Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability to offer vital landfill training globally

Environmental impactThe 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. In addition, the center will share research with charter and member cities in Texas to better manage their landfills into the next century. Sahadat Hossain, a UT Arlington civil engineering  professor, will serve as director of the institute. The center stems from Hossain’s extensive work in