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Morton A. Barlaz
Researcher at North Carolina State University
Publications - 203
Citations - 18819
Morton A. Barlaz is an academic researcher from North Carolina State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Municipal solid waste & Leachate. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 199 publications receiving 15571 citations. Previous affiliations of Morton A. Barlaz include University of Texas at Arlington & RTI International.
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Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments.
TL;DR: Global plastics production and the accumulation of plastic waste are documented, showing that trends in mega- and macro-plastic accumulation rates are no longer uniformly increasing and that the average size of plastic particles in the environment seems to be decreasing.
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Present and long-term composition of msw landfill leachate: a review
Peter Kjeldsen,Morton A. Barlaz,Alix P. Rooker,Anders Baun,Anna Ledin,Thomas Højlund Christensen +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the long-term behavior of landfills with respect to changes in oxidation-reduction status is discussed based on theory and model simulations, and it seems that the somewhere postulated enhanced release of accumulated heavy metals would not take place within the time frames of thousands of years.
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Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife
Emma L. Teuten,Jovita M. Saquing,Detlef R.U. Knappe,Morton A. Barlaz,Susanne Jonsson,Annika Björn,Steven J. Rowland,Richard C. Thompson,Tamara S. Galloway,Rei Yamashita,Daisuke Ochi,Yutaka Watanuki,Charles J. Moore,Pham Hung Viet,Touch Seang Tana,Maricar S. Prudente,Ruchaya Boonyatumanond,Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria,Kongsap Akkhavong,Yuko Ogata,Hisashi Hirai,Satoru Iwasa,Kaoruko Mizukawa,Yuki Hagino,Ayako Imamura,Mahua Saha,Hideshige Takada +26 more
TL;DR: Model calculations and experimental observations consistently show that polyethylene accumulates more organic contaminants than other plastics such as polypropylene and polyvinyl chloride, and PCBs could transfer from contaminated plastics to streaked shearwater chicks.
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Methane production from municipal refuse: A review of enhancement techniques and microbial dynamics
TL;DR: In this article, a four-phase description of refuse decomposition with leachate recycle, including an aerobic phase, an anaerobic acid phase, accelerated methane production phase, and a decelerated production phase is proposed.
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Bacterial population development and chemical characteristics of refuse decomposition in a simulated sanitary landfill.
TL;DR: Cellulose and hemicellulose decomposition was most rapid after establishment of the methanogenic and acetogenic populations and a reduction in the initial accumulation of carboxylic acids, which limited the rate of refuse conversion to methane.