Life – Third Countries	Technion- Israel Institute of Technology	S.Neaman Institute	University of Haifa

December 12-14, 2000.
Third announcement

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in some industrialized countries is made primarily of paper and plastic materials. This is not the case in many other countries, including countries in the Mediterranean region, where some 50% of MSW is made of wet, organic putresible materials.

The different composition of MSW and often the different climatic conditions call for suitable approaches and technologies toward the treatment and utilization of the waste. For example, a sound approach toward recycling should be based in this case on means to utilize the wet organic fraction for the production of compost, rather than on the separate collection of “traditional” recyclables such as paper, glass etc.

Program

We anticipate 3  days for working sessions including a half day trip (An additional half day trip will be optional on the 15th of December).

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The following sessions are planned:

1. Country reports.

Present situation, waste management strategies (emphasis on Mediterranean countries).

• ISRAEL-MOE
• GREECE
• EGYPT - Riad
• MOROCCO
• TUNIS
• ITALY
• SPAIN

• Recycling as a Preferred Solution in Waste Management: The Case of Two Municipalities in Israel.

• In-Vessel Composting: The Most Sensible Solution for Treatment and Recycling organic Waste in Israel. Zloczower

2.2 Technology and composting optimization.

(Open vs. closed systems, passive vs. active, effects of ambient climatic conditions on the process, effects of active organic contents etc.)

• Conditions/Parameters Characterizing The Composting Process- Lechner

• Aerated Static Piles Composting- Lasaridi and Stentiford

• The Planing of a Compost Plant: Essential Connections Among Urbanism, Civil Engineering, and Process Design – de Bertoldi and Schnappinger

• Economics of landfilling in Malta- Gauci

• Solid Waste Treatment as a High Priority and Low Cost Alternative of Greenhouse Gases Mitigation - Ayalon

• Legal Regulation of Waste Managment in Israel: Government, local authorities, and Private Sector - Gadot

The following questions will be raised:

1. Are the approaches for solid waste management common in the western industrialized countries suitable for the rest of the world?
2. Are standards and regulations for solid waste management common in the western industrialized countries suitable for the rest of the world?
3. What special technologies needed?
4. Which special economical and legal actions needed?
5. Is there a place for an organization to continue the exchange of information regarding waste management in Mediterranean countries?

Invited lectures

E I Stentiford (UK) – Considerations for the design of low cost waste management and composting systems.

Melvin S Finstein (USA) – Odor prevention through Cost-Effective, appropriate technology composting.

1. EU regulations and decisions regarding open composting systems.
2. Waste management: Sorting, collection handling and use in Western Europe and Mediterranean countries.

Deputy Director Dr. Mamdouh Riad  (Egypt)-
Status report on solid waste management and policy in Egypt.

Yossi Inbar (Israel) –Waste management technologies -  price and environmental considerations, an overview of situation in Israel and EU countries.

Ilan Nisim (Israel) - Israeli governments achievements and problems in the field of solid waste.

Arie Kremen (Israel) - Leachate Flow Analysis at the Hagal Landfill

Adir Shapira (Israel) - Private vs. public ownership of waste handling and disposal facilities.

M. Shechter, O. Ayalon (Israel) – Waste disposal economics and selection of options.

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