NEWS & EVENTS : TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT
Sustainable management of sewage sludge and biowaste
04.16.2011
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
16th - 17th June 2011
Oceanogrāfic of the City of Arts and Sciences,
Valencia, Spain
ACR+ together with the Generalitat Valenciana (Regional Government of Valencia) and the Instituto para la Sostenibilidad de los Recursos (ISR), is co-organising an International conference on methods for sustainable management of sewage sludge and biowaste.
The purpose of the conference is to contribute with ideas to the elaboration of the reinforced European sludge management strategy. The revision of the existing sewage sludge Directive is currently under consultation.
The main focus of the conference will be the methods for sustainable management of sewage sludge and biowaste. The topics that will be discussed include:
- The experiences from other big cities in Europe and the comparison of the applied treatement methods.
- Priority for review and evaluation, through the economical and operational aspects of sewage sludge management, the costs of operation and the optimisation of the material and energy recovery
- The benefits of sewage sludge management using the bio degradable organic fraction of municipal solid waste
Key speakers will include:
· EC representative
· Jean -Pierre Hannequart (ACR+)
· Milieu Ltd representative
· Ann Braekevelt (OVAM, BE)
· Dr Michael Oberdorfer (North Rhine-Westphalia State Environment Agency, DE)
More details about registration for the conference will soon be available on the ACR+ website.
http://www.acrplus.org/sewage-sludge-conference
