In April 2017 close to 100 scholars from the social sciences and the humanities from all over the world met for the first time at Lund University to discuss waste, culture and society during the Opening the bin conference in Helsingborg. The second conference Re-open the Bin was held online in May 2021, hosted by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and attracted over 100 participants online. Both conferences were organized by a constellation of waste researchers. In June 2023, Lancaster University held Opening the Bin 3: for 3 days, nearly 100 researchers met in the United Kingdom. It is now time for Opening the Bin 4, to explore la vie en bin.

Submission of abstract, in English (approx. 3000 characters incl. spaces) is open until March 31, 2025.