NEWS
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Sameena Manzur Awarded Prestigious EREF Scholarship
Sameena Manzur, a PhD research assistant at the Waste Data and Analysis Center (WDAC), has been awarded the Anne & Robert Reithmiller PTR Scholarship by the Environmental Research & Education Foundation (EREF). This highly competitive scholarship provides $15,000 a year to support promising graduate students pursuing research in sustainable waste…
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WDAC Team Presents Work at NYSASWM Conference
Members of the Waste Data and Analysis Center (WDAC) team traveled to Lake Placid last week to participate in the New York State Association for Solid Waste Management (NYSASWM) annual conference, held from September 21-23, 2025. Dr. Elizabeth L. Hewitt (WDAC Director), Dr. Yiyi Wang (Program Manager), and Dr. Firman…
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WDAC Researchers Highlight Major Discrepancies in U.S. Paper Waste Data
A Waste Data and Analysis Center (WDAC) research team (Sagarika Srivastava, Dr. Firman Firmansyah, Dr. Krista L. Thyberg, Dr. David J. Tonjes, and Dr. Elizabeth Hewitt), has published a new study in the journal Waste Management. The paper, titled “EPA model estimates and waste characterization studies: US paper disposal dynamics,”…