Katia LasaridiProf. Katia Lasaridi is Professor in Environmental Management and Technology at the School of Environment, Geography and Applied Economics in HUA. She has served as President of the Board of the Hellenic Recycling Agency, i.e. the public body responsble for the implementation and regulation of the Extended Producer Responsibility policies in Greece. Currently she serves HUA as Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and International Relations. Katia has been involved in waste management for over 25 years. A physicist by education (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece), she holds an MSc and a PhD on organic waste treatment from the University of Leeds, UK. She has extensive research and consultancy experience with local authorities and the industry in various aspects of waste management. She has published over 150 research papers in peer reviewed Journals and Conference proceedings, while she was the Principal Investigator in over 30 waste related national and international projects focusing mainly on waste prevention, organic/food waste and WEEE Read More Read Less