As part of its efforts to enhance applied research and promote environmental sustainability, the University of Jordan (UJ) has announced the launch of the "Solid Waste Engineering" research group. The group aims to address contemporary environmental challenges and pressing waste management issues in Jordan.
The initiative focuses on developing innovative solutions for waste treatment and minimizing its environmental impact. The group’s research focuses on analyzing waste collection, transportation, treatment, and final disposal systems, with an emphasis on reducing landfill dependency and promoting resource recovery in alignment with circular economy principles and sustainability.
The research group covers several key areas, including evaluating the efficiency of recycling technologies, studying emerging pollutants and their environmental effects, assessing landfill performance, developing organic waste fermentation techniques, enhancing resource recovery and reuse, improving sludge treatment, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and converting waste into renewable energy sources.
The group comprises a distinguished team of researchers from local and international universities and institutions, including Prof. Shadi Moqbel, Dr. Bashar Al Samadi, Dr. Ghada Kassab, and Dr. Husam Abu Hajar from the University of Jordan; Dr. Assal Haddad from Mary University in the United States; Prof. Abd Al Majeed Al-Ghazzawi and Dr. Rami Mukbel from the Jordan University of Science and Technology; and Engineer Sura Karasneh from the Engicon Consultant.
This initiative reflects UJ's commitment to supporting applied scientific research and enhancing its role in developing advanced environmental strategies that contribute to sustainable development both locally and globally.
Explanatory video about the research group project