WasteDIVE – University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and the city of Denton, TX are partnering on the first landfill mining project in Texas, hoping to discover that the space can be leveraged as a viable, re-usable resource.
CBSDFW.COM – UT Arlington is helping Denton try to convert garbage into power and prevent 700 tons of garbage a day from piling into mountains of garbage. The idea has drawn students and researchers from 27 different countries to see what Denton and UTA are doing. “It is a different…
NBCDFW.com – Students at UTA are working with the Denton city landfill on a groundbreaking project that could help communities everywhere figure out what to do with their future garbage – and create new kickbacks in the process. As far as Dr. Sahadat Hossain is concerned, one man’s trash can…
phys.org – UTA and the City of Denton are partnering on a groundbreaking landfill project. Professor Sahadat Hossain, director of the UTA Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability, will discuss some of his team’s findings and explore best practices in landfill management during the International Solid Waste Association’s Winter School on…
UT Arlington Magazine, Winter 2016 – Established in June, the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability helps countries and cities around the globe improve their waste management and make landfills more efficient and sustainable. The center stems from Director Sahadat Hossain’s work in waste management and bioreactor landfill technology and his…
UTA Civil Engineers Shaping Sustainable Solutions, Increasing Energy Production at Denton Landfill A UTA civil engineering professor is working with the city of Denton to generate more energy through already closed landfill cells. Sahadat Hossain will share his research and techniques with global, national and North Texas solid waste leaders…
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…