ISWA Global News – Issue 38 : The Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Texas, USA is pleased to announce the “2016 ISWA-SWIS Competition on Sustainable Waste Management Essay” results. Participants will have the opportunity to gain knowledge on the particular challenges…
KERA News – KERA interviewed Sahadat Hossain, a UTA civil engineering professor, in a story about how technology is increasing methane production in the city of Denton landfill. That methane is then converted to energy, which powers several thousand Denton homes. Hossain is collaborating with colleague Melanie Sattler on the…
UTA Inquiry – Fall 2015 : In March 2011, Dr. Hossain and his team installed commercially available recycled plastic pins into the sinking slope on two 50-foot test sections of U.S. 287 in Midlothian. They used a method previously developed by the University of Missouri but under different soil conditions.During…
NPR Radio – The Texas Standard, which airs on NPR affiliates across Texas, broadcast a report about work to boost methane production in landfills, which is helping to convert trash into energy at the city of Denton landfill. The research, led by Sahadat Hossain and Melanie Sattler of the UT…
ISWA Newsletter – Issue 35 : The University of Texas at Arlington, USA has established the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) to provide leadership and expertise to countries and cities around the globe in how to make waste management and landfills more efficient and sustainable. The mission of SWIS…
ISWA Newsletter – Issue 35 : ISWA and the SWIS (Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability), housed at the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA, paired up with the City of Denton, Texas, USA, to bring you the ISWA-SWIS Winter School on Solid Waste Management – LANDFILL & LANDFILL MINING….
SWIS to Offer Sustainable Landfill Training Globally UT Arlington News Center – The University of Texas at Arlington has established the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability to provide leadership and expertise to countries and cities around the globe in how to make waste management and landfills more efficient and sustainable….