Open Workshop Global Issues pertaining to BioWaste PROGRAMME Turin, Italy Pinerolo, Italy 15-16 March 2012 Please register no later than 2 nd March 2012 Cristina Savino: cristina.savino@aceapinerolese.it Fax: +39 0121 236402
Programme Overview SCOPE AND RECIPIENTS The workshop will focus on the current status and trends regarding biological treatment of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in Europe. Appropriate management of the organic fraction of waste is becoming one of the principle measures needed to respect EU policy and international protocols (GHGs' emission control). The workshop will assess both aerobic and anaerobic processes of biological treatment. The meeting is aimed at participants from both the public and private sectors involved in the management of solid waste, to offer a broad input to the discussion on the daily and future targets posed by the continental environmental policy. DAY ONE Thursday, 15 th March 14:00-17:00 Workshop 17:00-18:00 Open discussion 18:00 Transfer to Pinerolo 20.30 Dinner DAY TWO Friday, 16 th March 8:30 Site Visit - AD/compost site in Pinerolo 9:40 Working group meeting 12:30 Brunch 14:00 Transfer to Turin
Thursday, 15 th March Turin - Torino Incontra Centro Congressi Sala SELLA 14:00 OPENING/WELCOME 14:10 Session 1: INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW Trends and developments in biological treatment in the light of ongoing developments in EU sectoral policy [J. Gilbert - Chartered Institution of Waste Management, UK] Biowaste and climate change: the potential of biological treatment to reduce GHGs [E. Favoino - Chair, Working Group "Biological Treatment", ISWA, IT] 15:00 Session 2: CRITERIAS AND TRENDS The End-of-waste standards for compost: current state and foreseen implementation [J. Barth, Informa, DE] Composting and Anaerobic Digestion, an overview of trends and approaches [D. Mainero - Working Group "Biological Treatment", ISWA, IT] Biological Treatment and environmental impacts on local scale [E. Brizio - Regional Protection Agency, Dept. of Cuneo] 15:50 COFFEE BREAK 16:15 Session 3: LOCAL POLICY How EU and National policy is applied on the Regional level [E. Accotto Regione Piemonte] Enforcement by local authority [R. Ronco - Provincia di Torino] 17:00 Open discussion: PERSPECTIVES AND TRENDS Facilitator: G. Genon (Politecnico di Torino - Fondazione per l Ambiente, IT) Contributors: E. Favoino (Chair, Working Group "Biological Treatment", ISWA), D. Newman (ISWA Italia, IT), P. Foietta (ATO-R Torinese, IT) 18:00 CLOSING Possible rearrangements of speakers across the list of presentations.
Friday, 16 th March Pinerolo - Acea Pinerolese Meeting Room 8:30 Visit to Acea s AD-Composting Site Introduction to Acea s plant Site Visit 9:40 Working Group Meeting Agenda 1. Welcome by the Chair and approval of minutes from last meeting (March, Northampton) 2. Approval of agenda 3. Report from the Chair and Update from the GS 4. Contribution to EU initiative on Biowaste 5. Regional Biowaste Conferences 6. ISWA Paper Food waste as a global issue 7. Digestate and Sludge development of issue papers 8. Future work programme 9. Country Reports (5 min update from members) 10. Any other Business 11. Dates and place for next meeting 8:30 OPENING 12:30 BRUNCH
Transports & Accommodations Torino Incontra Centro Congressi Via Nino Costa 8 10123 TORINO Torino Incontra Centro Congressi can easily be reached by a partially covered walk from "Porta Nuova" Railway Station. It takes around 10 minutes walk FROM TURIN AIRPORT "Porta Nuova" Railway Station About 15 km from central Turin, it has direct motorway access to the city. By bus: Departures every 30-45 minutes from 6:10 to midnight (weekdays), just outside the Air Terminal Building (http://www.aeroportoditorino.it/en/passeggeri_en/trasporti_en/bus_en.html). In about a 40-minute drive it arrives at "Porta Nuova" Railway Station. FROM MILAN MALPENSA AIRPORT By bus and train: Every 30 minutes (from 6:35 to 23:35) there is a bus to Milano Centrale Railway Station; the trip takes about one hour. From there, you can take a train to "Torino Porta Nuova" Railway Station. The train journey takes about one hour Transport to/from PINEROLO (only for WG members) Dedicated bus from Torino Incontra Centro Congressi to Pinerolo city center (15 th March) from Pinerolo city center to Acea site (16 th March) from Acea site to "Porta Nuova" Railway Station (16 th March) HOTEL RECOMMENDATIONS We recommend two hotels situated in Pinerolo city center. Hotel Regina (***) Piazza Luigi Barbieri 22 - Pinerolo (TO) Ph. +39 0121322157 - Fax +39 0121393133 info@albergoregina.net http://www.albergoregina.net/ Hotel Villa San Maurizio (***) Via Edmondo de Amicis, 3 - Pinerolo (TO) Ph: +39.0121.321415 - Fax: +39.0121.390231 info@hotelpinerolo.com http://www.hotelpinerolo.com/
Registration Form Please complete in typed/capital letters and return this form by e-mail or fax to: cristina.savino@aceapinerolese.it, fax +39 0121 236402. Name Family Name Organization Address Position E-mail Phone Fax Please register no later than 2 nd March 2012 Cristina Savino: cristina.savino@aceapinerolese.it Fax: +39 0121 236402