Awardees of the 7th International Symposium on
Feedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials

Oral presentation awardees
N. Ortuno, University of Alicante
Emissions from the Pyrolysis and Combustion of Different Wastes
I am very honored to receive the ISFR Award and would liketo thank the Scientific Committee for finding our work worthy.
Attending the ISFR conference provided us in-depth
information about recent developments in the fields of waste
plastic, e-waste and biomass conversion processes. I would
also like to thank all the participants for their outstanding
contributions and specially for the interesting discussionsabout our research topics. Pyrolysis and combustion have always been considered as attractive alternatives
for waste disposal, since these techniques provide a reduction in volume of waste and also involve
profitable energetic and/or chemical products. However, in this work we highlight the fact that thesubstances emitted during non-controlled waste thermal degradation may create a serious hazard for humanhealth and for the environment, therefore such processes must be controlled from an environmental point ofview considering the pollutants, with special attention to PAHs and PCDD/Fs.

J. D. Fonseca, Tohoku University
Evaluation of the Dehydrochlorination of Polyvinyl Chloride in Steam AtmosphereAt first, I was very surprised to hear my name being called out
during the awarding ceremony. I managed to hurriedly standup and walk to the main stage where the other awarded
participants stood in line. then I started feeling very happy as I
was granted the award. To my sides stood other participants
whose presentations and posters were the best, and I felt
honored to be standing among them. The award serves not
only as a commemoration of a great symposium, but also as a personal incentive to work harder and aim
for higher goals. Thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity.

Zs. Czegeny, Research Centre for Natural Sciences
Pyrolysis of Wood-, Cellulose-, Lignin-PVC Mixtures
The International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling ofPolymeric Materials (ISFR) held every two year is an
outstanding occasion for leading researchers, engineers andother industrial experts of the field of polymer recycling tomeet and share their knowledge, experience and opinion. The
7th ISFR held in New Delhi, India was my second opportunity
to attend this event after Toledo in 2011. It is a great honor thatthe scientific committee in this year selected my presentation
to be awarded; it is one of the greatest scientific honor I have ever received. Here I would like to thank forthe organizers for all of their work and hospitality, and for the sponsors to support these events.

B. Balagurumurthy, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum
Effect of Pressure and Temperature on the Hydropyrolysis of Cotton Residue
It is a matter of great pride and honour to receive the best oralpresentation award at the 7th International Symposium ofFeedstock Recycling of Polymeric Materials at India Habitat
Centre, New Delhi, India. This was my debut presentation andreceiving this award during my maiden experience has
motivated me immensely and induced in me a sense ofresponsibility to keep working hard. During the symposium, I
had the opportunity to interact with renowned scientists andindustrialists from all over the world. I am now looking forward to collaborate with several of theseeminent researchers and hope to keep winning such awards in my further presentations as well.

K. Amulya, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Production of Bioplastics from Biological Wastewater Treatment: A Sustainable Approach
I am thankful to my guide, Dr. S.Venkata Mohan, who hasgiven me immense support and encouragement to present mywork on ‘Bioplastics from Production of Bioplastics fromBiological Wastewater Treatment: A sustainable approach’ atan International level. I am privileged to have received theISFR Award and would like to thank the Scientific Committeefor finding our work worthy. IFSR conference was a wonderfullearning experience and the information on the extent of efforts our experienced and budding scientists areputting in the field of waste plastic recycling for generation of value added products is very muchinformative. Attending this event gave me profound knowledge and understanding on the recent advancesin the fields of waste plastic, e-waste and biomass conversion processes which will certainly help me in mywork, back in my laboratory. Pyrolysis and combustion have always been considered as one of the best
techniques to dispose and reduce the amount of wastes. However, I am glad that we also discussed about
the harmful effects of the materials discharged during the thermal degradation process that may imbalance
our eco system. Finally, I would like to close my comments by congratulating all the participantsfrom
different parts of the world for their exceptional work and we all were pleased to meet the young andeminent scientists.”

M. K. Shukla, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum
Prospects of 2,5-Dimethylfuran as a Fuel: Physico-chemical and Engine Performance
Characteristics Evaluation
As a developing country energy demands of India are rising
rapidly. Being a net importer of crude oil this has caused a lotof burden on economy of the nation. On the other side country
is facing problems related to disposal of waste biomass andmunicipal wastes. Efforts to produce biofuels from agricultural
feedstock have not succeeded in recent past. These factors
have forced the researchers to look for new sustainable fuelalternatives.2-5 DMF with its physico-chemical properties somewhere between ethanol and gasoline
sounded like an attractive choice. As 7th ISFR was not only focused on various processes for thevalorisation of polymeric wastes but also was to bring together scientists, engineers and other industrial
experts from the world to brainstorm on the recent developments in the fields of waste plastic, e-waste andbiomass conversion processes, it was sensible to share our experience with 2-5 DMF as a fuel alternativewith other groups so that a selective pathway of its economic production via waste biomass may beestablished. I am thankful to ISFR organizers for giving me opportunity to present my work and attain an
opportunity of interactions with other researchers and inputs in order to understand logistics about goingahead in this direction. Receiving the award of excellence for my presentation Prospects of 2,5-Dimethylfuran as a Fuel: Physico-chemical and Engine Performance Characteristics Evaluation would
help us highlighting the scope and potential of 2-5 DMF as a fuel alternate and create more interests inother groups within the country and globally to explore and resolve challenges related to economic
production of 2,5 DMF from waste. On behalf of our research group, I am thankful to ISFR organizing
Committee from core of my heart for such a opportunity and recognition.

C. Lederer, University of Leoben
Development of an Upscalable Recycling Process for Polyolefins and other Post-Consumer
Plastic Fractions via Solvent-based Depolymerization
I would like to thank the organizing committee and all helpers
for organizing this very absorbing and stimulating conference.
It was already a great honor and chance for me to present myresearch topic in front of this peer research group in polymer
feedstock recycling. Then being even rewarded for mypresentation set the icing on the cake of a wonderfulexperience throughout the whole time in a breath-taking city
like New Delhi. I am very looking forward to a hopefully equally interesting and memorable symposium in
my home country of Austria in two years.

Poster presentation awardees
S. Kumagai, Tohoku University
Simultaneous Recovery of Organic and Inorganic Materials by the Thermal Decomposition ofPlastic-Metal Composites
I am very honored to be awarded with this prize. I would
like to thank all the participants who showed theirinterest in our research, and for the fruitful discussions
during the 7th ISFR 2013. My special thank goes to Prof.
Yoshiokaasmysupervisor,

whosupportedandencouraged me. This conference was very attractive tocreate the awareness of importance of feedstock
recycling. Various techniques were presented, whichcontained not only excellent results but also a philosophy of presenter. Therefore, thisconference gave me a good experience, motivation, and opportunity to re-consider what isimportant, needed in the future. I would like to continue putting effort on being active in thefront line of this important research field, contributing to the development in recyclingtechnology.

H. Itou, Chiba University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Recovery of Useful Materials from Thermoset Composite Materials by Liquefaction
I am honored to receive such a big prize. I would like to thankall people involved in this work. Especially, I am grateful Dr.
Kamo and Prof. Nakagome who were supported and encouraged
me during advancing this work. This is my first time toparticipate in an international symposium. It is precious
experience for me to see a lot of interested work and listen
various thought of many researchers. Thank you very much forgiving me this opportunity. I hope to success next conference in2013 in Austria and generate new environmentally friendly ideas.

A. H. Padmasri, Osmania University
Ni Supported on Modified CeO2 for Steam Reforming of Bio-Glycerol for the Production ofHydrogen