29 April 9:00 - 13:00
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Online
English and Hungarian with interpretation
Illegal residential waste incineration severely impairs air quality and endangers public health, but our knowledge of the phenomenon is also extremely limited at an international level. The conference will present the results of an international project of the University of Pannonia, which examined the amount, type, health effects and contribution of urban air pollutants in Romania and Hungary during the incineration of various types of household solid waste in domestic combustion plants.
| 9.00 – 11.00 | Session 1 (presentations) Moderator: András Gelencsér – principal investigator (University of Pannonia, HU) |
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| 9.00 – 9.05 | Welcome | Mr. Guido de Wild (European Commission DG Environment) | |
| 9.05 – 9.20 |  |
Overview on the international project on the effects of residential solid waste burning on ambient air quality in Central and Eastern Europe |
András Gelencsér – principal investigator (University of Pannonia, HU) |
| 9.20 – 9.40 | |
Emission factors for PM10 and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from illegal burning of different types of municipal waste in households | András Gelencsér – principal investigator (University of Pannonia, HU) |
| 9.40 – 10.00 |  |
Assessment of the contribution of residential waste burning to ambient PM10 levels in selected Hungarian and Romanian settlements |
András Hoffer – senior research fellow (MTA-PE Air Chemistry Research Group, HU) |
| 10.00 – 10.20 |  |
How can modelling help you in managing air quality? |
Peter Viaene – researcher (Flemish Institute for Technological Research, BE) |
| 10.20 – 10.40 |  |
Activities of civil society organisations to eliminate residential waste burning |
András Lukács – president of CAAG (Clean Air Action Group, HU) |
| 10.40 – 11.00 | Questions | ||
| 11.00 – 11.30 | Break | ||
| 11.30 – 13.00 | Session 2 (round table) Moderator: Judit Szegő – Clean Air Action Group in Hungarian |
Discussion with the involvement of the authority, NGOs and the science
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