On July 6-8, 2025, the 20th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology (“ICWMT 20”) was successfully held in Beijing under the theme “Accelerating the Development of New Quality Productive Forces in Solid Waste and Promoting the Construction of ‘Zero-waste City’.” Jointly organized by Tsinghua University, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, China Association of Environmental Protection Industry, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The State Key Laboratory of Iron and Steel Industry Environmental Protection, The State Key Laboratory of Regional Environment and Sustainabilityn and Steel Industry, National Key Laboratory for Regional Environmental Security, co-organized by GEM Co., Ltd., and hosted by eight organizations including the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, with support from 28 institutions and journals.
Spanning three days, ICWMT 20 featured a plenary session, an English parallel session, 37 sessions, technical visits and an industry exhibition. Around 1200 delegates attended in person, while online participants joined from 23 countries including the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. The opening ceremony was held on the morning of July 6th, it was chaired by Professor Jinhui LI, a tenured professor of the School of Environment, Tsinghua University, and Executive Director of BCRC China.
ICWMT 20 brought nearly 500 experts-researchers, officials and business leaders-from China and abroad together, all working in solid-waste management and related fields. Their keynote reports gave a strong boost to China’s zero-waste city drive, helped link science with industry and government, and offered a clear way to share China’ s experience. From planning and announcements to on-site management and publicity, every step followed “zero-waste” and “zero-carbon” principles.
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