Hannover Conference Looking for Waste & Recycling Papers : Call for Papers & Presenters at Waste-to-Resources 2017

The international Waste-to-Resources 2017 conference and exhibition taking place in Hannover, Germany on 16th - 18th of May 2017 is seeking papers on Mechanical Biological Treatment and Material Recycling Facilities.

According to the organisers the 7th International Symposium MBT, MRF & Recycling

Has featured participants from up to 40 countries in previous years, and is world’s largest conference on MBT & MRFs.

The combination of conference and commercial exhibition is expected to make Waste-to-Resources 2017 a key event for operators, authorities, consultants and technology providers.

Topics covered will include:

MBT & MRF in different countries

Targets, legal aspects, boundary values

Waste treatment technologies compared

Ground breaking waste treatment and recovery technologies

Recycling and reuse of materials and devices

Competition and material (waste) streams

Functionality, economic efficiency & life cycle balance

Experience with new and rebuilt plants

New developments in machine and system engineering

Anaerobic digestion of organic waste fractions

Energy recovery by RDF power plants, gasification, liquefaction and more

Conditioning, use and sale of MBT & MRF output fractions (e.g. RDF, metals)

Latest sorting technologies

Process control and analytics

Emissions and their treatment

Bio-/Pyro and Hydro- char (HTC)

Disposal of residues from waste treatment

Fires in waste treatment plants: detection, extinguishing, prevention, insurance

If you are interested to become an author at Waste-to-Resources, please submit the following information until the 2nd of December to info@wasteconsult.de

The producers said that the leading authors / presenters (one person per paper) of the accepted papers for oral presentations will get free access to the conference, which also includes lunch, dinner and the conference proceedings.

The PowerPoint accompaniment to the presentations must be in English, but due to the simultaneous translation, the presentation itself be made in French, German or English.

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