Once the Spanish EU presidency is over, and the implementation for the new Waste Framework Directive is at its final stage, this conference aims to show, in the field of organic waste, various possibilities for the collection, process recovery and subsequent use of products as one of the hallmarks of the Spanish track towards achieving the objectives of the new European Directive.

In global terms organic waste are the largest municipal waste stream. The "European Recycling Society" as defined in the new EU Waste Framework Directive, can not be achieved without the active and innovative participation of organic resource.

The Conference will focus on the interrelationship between soil and organic matter from waste. It will address a multiplicity of aspects, such as prevention, separate collection, the use of compost and digestate into the soil and energy recovery from methane and hydrogen. The traditional subjects of composting and anaerobic digestion (processes, technologies, product quality and the role of organic matter in the fight against desertification) remain key issues not yet fully resolved. Finally, new considerations arise, as energy from biomass and the role of soil in relation to climate change.