The 5th International Conference on Waste Management and Technology was held at Tsinghua University in Beijing on December 15-17, 2010. The conference was jointly organized by Tsinghua University, the Society of Solid Waste of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity-building and the Transfer of Technology in Asia and the Pacific, the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific and the Solid Waste Management Center of the Ministry of Environmental Protection serving as co-hosts. More than 350 representatives from universities, government departments, research institutes and industry across 34 different countries and regions attended the conference.
At the opening ceremony, speeches were delivered by Mr. Xinmin Li, Inspector of the Pollution Control Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection; Ms. Katarina Kummer Perry, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Basel Convention; Academician Jiming Hao, Dean of the Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering of Tsinghua University; and Mr. Quan Hao, Director of the Society of Solid Waste of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences. Additionally, 43 renowned experts and scholars from both domestic and international institutions, including Mr. Keio Du, an official of the Solid Waste Management Division of the Pollution Prevention and Control Department of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and Professor Fumikazu Yoshida of Hokkaido University, Japan, respectively, delivered keynote speeches on solid waste management and treatment technology, as well as the management and treatment of electronic and biomass waste.
The conference covered four main thematic areas: e-waste, hazardous waste, municipal sludge and domestic waste treatment and disposal management technology. In order to promote the research and exchange of solid waste management technology and policy in the Asia-Pacific region, the conference also arranged several key sessions, including "Keynote Report on the trend of solid waste management policy in Asia", "Regional-Level E-Waste Projects and Topic Research", "Development of China's e-waste treatment technology" and " Development Trends in China’s e-waste treatment and disposal industry". In addition, specialized sessions such as the "Workshop on Capacity Building and Awareness Raising for the Safe Management of Asbestos Waste in the Asia-Pacific Region and the “China-U.S. Environmental Cooperation Forum on Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal“ provided a broad platform for officials, experts, and industry professionals in the field of solid waste management and technology to exchange ideas and foster collaboration. The proceedings of this conference were indexed by ISTP, one of the three academic indexing services, and a total of 155 papers were received and 62 reports were published. An additional exhibition segment was introduced, featuring nine well-known domestic and international companies specializing in e-waste and hazardous waste treatment. The conference's corporate site visit program offered participants the opportunity to exchange and learn about technical practices and management experiences in e-waste and hazardous waste treatment enterprises. Professor Hongtao Wang and Associate Researcher Wenjing Lu from the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering participated in the conference as presenters and session hosts. More than 40 students from the department participated in the conference and submitted 18 papers.
This session will be accompanied by two back-to-back sessions and a forum: “the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) face-to-face session” on December 13-15, “The Workshop on Capacity Building and Awareness Raising for the Sae Management of Asbestos Waste in the Asia-Pacific Region” on December 16-17, and “China-U.S. Environmental Cooperation Seminar on Solid Waste Management” on December 16.
The International Conference on Waste Management and Technology, organized by the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, has become an important platform to elaborate scientific ideas, showcase advanced experience, discuss environmental issues, and find solutions. The conference set up an academic steering committee and an industry expert committee, which were composed of 48 experts from the fields of solid waste management, technology research, and industry, both domestically and internationally. Academician Jiming Hao of Tsinghua University served as the chairman of the academic Steering committee, and Professor Jinhui Li, executive secretary of the Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific , served as the chairman of the conference.
