Amarillo Globe News – Located on the north end of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, the work being done at the Denton landfill to turn trash into energy has not only piqued the interest of other cities in the Lone Star State, but also those living in dry climates across the…
The Washington Times – Civil engineering professor Sahadat Hossain and his team have been using plastic pins to combat the eventual sifting of soil since 2011. In places with pins, the slope only moved about 2 inches. In areas without pins, the slope moved anywhere from 9 to 15 inches….
Star-Telegram Editorial – Civil engineering professor Sahadat Hossain and his team have been using plastic pins to combat the eventual sifting of soil since 2011. In places with pins, the slope only moved about 2 inches. In areas without pins, the slope moved anywhere from 9 to 15 inches. Soil…
Dykes Paving Blog – Dr. Hossain’s idea is to use recycled plastic soda bottles to create pins to stabilize the roads and lessen the incidence of cracks and buckling, thereby making the roads last longer. Not only is this a cheaper fix, but it is one that will last years…
The Global Methane Initiative Blog – The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) held its “Winter School” in January 2016 at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) and The City of Denton, Texas. Organized by UTA’s Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS), the training focused on providing waste professionals from…
ISWA Global News – Issue 39 : The Solid Waste Institute of Sustainability (SWIS) together with ISWA organised the first Winter School which was modeled similarly to the well-established ISWA Summer School programmes (2012-2014). The 2016 ISWA-SWIS Winter School was held at the University of Texas at Arlington and the…
waste360.com – Using a nearly $400,000 grant from the City of Denton, Texas, civil engineers at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) have created a plan to use moisture to speed up methane gas production at the city’s landfill.
FOX4news.com – There’s a project underway in Denton that could revolutionize the way cities deal with trash disposal. It turns out, landfills could be much more than just a place to leave garbage. In this segment, FOX 4’s Dan Godwin talks to Dr. Sahadat Hossain, a professor of civil engineering…
Horn Blower Light – Dr. Sahadat Hossain, a leading expert in sanitary landfill management and Director of Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS) at the University of Texas at Arlington, gave a public lecture on landfill management at HoA-REC&N’s headquarters. During the lecture on 8th January, Dr. Sahadat addressed the…
UT Arlington News Center – UTA professor Sahadat Hossain grew up in Bangladesh. Memories from his childhood shaped the research he’s turned into a career. “Many developing countries don’t have landfills. All they have are open dumps,” he said, “and everybody who lives by an open dump — they are…