Workshop: Ecotoxicology for waste management

SESSION F08 / 11 October 2023 / 15:00 - 16:30
Workshop: Ecotoxicology for waste management
Chair / Presidente: Roberta Pedrazzani (IT)


The potential of ecotoxicology in assessing the compatibility of waste for reuse or disposal is now acknowledged. The literature describes use on many matrices, including sewage sludge, compost, marine sediments, and inorganic waste. On the one hand, the application of such assays is already found in end-of-waste procedures. On the other hand, the knowledge gap is very wide, as there is opportunity for improvement with regard to, for example: certain waste types; recovery areas; biological assays to be used (specific endpoints; modes of action; protocol implementation; uncertainty assessment; interpretation and standardization of results; etc.). The workshop aims to assess the current state of the art.

Introductory lectures:

• R. Pedrazzani - University of Brescia (IT)
  Conventional, standardized and innovative ecotoxicity tools
  
  
• A. Pivato, G. Beggio - University of Padova (IT)
  End-of-waste and waste classification: the role of ecotoxicology
  
  
• C. Alias - University of Brescia (IT)
  Bioassays as a support for end-of-waste definition: case studies
  
  
• L. Gomez, E. Porcel Rodriguez, I. Sanseverino, D. Marinov, R. Carafa, P. Sciuto, M. Carere, D. ten Hulscher, T. Lettieri - European Commission, DG Joint Research Centre
  Effect-based methods and their implementation in the monitoring program: From Science to Policies
  
  
• G. Bertanza, M. Menghini - University of Brescia (IT)
  Integrated data processing of ecotoxicological analyses