Division of Solid Waste Management grew out of the Teaching and Research Center for Nuclear Environmental Engineering which was established in 1977. Since 1984, the institution began to specialize in the teaching and research of management, treatment and disposal technology of the hazardous waste, industrial solid waste and domestic waste. And the division is one of the first institutions engaged in the research on theory and technology of the waste reduction, reclamation and decontamination in China. Since the establishment, the division has completed a number of national key projects, international cooperation projects and major engineering projects, and obtained a large number of research results, bringing lots of professionals. The division has made a significant contribution to the development of the professional direction of solid waste disposal and reclamation.