Established in 2001, the Centre for Sustainability at the Institute of Technology Sligo carries out research on issues of sustainability. Their objectives include promoting, disseminating, and maximizing the impact of research on key sustainability issues. Research at the Centre for Sustainability is interdisciplinary, and focuses on seven areas: biosolids treatment and reuse, treatment and energy recovery from farm wastes, access to environmental information, decision making and justice, renewable fuels from marine biomass, bog rehabilitation, wastewater treatment optimization, and applied ecology. The Centre has collaborates with a wide range of academics and research institutions.