8th SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND URBAN MINING
21-23 MAY 2025 / LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
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8th SYMPOSIUM ON CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND URBAN MINING
21-23 MAY 2025 / LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON

SUM 2025: SAVE THE DATE!

Following the great success of the 2024 edition, we are excited to announce that from now on the SUM Symposium will be held every year! SUM 2025 - 8th Symposium on Circular Economy and Urban Mining will be held from 21 to 23 May 2025 in a wonderful location to be announced soon.

Saving and recovery of resources and increasing need of environmental sustainability have been the driving forces for the development of Circular Economy and Urban Mining strategies. These represent a real revolution in waste management as well in several other fields. In order to optimise them, a scientific approach is necessary, involving all the different disciplines (Engineering, Economy, Chemistry, etc.), all possible stakeholders (industries, researchers, waste management companies, citizens, decision makers, administrators, regulators, politicians, etc.) and considering all the implementation aspects including the most critical ones, such as quality of recycled products, sustainable management of residues, symbiosis between producers and recyclers, stability of markets, end of waste regulations, role of final sinks, etc.

The SUM Symposium, organised biennially since 2012 by IWWG–International Waste Working Group, nowadays represents the ideal reference Forum for Circular Economy and Urban Mining, where scientists and stakeholders from all around the globe can debate the most advanced results and focus on future needs.
SUM 2024 was held under the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, ISPRA–Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, ENEA–Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development and under the aegis of Tavolo di Roma.

The scientific programme included over 140 presentations organised in 4 parallel sessions! Check it out >
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Symposium Chairs

Andreas Bartl
TU Wien (AT)
Jutta Gutberlet
University of Victoria (CA)
Maria Cristina Lavagnolo
University of Padova (IT)
Ian Williams
University of Southampton (UK)
Raffaello Cossu
University of Padova (IT)
Honorary Chair

Strategic Scientific Committee

Thomas Astrup
Ramboll Denmark (DK)
Giuseppe Bonifazi
Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Claudia Brunori
ENEA (IT)
Anders Lagerkvist
Luleå University of Technology (SE)
Francesco Pirozzi
University of Naples "Federico II" (IT)
Kaimin Shih
The University of Hong Kong (HK)
Zaneta Stasiskiene
Kaunas University of Technology (LT)
Rainer Stegmann
Hamburg University of Technology (DE)
Dongbei Yue
Tsinghua University (CN)
Mariachiara Zanetti
Polytechnic University of Turin (IT)
Scientific Secretary:
Giovanni Beggio
University of Padova (IT)

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