Author Guidelines

  • Abstracts should be 250 words with 5 keywords on A4 size with 25mm margin on each side.
  • Full-length papers should be written between 30,000 to 55,000 characters including spaces.
  • All submitted documents should be written in Times New Roman font, 12-point size, with single line spacing. Please include continuous page numbers on A4 size with 25mm margin on each side.
  • Submissions should be in MS Word format only; other formats will not be considered.
  • For full-length papers, plagiarism should be below 15% for further consideration.
  • In abstract and in full papers, Authors’ names and affiliations should be formatted as follows:
  • Affiliations should be numbered (1, 2, 3, etc.) and these numbers should be superscripted next to the full name of the author.
  • All superscripted affiliations should be listed after the authors’ names and must include the department, institute, address of the institute, and country of the authors.
  • Authors’ names should be separated by commas.
  • The corresponding author’s name should have an asterisk (*). The description of this asterisk should include the email address of the corresponding author.
  • References should be written in APA format.
  • All references should be cited in the text as follows:
    • Karmakar, R, 2013 (for a single author)
    • Ghosh S. K. & Singh N, 2022 (for two authors)
    • Naithani et al., 2021 (for more than two authors)
  • All tables and figures should be numbered sequentially and sources to be cited.

Major Thrust Areas

Code A: Legislation, Strategies, Policies and Governance, 3R & Circular Economy, Smart Cities, implementation, Resource efficiency, Solid Waste management and Circular Economy in Campus, SDG goals.

Code B: Solid Waste Management (Municipal, Plastics, E-Waste, Industrial, Hazardous, BMW, C&DW, Metal, Textiles, Food, Agricultural, Biomass, ELV, Steel Slag, Fly Ash).

Code C: Liquid Waste Management (Wastewater, Sludge etc.).

Code D: Technologies & Innovation (Treatment, Recycling, Co-processing, Implementation, Energy & Material Recovery, Value Added Products, Secondary Raw Materials), Nature-based Solutions, Biological Waste Management, Robotics in Waste Management.

Code E: Case Studies, Best Practices, Reverse Logistics, Supply Chain Sustainability.

Code F: Business Models, Feasibility Studies, Theoretical Modelling etc.

Code G: Waste to Energy and other Value-added product.

Code H: Others-  Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and IOT for Sustainable Waste Management, Tourism and Sustainable Waste Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development.

Publication

All accepted full-length papers from the conference will be considered for publication in SCOPUS-indexed and peer-reviewed journals/ proceedings/ books. Kindly note that an Article Processing Charge (APC) may apply, which will be borne by the author after the paper gets ACCEPTED.

Abstract / Paper Submission

All the papers will be received through the Microsoft CMT platform only. Please make a Microsoft CMT account if you do not have it.

0 Aug 2025

Paper/Abstract submission stops

0 Oct 2025

School Children’s Congress on Waste Management and Circular Economy

0 Nov 2025

Field Visit

Templates for Abstract/Full Length Paper Submission