The IWMSA, hosts of WasteCon 2022, invites waste management
professionals and experienced participants in the circular economy to provide
attendees with a reality check on:
- where we are now in respect of the state of waste
management and circular economy,
- what we have done well or badly in the past,
- what we should continue doing well, and
- what we should be doing better or differently in the
future.
The BACK ON TRACK? theme of WasteCon 2022
will guide the technical programme to explore perspectives on waste and
circularity as we shift from a period dominated by the effects of the Covid-19
pandemic to a period that will be dominated by a focus on the sustainable use
of natural resources and the protection of environmental health.
The
circular economy concept challenges the existing linear ‘take-make-waste’
model, and proposes a circular, more holistic approach to growth that works for
both business and the environment.
The
circular economy is so named to reflect the patterns and systems of reuse and
recycling of products indefinitely. Products are designed for durability, reuse
and recyclability, and materials for new products come from old products. Each
product at end-of-life therefore becomes a resource rather than merely being
discarded.
In
the circular economy, as much as possible is reused, re-manufactured, recycled
back into a raw material, used as a source of energy. Disposal is considered a
last resort.
SUBMISSION TIMELINE
Abstract
submission deadline: 1 March 2022
Feedback
on application status: 4 April 2022
Speaker
registration at a reduced presenter fee: 1 May 2022
Full
paper submission deadline: 31 May 2022
