top of page

Issue No 12 | Sep 2015

reclaim news

Athens 2015 International Mining Conference Website

Mark your calendar: September 24-25 2015

Participation to the conference is FREE! The conference is addressed to universities, research institutes, public institutions, businesses and non-profit organizations.

 

However, you are kindly requested to preregister in order to secure  your participation in the Conference due to limited availability. 

 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE!

 

Purpose of the Conference

The Purpose of the Athens 2015 International Landfill Mining Conference of the LIFE+ reclaim project, is to inform the Scientific Community as well as both Private and Public bodies about the alternative proposal of reclaiming useful materials, land and energy from waste disposal sites through their mining and appropriate treatment and present the state-of-the-art technologies in the field. As part of the conference, presentations by experts in the fields of mining and waste management will take place, analysing  the technical and environmental aspects of the method and its applicability to the Greek and European space.
 

Topics of the Conference

The conference will include presentations from Greek and foreign speakers, with topics:

  • Landfill Mining

  • International Experience in Landfill Mining

  • Recovery of Resources from Municipal Solid Waste

  • New Technologies in Waste Management

  • Restoration of landfills and contaminated sites

  • Landfills and Dumpsites Closure: Monitoring and Alternative Uses

 

Organising Committee

ENVECO S.A.:

Papagrigoriou Spyridon, Civil Engineer, CEO
Katselis Ioannis, Mineral Resources Engineer
Gaitanarou Zoi, Mining and Environmental Engineer
Ersi Makrykosta, Environmental Scientist

 

HELECTOR S.A.:

Stasinos Sotiris, Chemical Engineer
Sofianos Spyridon, Civil Engineer, Project Engineer Landfill of Polygyros
Andrea Veronika, Forester-Environmental Scientist

 

School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, NTUA: 

Kaliampakos Dimitrios, Professor of Mining Engineering, Department of Mining Technology and Environmental Mining
Tsakalakis Konstantinos, Professor of Metallurgy and Materials Technology, Laboratory of Mineral Processing
Menegaki Maria, Assistant Professor of Mining Engineering
Benardos Andreas, Assistant Professor of Mining Engineering

 

Municipality of Polygyros, MoP:

Vordos Christos, Deputy Mayor of Polygyros
Diamantoulakis George, Manager of the MoP’s Recycling Programme  

 

Language

The official language of the Conference is English.

 

Athens 2015 International Landfill Mining Conference

Mark your calendar: September 24-25, 2015

 

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK: 

www.erasmus.gr/ microsites/1050 

The pilot demonstration unit

of the LIFE Reclaim Project

 

Workers at the pilot demonstration unit

The pilot demonstration unit

of the LIFE Reclaim Project

Athens 2015 International Landfill Mining Conference

bottom of page