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Research Abstracts and Electronic Reports

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Landfill Processes and Refuse Decomposition

bullet 1 Production of Non-methane Organic Compounds and Volatile Organic Compounds during Refuse Decomposition
Presentation at 2004 SWANA Landfill Symposium
bullet 2 Sequestration Mechanisms and Bioavailability of Tetrachloroethene and Toluene in Solid Waste
This project is in collaboration with Dr. Detlef Knappe (NC State) and Dr. Mark Nanny (University of Oklahoma)
2003 Annual Report to NSF
bullet 3 Assessment of the Behavior of Chemical and Biological Contaminants in Landfills
This project is in collaboration with Dr. Detlef Knappe and Dr. Francis de los Reyes (NC State) and Dr. Peter Kjeldsen (Technical University of Denmark)
bullet 4 Microbial Community Profiling of Anaerobic Refuse Decomposition: Response to Acidic Conditions, Shock Loads and Moisture Addition
This project is in collaboration with Dr. Francis de los Reyes (NC State)

Solid Waste Management and Life-Cycle Analysis


Research in this area is centered around a solid waste management-life-cycle inventory model developed at NC State in collaboration with the Research Triangle Institute. The model is described in Solano et al. (2002a & b).

bullet 7 The Application of Life-Cycle Analysis to Solid Waste Management Planning for the State of Delaware
This project is in collaboration with Dr. S.R. Ranjithan (NC State)
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A Global Assessment of Recycling Policy and Markets
This project is in collaboration with Dr. Dan Loughlin, Research Assistant Professor and now at the U.S. EPA

This project has been completed and a series of reports describing recycling policies in the following countries are available: