Programme

Thursday, 24 September 2015
 09:30-10:00 Registration
  
 10:00-10:15 Conference Opening

Mr. Stavros Iatrou
, Representing the Head of Attica Region, Mrs Dourou
Mr. Asterios Zografos
, Mayor of the Municipality of Polygyros
Mr. Charalampos Sofianos, Director of Helector S.A.
  
 10:15-10:30 LIFE Reclaim: A Landfill Mining case study in Greece
Z. Gaitanarou
(ENVECO S.A.)
   
 10:30-12:15    Session 1: LANDFILL MINING: SOCIAL AND POLICY ISSUES  
Chair: S. Papagrigoriou (LIFE-Reclaim Coordinator) • Co-Chair: F. Giro i Fontanals
 
   10:30 First experiences on Landfill Mining in Catalonia
F. Giró i Fontanals, M. Madorell i Arbolí (Spain)

   10:45 Introducing ecosystem services into LFM impact assessment
G. Tentes, D. Damigos (Greece)
  
   11:00 What do people believe about landfill mining?
D. Damigos, G. Diamantoulakis, V. Chorinos, M. Menegaki, D. Kaliampakos (Greece)
  
   11:15 Development of a landfill mining policy in Flanders (Belgium)
E. Wille (Belgium)
  
   11:30 Local community participation in technological complex enhanced landfill mining projects
M. Ballard (Belgium)
  
   11:45
Discussion
  
12:15-12:45 Coffee break
    
 12:45-14:15    Session 2: RESTORATION OF LANDFILLS AND CONTAMINATED SITES  
Chair: E. Wille • Co-Chair: D. Kaliampakos
   
   12:45 History of dump sites in Greece: Integrated tools and methods for their registration
G. Perkoulidis, A. Malamakis, T. Tsatsarelis, I. Antonopoulos, N. Moussiopoulos (Greece)
  
   13:00 Phytomining of heavy metals. Future perspectives
C. Tsadilas (Greece)
   
   13:15 Reliable rehabilitation of uncontrolled dump sites
K. Hadjibiros (Greece)
  
   13:30 Mechanisms of stabilization/immobilization of heavy metals in the geoenvironment
D. Dermatas (Greece)
  
   13:45  Discussion
  
 14:15-15:30
 Lunch
 
 15:30-17:00    Session 3: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN WASTE POLICY   
Chair: M. Ballard • Co-Chair: M. Menegaki
  
   15:30 From Brownfield to Brightfield. Revitalizing and re-powering derelict land in Flanders
E. Wille (Belgium)
   15:45 Interconnectivity and the future of waste management
A. Mavropoulos (Greece)
  
   16:00 The Zero Waste Concept towards integrated waste management
M. Loizidou (Greece)
  
   16:15
Development of a Household Waste Recycling Centre Network in Cyprus
A.I. Iacovides (Cyprus)
   
   16:30  Discussion
 

Friday, 25 September 2015
09:30-11:15    Session 4: RECOVERY OF RESOURCES FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE  
Chair: T. Wolfsberger • Co-Chair: G. Perkoulidis

09:30 Waste management in the Municipality of Polygyros. Current situation and recycling projects
G. Diamantoulakis (Greece)
   
   09:45 Treatment technologies and recovery of resources from waste in the UK
S. Ford, K. Warren, A. Read (United Kingdom)
  
   10:00 Technology serving waste valorisation
A. Andreadakis (Greece)
   
   10:15 Landfill Mining in Polygyros site. Results and discussion
V. Andrea, Z. Gaitanarou, E.N. Makrykosta, S. Sofianos, S. Stasinos, N. Tsigkas (Greece)
  
   10:30 Recycling packaging materials
I. Razis (Greece)
  
   10:45 Discussion
 
 11:15-11:45  Coffee break
  
 11:45-13:30    Session 5: LANDFILL MINING: TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES  
Chair: S. Ford • Co-Chair: A. Andreadakis
   11:45 Environmental monitoring of the Polygyros Landfill Mining Scheme
A. Benardos, M. Menegaki, D. Damigos, D. Kaliampakos (Greece)
  
   12:00 Quality and recovery of specific waste fractions from Landfill Mining for material and energy recovery
T. Wolfsberger, R. Sarc, R. Pomberger (Austria)
  
   12:15
Operation of the pilot demonstration landfill mining unit
D. Choidas (Greece)
  
   12:30 Local community involvement in complex technological projects: Challenges for long term planning and dealing with uncertainty
K. Sips, M. Craps (Belgium)
  
   12:45 Landfill mining potential in Spain and review of preliminary experiences
I. Puig-Ventosa, M. Calaf-Forn (Spain)
  
   13:00  Discussion
 
 13:30-14:45  Lunch
  
 14:45-16:30    Session 6: NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN WASTE MANAGEMENT  
Chair: I. Puig-Ventosa • Co-Chair: A. Benardos
  
   14:45 Uncontrolled industrial waste disposal in landfills: Case study in Attica Prefecture
L. Chalarakis, A. Korkolis, S. Kavouri (Greece)
  
   15:00 Pyrolysis and gasification of various wastes, residues and by-products in rotary kilns: Some experiences, examples and lessons learned from a 20-year industrial involvement
A. Sotiriou (Greece)
  
   15:15 Intelligent energy production from Greek industrial/municipal solid waste and potentially landfill mining: Computational fluid dynamics for an industrial unit Bubbling Fluidized Bed (BFB) – Boiler/gasifier
G. Pantazis, P. Glinos, Th. Adamopoulou, A. Rydén, G. Taralas, A.A. Zabaniotou (Greece)
   
   15:30 Using ICT tools for achieving efficient and sustainable waste management, enabling GHG emissions reduction – The example of Life EWAS
A. Anthouli, I. Koukosia, M. Skarvalakis, M. Jofra Sora, I. Garcia Vega (Greece-Spain)
   
   15:45 Recycling electrical and electronic equipment in Greece
A. Fafoutis (Greece)
   
   16:00  Discussion