment tools has to be carefully addressed with a special focus on
the considered indicators and the local applicability of the results.
Following the ORBIT
conferences tradition, ORBIT2012 will deal with all aspects of organic
resources and waste management with a special focus on the assessment of
technologies with environmental, social and economical point of view. A large
place will be given to climate change, waste management assessment and decision
tools. Traditional themes as energy recovery (Biofuels, biogas, hydrogen
production), biological treatments (composting and anaerobic digestion) and
also mechanical biological treatment still remain central issues that have to
be discussed in order to improve technologies and product quality, especially
for land application.
More local management systems such as home and community
composting will also be discussed as they may represent solutions that have to
be considered in an integrated organic waste management plan. Special emphasis
will also be laid on EU policies and strategies for sustainable organic waste
management. The conference will present high quality and innovative research in
all the aforementioned topics and will include oral presentations (about 180),
poster presentations (about 50) and a specific workshop: “From Waste to Product
– Sustainable Management of Organic Resources in Europe » .
We will be pleased
to welcome you to the next ORBIT in June 12th – 15th 2012 in Rennes, France ( www.orbit2012.fr )".
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