RAFFAELLO COSSU, University of Padova (IT) / raffaello.cossu@gmail.com
Retired in 2018, he is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Padova (IT). He is Chairman of Sardinia – International Symposia on Waste Management and Sustainable Landfilling, SUM – Multidisciplinary Symposia on Circular Economy and Urban Mining and Venice – International Symposia on Biomass and Waste to Energy. President of IWWG (International Waste Working Group) from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 to 2017 he was Editor in Chief of Waste Management, the international scientific journal published by Elsevier. In 2017 he was recipient of the prestigious Sardinia Award “A Life for Waste”. He has given a series of talks and presentations in conferences on Waste Management and Landfilling throughout the world. He has authored more than 200 articles and conference papers and co-edited five international books on waste management and landfilling technology, published by Academic Press, Elsevier, EF and Spon.
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