ISWA-SWIS WINTER SCHOOL 2019 Sustainable Waste Management including Landfill & Landfill Mining - The International Solid Waste Association

ISWA-SWIS
WINTER SCHOOL 2019
Sustainable Waste Management including Landfill
& Landfill Mining

          The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
                   14 – 25 January, 2019

ISWA-SWIS Winter School

 The objective of the ISWA and SWIS           ➢ Waste Economics including waste
 (Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability)     business development
 Winter School at the University of Texas     Specialty areas such as perpetual or
 at Arlington, and the City of Irving,        sustainable landfill, landfill design and
 Texas, USA is to provide advanced            operation and the landfill mining
 training in the field of waste               including feasibility, preliminary
 management to an international               investigation, operation and
 audience of existing and emerging solid      management of landfill mining, and
 waste experts.                               impact of landfill mining of sustainable
 Participants will have the opportunity to    waste management system will be
 gain knowledge on the particular             extensively covered.
 challenges of solid waste management in      Selected project case studies will be
 developing economies.                        presented and discussed to enhance
 However, the unique aspect of the            learning experience.
 Winter School is the perfectly balanced      Participants will receive a Certificate of
 in-class, theory-based training and          Participation.
 hands-on, operational training - with one
 week dedicated to each.                      Date
                                              14 – 25 January, 2019
 Participants study best practices in:
                                              Venue
 ➢ Landfill siting, design and                The University of Texas at Arlington,
   construction, and Operation                Texas, USA (www.uta.edu)
 ➢ Landfill leachate and gas                  Target Group
   management and utilization (LFGTE)         Students and young waste
 ➢ Sustainable waste management               management professionals from
   (including recycling, composting and
   waste to energy)
                                              all over the world.                          1

Registration

Registration fees
   All registration fees are free of VAT.     Student                 Professional

Regular                                       EUR 445.-               EUR 1070.-

ISWA Member Fee or low-/ lower-
                                              EUR 270.-               EUR 800.-
middle income economies*

*According to current World Bank list.
                                                                 REGISTER HERE
   Online Registration
   Registration fees include course participation, course material, coffee/tea breaks and
   lunch as well as transfers to and from the university for the technical site visits during
   teaching days.
   Upon registration, participants accept all arrangements organized by ISWA and SWIS.
   The organizers do not assume liability during field demonstrations and technical visits.
   Travel health insurance is advisable.
   Deadline for Winter School Registration is 15th December, 2018
   Recommended accommodation
   Participants must provide for accommodation and travel themselves. We suggest
   Comfort Suites, Phone: +1 (817) 460-8700, 411 W Road to Six Flags St, Arlington, TX
   76011, USA. Mention ISWA-SWIS Winter School to get discounted rate.
   Recommended date of arrival: Sunday, 13th January, 2019
   Recommended date of departure: Saturday, 26th January, 2019
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Cancellation policy

  Cancellation policy
  ISWA-SWIS reserve the right to cancel the course if the minimum number of participants
  is not reached.
  Minimum number of participants: 20
  Maximum number of participants: 55
  Registration may be transferred to a nominated representative. .
  Any cancellation of registration must be submitted in writing to ISWA
  by e-mail: gnitzsche@iswa.org

  Cancellation and refund will be subject to the following conditions:
  •     Cancellation until 14th December 2018:                         50% refund
  •                              th                       th
        Cancellation between 15 December 2018 and 4 January 2019: 10% refund
  •     Cancellation from 5th January 2019 on or “no show”:            No refund

  In case of cancellation of the Winter School due to unforeseeable events,
  ISWA will refund the registration fee but no other costs incurred prior to cancellation.

                       For registration matters or to cancel registration
                       Please contact: Georgina Nitzsche
                       ISWA Events Manager
                       ISWA General Secretariat
                       Vienna, Austria
                       E-Mail: gnitzsche@iswa.org Phone: +43 1 253 6001-22

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The Programme

                            WEEK 1

             Introduction to Sustainable Waste Management; Landfill
  Monday     basics, Special Case Studies and Waste Characteristics

             Landfill Operation, Working Face, Leachate Basics, Leachate
  Tuesday    Management, Bottom Liner and Drainage

             Field Visit (City of Irving Landfill): Landfill Operations
 Wednesday   Working Face and Waste Characterization

             Leachate Generation Modelling, Landfill Gas Basics, Landfill
  Thursday   Gas Generation Model and Landfill Gas to Energy

             Field Visit (City of Irving Landfill and City of Grand Prairie):
   Friday    Landfill Monitoring - Gas Collection System, Equipment
             Demonstration

  Saturday   Social excursion
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The Programme

                                WEEK 2

                Final Cover, ET Cover System Design and Project Discussion,
  Monday        Slope Stability, Settlement

                Bioreactor, Biocell Design and Operation.
  Tuesday       Waste economics and financial aspects of waste management

                 Field Visit – Recycling Facility in Fort Worth, City of Irving
 Wednesday       Recycling Equipment Demonstration

                Landfill Mining - Basics and Future Trends, Mining Operation
  Thursday      - Case Study and Business Development. Recycling business.

                Panel Discussion: Global Waste Management Perspective
   Friday       Participants Project Presentation

 Friday Night   Gala Dinner
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Location & Infrastructure

   The Solid Waste Institute for                 The major facilities that are part of the
   Sustainability (SWIS) is housed at the        SWIS for research and training are: (i)
   University of Texas at Arlington, Texas,      Civil Engineering Building (CELB), (ii)
   USA. The center is located close to           Engineering Research Building (ERB),
   Dallas ‐ Fort Worth (DFW) Airport in          (iii) University of Texas at Arlington
   Texas with easy and direct access to          Research Institute (UTARI).
   national and international                    The city of Fort Worth’s Annual Stock
   destinations. Solid waste personnel           Show and Rodeo will take place during
   from different developing countries           the winter school. The SWIS Winter
   can easily access SWIS because most           School organizers are planning to take
   of the major cities have direct flights to    all the participants to this year’s Rodeo
   DFW airport.                                  Show. See www.fwssr.com
   The city of Arlington is in the middle of     NBA Basket Ball Team Dallas Mavericks
   Dallas - Fort Worth (12 miles east of         regular season will be going on during
   downtown Fort Worth and 20 miles              the winter school program and the
   west of downtown Dallas). Arlington is        participants will have the opportunity
   home to the American League West              to watch live NBA Games.
   Texas Rangers baseball team (playing
   out of Global Life Park), home to the
   NFC East Dallas Cowboys football team
   (playing out of AT&T stadium), and Six
   Flags (www.sixflags.com), the biggest
   regional theme park in the world.

                     For Additional Information, please contact:
                     MD. Sahadat Hossain, Ph.D., P.E.
                     Director, Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability (SWIS)
                     Professor, Department of Civil Engineering,
                     The University of Texas at Arlington,
                     417 Yates St, Suite – NH 404, Arlington, TX 76019
                     Email: hossain@uta.edu, webpage: www.uta.edu/swis
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