VERIFY: How realistic is zero waste? WFAA8abc – Cities across America are pushing programs to accomplish no more trash in landfills. It’s called “zero waste.” In order to get to zero waste, trash has to stop going to the landfill and instead go to a recycling facility. In Dallas, there’s…
ISWA News – Once again ISWA has teamed up with The Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), Texas and we are proud to announce the essay competition, giving people from all across the world the opportunity to win a scholarship to the…
Phys.org – Plastics make up a large percentage of municipal solid waste that inhabit landfills. A UTA civil engineer is finding a better use for that plastic just lying around in landfills. Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, is taking landfill plastic and…
EurekAlert – A UTA civil engineer is finding a better use for that plastic just lying around in landfills. Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, is taking landfill plastic and recycling it into giant pins that are inserted in failing soil on highway…
UT Arlington News Center – A UTA civil engineer is finding a better use for that plastic just lying around in landfills. Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, is taking landfill plastic and recycling it into giant pins that are inserted in failing…
TCEQ Publication Natural Outlook – The Denton project is part of a grander goal envisioned by Dr. Sahadat Hossain, a UT Arlington civil engineering professor and director of the university’s renowned Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability, which has been working closely with the Denton landfill on a variety of projects….
CE Teams Finish Strong at ASCE Geotech Competition UTA College of Engineering News – TA finished second in the Geo Poster and Geo Prediction competitions and third in the GeoWall contest at the ASCE Geotechnical Frontiers Conference in Orlando March 12-15. The Geo Poster team was represented by Ph.D. candidate…
ISWA Global News – Issue 45 Success at the 2017 Winter School in Arlington and Denton in Texas this January with 38 registrations and a great two-week line-up of speakers, experts and hands-on practical work! The Winter School is organised and led by Dr. Sahadat Hossain of the Solid Waste…
Waste 360 – The Denton (Texas) Landfill, with support from University of Texas, Arlington (UTA), is about to leverage two high-tech tools to boost the facilities methane gas production by about threefold, and double to triple the site’s life. One of the tools is a sophisticated liquid monitoring system that…
Power Play UTA Inquiry – Finding viable, affordable energy sources is of preeminent importance in today’s society. Researchers at UTA are making breakthroughs that may help transform the way we consume and generate power. The University of Texas at Arlington established the Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) in January…