Evangelos Gidarakos, Professor Emeritus of the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete and member of the Board of Directors of the International Organization International Waste Working Group (IWWG), participated as a keynote speaker in the 5th International Conference of the Local Branch of the IWWG in Asia (IWWG-ARB 2023), which was held from 3 to 8 March 2023 in Bali, Indonesia.
At the invitation of the organizers, Prof. Em. Evangelos Gidarakos gave a speech entitled "Plastic Pandemic" within the plenary session of the conference, focusing on the production and management of plastic waste, particularly during the last five years, during which the COVID-19 pandemic occurred.