We regret to announce that CRETE 2020 International Conference on Industrial and Hazardous Waste Management is rescheduled to 18th – 21st May, 2021.

The Organizing Committee evaluated that the prevailing conditions worldwide, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, do not allow the normal conduction of the Conference, as usually. At the moment there is great uncertainty about traveling, hotel accommodation and events preconditions, making your participation and our hosting hard to accomplish.

Hopefully, a few months later things will be better and we will all be able to meet again for CRETE 2021, without the present worries.

We would like to thank all authors that have already submitted their abstracts and inform them that their contributions will be evaluated for CRETE 2021, unless they inform us otherwise.

Important dates are altered as follows:

Abstract submission:15th January, 2021
Full paper submission:15th Ferbuary, 2021
Early registration:15th March, 2021

Stay informed about CRETE 2021 news through our official website, but above all stay safe! See you in May 2021!

Special Issues

A set of Special Issues of Waste Management, Detritus and Journal of Hazardous Materials will be compiled, based on a selected number of top research papers from CRETE 2018 International Conference.

The themes of these Special Issues have been selected as follows:

E- Waste Mining

E-waste composition / valuables present
Circular economy potentials
Recycling / reuse limitations & problems
Innovations / minimizations in production
Treatment (physico-chemical, thermal, etc.)
Final disposal options
Life cycle assessment
Case studies

Full paper submission deadline: 30 November 2018

Healthcare Waste Management

Legislation issues
Classification / characterization
Risk assessment and toxicology
Management Innovations
Separation / minimization potentials
Treatment (physic-chemical, thermal, etc.)
Case studies

Full paper submission deadline: 15 January 2019

Plastic Hazards & Threats

Plastic waste composition / hazards present
Transport and fate in the environment
Circular economy potentials
Recycling limitations / problems
Risk assessment and toxicology
Innovations / minimizations in production
Treatment (physico-chemical, thermal, etc.)

Full paper submission deadline: 28 February 2019

Selection will be carried out among all contributions presented at the Conference, dealing with topics above. Authors selected will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to the Journal. The papers will then be rigorously peer-reviewed and tracked through publication progress.

High quality papers dealing with any other CRETE 2018 Topic may also be considered for further improvement, review and publication in Waste Management Journal, the official journal of IWWG.