Amani Maaloof, PhD student in environmental engineering at the AUB Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering won the best paper for 2018 at the International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management (IconSWM) held on November 22 in India. Maaloof’s paper entitled, ‘Waste recycling in a developing context: Economic implications of an EU-separate collection scheme’, completed under the supervision of her advisor, Professor Mutasem Fadel, won out of 300 papers submitted to the conference. Another contributor to the research was professor at the University of Perugia, Professor Francesco Di Maria. To recall, around 800 delegates from 20 countries and India participated in the conference and 320 papers from 30 countries were submitted, out of which 300 were accepted. The papers covered issues related to waste management. (Al Akhbar, December 20, 2018)