May 22, 2006

Summer School: Innovative Technologies and Environmental Impacts in Waste Management

Innovative Technologies and Environmental Impacts in Waste Management (Rimini, 12th -17th June 2006)

The School aims to focus on the issues concerning innovative technologies, environmental control and certification attaining waste management, addressed to both students and professionals. The programme consists of a presentation of state-of-art research in this field and of many case studies at international level.

Programme
General information
Requirements
Application procedure
Fees and credits
Partners
Organization


Programme

Monday 12th June 2006
Management and Characterisation aimed to improve Waste Treatment and Valorisation
9.00-13.00 Waste Management System in the context of a Sustainable Development
14.00-17.00 New European trends in the characterisation of municipal and hazardous waste for treatment and valorisation

Tuesday 13th June 2006

Innovative Technologies of Waste Management/2
9.00-13.00 Optimisation of industrial processes in thermal waste treatment
14.00-17.00 Recycling processes for plastic residues
Wednesday 14th June 2006
Innovative Technologies of Waste Management/2
9.00-13.00 The development of composting in Europe
14.00-17.00 Cultural tour
Thursday 15th June 2006

Tools for the investigation of Environmental Impacts


9.00-13.00 LCA, Risk Analysis and their application to different industrial processes dealing with waste treatment and disposal

14.00-17.00 Life Cycle Assessment and Integrated Environmental Monitoring System as tools for evaluation of environmental impact

Friday 16th June 2006

Economic considerations on different technological solutions of Waste Treatment

9.00-13.00 Financing and organisation of waste management systems

14.00-19.00 Visits to landfill, incineration and composting plants in the Province of Rimini

Saturday 17th June 2006
Environmental and toxicological effects of Waste Management activities
9.00-13.00 Environmental and health impacts of different Waste Management activities
14.00-16.00 Monitoring of odorant emissions and pollutants, use of Receptor Models

General information
Period: 12th-16th June 2006
Venue: Rimini, Italy
Language: English
Number of partecipants: Max. 30

Requirements
Graduate students, researchers, technicians and professionals from foreign and Italian Universities, Agencies and Institutions.

Application procedure
Send an e-mail to:
luciano.morselli@unibo.it or to fabrizio.passarini@unibo.it
(or a fax to: + 39 0541 25567)
Deadline for applications: 15th May 2006

Fees and credits
Registration fee: € 400 (including coffee breaks and luncheons)Scholarships are avaible for participants from developing countries

Credits: 3 CFU/ECTS

Partners
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Universitat "Rovira i Virgili" - Tarragona, Catalunya (Spain)
Vienna Univ. of Economics and Business Admin. (Austria)
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Mostoles (Spain)
University of Birmingham (UK)
Venice International University
Università degli Studi di Bari


Organization
Prof. Luciano Morselli
Università di Bologna – Rimini Branch
e-mail: luciano.morselli@unibo.it

Secretariat
Dr. Fabrizio Passarini
Dep. Industrial Chemistry and Materials
viale Risorgimento 4
Bologna
e-mail: fabrizio.passarini@unibo.it

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