About this Symposium |
| Meeting |
2028 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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REWAS 2028: Recycling Economics and Policy
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| Sponsorship |
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| Organizer(s) |
Roderick Eggert, Colorado School of Mines
Himanshu Tanvar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Adam C. Powell, Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Scope |
Scaling circular economy technologies requires them to be cost effective, with low life cycle emissions, and product quality and other characteristics making them suitable for their intended markets. For many waste streams, collection of quality post-use material at a very high recovery rate is easy; for others it is more complex and expensive. For example, lead recycling rate is very high because of policy; steel recycling rate is relatively high because magnetic separation is cheap. But the reverse logistics of collecting post-consumer magnets or copper wires in other products at high recovery rates can be more challenging. Policy can make a difference - if it is justified. Presentations in this symposium will focus on technoeconomic analysis, life cycle assessment, reverse logistics of post-consumer collection, and macroeconomic and policy drivers and risks which influence deployment of recycling and waste minimization technologies for the circular economy. |
| Abstracts Due |
07/01/2027 |
| Proceedings Plan |
Planned: Collected volume in which your symposium’s papers would be included with other symposia |