Presentations from the Valencia International Conference on the Sustainable Management of sewage sludge and biowaste, 16-17 June

REFLECTIONS from Jean-Pierre Hannequart, president of ACR+.

You will find below the power point presentations from the four sessions of the conference. Please click on each title to view the presentation. (Note: Some of the presentations are only available in spanish)

Session 1: The evolution of the EU strategy on waste management

Chairman: Ignacio MONFORT, Managing Director of Institute for Sustainability of
Resources (ISR)

• 6th Environmental Action Plan: Review of the Thematic Strategy on Sewage Sludgelegislation and current developments
  Bartosz ZAMBRZYCKI, European Commission
• Implementation of the EU Waste Strategy in Spain
  Jorge LAMPARERO, General Director for Climate Change of Regional Ministry of
  Environment, Water, Urbanism and Housing at the Generalitat Valenciana
• European Waste Policy and the issues of material and energy resources
  Jean?Pierre HANNEQUART, President of Association of Cities and Regions for
  Recycling and sustainable Resource management (ACR+)

Session 2: Waste Management hierarchy and its application on sewage sludge

Chairman: Pedro ANTÚNEZ, Director of Environmental Infrastructure and Water
Management Division at the Environment and Water Agency of the Andalusia Regional
Government 

• Environmental, economic and social impacts of the use of sewage sludge on land
  Roderick PALFREY, WRc plc (UK)
• Sewage Sludge trends, stakeholder interests and public perception
  Hara XIROU, Project Manager of Association of Cities and Regions for Recycling and
  sustainable Resource management (ACR+)
• Economic aspects of the Implementation and management of sewage sludge in Spain
  Julio BERBEL, Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Córdoba

Session 3: Regional and local approaches to sustainable and integrated sewage
sludge management methods

Chairman: Josep Maria OBIS, Director of Urban Wastewater Treatment Department at the
Catalan Water Agency, La gestion de biosolidos en Catalunya (Presente y futuro)

• Integrated sustainable approach of sewage sludge in the Flemish region of Belgium
  Ann BRAEKEVELT, OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders)
• Sustainable management of sewage sludge in North?Rhine Westfalia, Germany
  Michael OBERDORFER, State Agency for Nature, NRW
• Composting of sewage sludge and study of possible future options, Odense, Denmark
  Charlotte MOOSDORF, Municipality of Odense, Denmark

Session 4: Optimising the use of sewage sludge and biowaste treatment

Chairman: José Antonio RUIZ, General Director of Environmental Infrastructure at the
Regional Ministry of Environment of Castilla and León

• Integral recovery sludge: ALXIMIX Process, no thermal energy consumption, no waste or effluent, with biological caution
  Lluis OTERO, Director of Prospective, Eco-efficiency, and Integration Area at the HERA Group
• CO2 beneficial sewage sludge recovery by cement kilns
  Jean?Benoît COLLEE, HeidelbergCement Benelux, Belgium
• Codigestion of sludge and organic matter at municipal solid waste. Case study
  Joan MATA, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Barcelona
• ECOIMAGINATION, SAVE YOUR LIFE, Bicoe System for sludge and organic treatment,  
  Guillermo REDONDO, Industrial Engineer and José Manuel GARCIA, Business Area Director, Spanish Biocompostajes