Morton Barlaz

An Assessment of the Dynamic Global Warming Impact Associated with Long-Term Emissions from Landfills

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 54(3), 1304–1313.

Approaches to fill data gaps and evaluate process completeness in LCA-perspectives from solid waste management systems

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT, 24(9), 1587–1601.

Evaluation of optimal model parameters for prediction of methane generation from selected US landfills

WASTE MANAGEMENT, 91, 120–127.

Improving understanding of carbon storage in wood in landfills: Evidence from reactor studies

WASTE MANAGEMENT, 85, 341–350.

Solid Waste Management Policy Implications on Waste Process Choices and Systemwide Cost and Greenhouse Gas Performance

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, 53(4), 1766–1775.

Carbon dynamics of paper, engineered wood products and bamboo in landfills: evidence from reactor studies

CARBON BALANCE AND MANAGEMENT, 13.

Case study comparison of functional vs. organic stability approaches for assessing threat potential at closed landfills in the USA

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 75, 415–426.

Methods of Responsibly Managing End-of-Life Foams and Plastics Containing Flame Retardants: Part I

Environmental Engineering Science, 35(6), 573–587.

Microbial ecological succession during municipal solid waste decomposition

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102(13), 5731–5740.

Spatial and temporal characteristics of elevated temperatures in municipal solid waste landfills, Navid H. Jafari, Timothy D. Stark, and Todd Thalhamer, Waste Management, 2017, Vol. 59, p. 286-301

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 71, 244–245.

The decay of engineered wood products and paper excavated from landfills in Australia

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 74, 312–322.

A model to describe heat generation and accumulation at municipal solid waste landfills

Geotechnical frontiers 2017: waste containment, barriers, remediation, and sustainable geoengineering, (276), 281–288.

A review of the airborne and waterborne emissions from uncontrolled solid waste disposal sites

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 47(12), 1003–1041.

Application of a Life Cycle Model for European Union Policy-Driven Waste Management Decision Making in Emerging Economies

Journal of Industrial Ecology, 22(2), 341–355.

Evaluation of externality costs in life-cycle optimization of municipal solid waste management systems

Environmental Science & Technology, 51(6), 3119–3127.

Heat generation and accumulation in municipal solid waste landfills

Environmental Science & Technology, 51(21), 12434–12442.

Life-cycle modeling of municipal solid waste landfills

Geotechnical frontiers 2017: waste containment, barriers, remediation, and sustainable geoengineering, (276), 355–368.

National estimate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) release to US municipal landfill leachate

Environmental Science & Technology, 51(4), 2197–2205.

Retrospective analysis of Wisconsin's landfill organic stability rule

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 143(5).

A batch assay to measure microbial hydrogen sulfide production from sulfur-containing solid wastes

Science of the Total Environment, 551, 23–31.

A batch assay to measure microbial hydrogen sulfide production from sulfur-containing solid wastes

Science of The Total Environment, 551-552, 23–31.

Characterization of municipal solid waste collection operations

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 114, 92–102.

Characterizing the biotransformation of sulfur-containing wastes in simulated landfill reactors

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 53, 82–91.

Chemical composition and methane potential of commercial food wastes

Waste Management, 56, 477–490.

Comparison of field measurements to methane emissions models at a new landfill

Environmental Science & Technology, 50(17), 9432–9441.

Decomposition and carbon storage of hardwood and softwood branches in laboratory-scale landfills

Science of The Total Environment, 557-558, 355–362.

Determination of Sources of Organic Matter in Solid Waste by Analysis of Phenolic Copper Oxide Oxidation Products of Lignin

Journal of Environmental Engineering, 142(2), 04015076.

Determination of sources of organic matter in solid waste by analysis of phenolic copper oxide oxidation products of lignin

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 142(2).

Lifecycle Process Model for Municipal Solid Waste Collection

Journal of Environmental Engineering, 142(8), 04016037.

Release of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from carpet and clothing in model anaerobic landfill reactors

Environmental Science & Technology, 50(10), 5024–5032.

Systematic evaluation of industrial, commercial, and institutional food waste management strategies in the United States

Environmental Science & Technology, 50(16), 8444–8452.

Analysis of material recovery facilities for use in life-cycle assessment

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 35, 307–317.

Characterization of uncertainty in estimation of methane collection from select US landfills

Environmental Science & Technology, 49(3), 1545–1551.

Decomposition and carbon storage of selected paper products in laboratory-scale landfills

Science of the Total Environment, 532, 70–79.

Evaluation of copper oxide oxidation for quantification of lignin in municipal solid waste

Environmental Engineering Science, 32(6), 486–496.

Investigating landfill leachate as a source of trace organic pollutants

Chemosphere, 127, 269–275.

Leachate Quality Monitoring from Conventional, Retrofit, and Bio-Reactor Landfill Cells

Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, 19(4), 04015009.

Measurement of chemical leaching potential of sulfate from landfill disposed sulfate containing wastes

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 36, 191–196.

Physical and biological release of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from municipal solid waste in anaerobic model landfill reactors

Environmental Science & Technology, 49(13), 7648–7656.

The decay of wood in landfills in contrasting climates in Australia

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 41, 101–110.

Assessing methods to estimate emissions of non-methane organic compounds from landfills

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 34(11), 2260–2270.

Characterization of salt cake from secondary aluminum production

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 273, 192–199.

Chemical changes during anaerobic decomposition of hardwood, softwood, and old newsprint under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 62(27), 6362–6374.

Evaluation of life cycle inventory data for recycling systems

Resources Conservation and Recycling, 87, 30–45.

Municipal solid waste conversion to transportation fuels: a life-cycle estimation of global warming potential and energy consumption

Journal of Cleaner Production, 70, 145–153.

Orthogonal zirconium diol/C18 liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of poly and perfluoroalkyl substances in landfill leachate

Journal of Chromatography. A, 1359, 202–211.

Systematic exploration of efficient strategies to manage solid waste in US municipalities: Perspectives from the solid waste optimization life-cycle framework (SWOLF)

Environmental Science & Technology, 48(7), 3625–3631.

A generalized multistage optimization modeling framework for life cycle assessment-based integrated solid waste management

Environmental Modelling Review & Software: With Environmental Data News, 50, 51–65.

Decomposition of forest products buried in landfills

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 33(11), 2267–2276.

Liquid balance monitoring inside conventional, Retrofit, and bio-reactor landfill cells

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 33(10), 2006–2014.

Measurement of carbon storage in landfills from the biogenic carbon content of excavated waste samples

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 33(10), 2001–2005.

The Outer Loop bioreactor: A case study of settlement monitoring and solids decomposition

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 33(10), 2035–2047.

The effect of aging on the bioavailability of toluene sorbed to municipal solid waste components

Chemosphere, 90(2), 251–259.

Using observed data to improve estimated methane collection from select US landfills

Environmental Science & Technology, 47(7), 3251–3257.

A new approach to characterize emission contributions from area sources during optical remote sensing technique testing

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 62(12), 1403–1410.

A review of approaches for the long-term management of municipal solid waste landfills

[Review of ]. Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 32(3), 498–512.

Abiotic and biotic compression of municipal solid waste

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138(8), 877–888.

Comparison of Bacteria and Archaea communities in municipal solid waste, individual refuse components, and leachate

FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 79(2), 465–473.

Deer track bioreactor experiment: Field-scale evaluation of municipal solid waste bioreactor performance

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 138(6), 658–670.

Fate and transport of phenol in a packed bed reactor containing simulated solid waste

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 32(2), 327–334.

Improved methodology to assess modification and completion of landfill gas management in the aftercare period

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 32(12), 2364–2373.

Performance evaluation of an anaerobic/aerobic landfill-based digester using yard waste for energy and compost production

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 32(5), 912–919.

A performance-based system for the long-term management of municipal waste landfills

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 31(4), 649–662.

Critical evaluation of solid waste sample processing for DNA-based microbial community analysis

Biodegradation (Dordrecht), 22(1), 189–204.

Effect of spatial differences in microbial activity, pH, and substrate levels on methanogenesis initiation in refuse

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77(7), 2381–2391.

Is biodegradability a desirable attribute for discarded solid waste? Perspectives from a national landfill greenhouse gas inventory model

Environmental Science & Technology, 45(13), 5470–5476.

Observations on the methane oxidation capacity of landfill soils

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 31(5), 914–925.

Quantifying the greenhouse gas emission reductions associated with recycling hot mix asphalt

Road Materials and Pavement Design, 12(1), 57–77.

Quantitative determination of fluorochemicals in municipal landfill leachates

Chemosphere, 82(10), 1380–1386.

Toward identifying the next generation of superfund and hazardous waste site contaminants

Environmental Health Perspectives, 119(1), 6–10.

What is the most environmentally beneficial way to treat commercial food waste?

Environmental Science & Technology, 45(17), 7438–7444.

Wood biodegradation in laboratory-scale landfills

Environmental Science & Technology, 45(16), 6864–6871.

Anaerobic Biodegradation of Solid Waste

In Environmental Microbiology (pp. 281–299).

Assessment of the state of food waste treatment in the United States and Canada

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 30(8-9), 1486–1494.

Effect of an acidic and readily-biodegradable non-hazardous industrial process waste on refuse decomposition

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 30(3), 389–395.

Effect of biosolids on refuse decomposition and phosphorus cycling

Waste Management & Research, 28(10), 888–900.

Estimation of waste component-specific landfill decay rates using laboratory-scale decomposition data

Environmental Science & Technology, 44(12), 4722–4728.

Evaluation of landfill gas decay constant for municipal solid waste landfills operated as bioreactors

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 60(1), 91–97.

Factors controlling alkylbenzene and tetrachloroethene desorption from municipal solid waste components

Environmental Science & Technology, 44(3), 1123–1129.

Impact of plastics on fate and transport of organic contaminants in landfills

Environmental Science & Technology, 44(16), 6396–6402.

LCA comparison of windrow composting of yard wastes with use as alternative daily cover (ADC)

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 30(12), 2649–2656.

LCA in Waste Management: Introduction to Principle and Method

In Solid Waste Technology & Management (pp. 111–136).

Landfilling: Gas Production, Extraction and Utilization

In Solid Waste Technology & Management (pp. 841–857).

Models for waste life cycle assessment: Review of technical assumptions

Waste Management, 30(12), 2636–2648.

Performance of North American bioreactor landfills. I: Leachate hydrology and waste settlement

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 136(8), 824–838.

Performance of North American bioreactor landfills. II: Chemical and biological characteristics

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 136(8), 839–853.

Special Issue on Innovations in Solid Waste Engineering and Management: The 2008 Global Waste Management Symposium

Journal of Environmental Engineering, 136(8), 743–743.

Transport behavior of surrogate biological warfare agents in a simulated landfill: Effect of leachate recirculation and water infiltration

Environmental Science & Technology, 44(22), 8622–8628.

Uncertainties associated with the use of optical remote sensing technique to estimate surface emissions in landfill applications

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 60(4), 460–470.

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 364(1526), 1985–1998.

Composition of municipal solid waste in the United States and implications for carbon sequestration and methane yield

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 135(10), 901–909.

Controls on landfill gas collection efficiency: instantaneous and lifetime performance

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 59(12), 1399–1404.

Landfill gas recovery

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

[Review of ]. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 364(1526), 2027–2045.

Use of life-cycle analysis to support solid waste management planning for Delaware

Environmental Science & Technology, 43(5), 1264–1270.

A review of chemical warfare agent simulants for the study of environmental behavior

[Review of ]. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 38(2), 112–136.

Development of a coupled reactor model for prediction of organic contaminant fate in landfills

Environmental Science & Technology, 42(19), 7444–7451.

Development of quantitative real-time PCR assays for detection and quantification of surrogate biological warfare agents in building debris and leachate

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73(20), 6557–6565.

Practice review of five bioreactor/recirculation landfills

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 27(1), 13–29.

Shear strength parameters of municipal solid waste with leachate recirculation

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 133(4), 478–484.

Fate of chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals in landfills

Environmental Science & Technology, 40(13), 4219–4225.

Forest products decomposition in municipal solid waste landfills

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 26(4), 321–333.

Policies for strengthening markets for recyclables: A worldwide perspective

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 36(4), 287–326.

Release of trace organic compounds during the decomposition of municipal solid waste components

Environmental Science & Technology, 40(19), 5984–5991.

Shear strength of degraded reconstituted municipal solid waste

Geotechnical Testing Journal, 29(2), 141–148.

A Procedure for Life-Cycle-Based Solid Waste Management with Consideration of Uncertainty

Journal of Industrial Ecology, 8(4), 155–172.

Biodegradation of 1,4-dioxane using trickling filter

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 130(9), 926–931.

Bioreactor landfills: progress continues

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 24(9), 859–860.

Effect of cellulose/hemicellulose and lignin on the bioavailability of toluene sorbed to waste paper

Environmental Science & Technology, 38(13), 3731–3736.

Evaluation of a biologically active cover for mitigation of landfill gas emissions

Environmental Science & Technology, 38(18), 4891–4899.

Comparing recycling, composting and landfills

BioCycle, 44(9), 60-.

Distributed model of solid waste anaerobic digestion - Effects of leachate recirculation and pH adjustment

Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 81(1), 66–73.

Evaluating environmental impacts of solid waste management alternatives

BioCycle, 44(10), 52–56.

Integrated solid waste management in the United States

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 129(7), 583–584.

Nitrogen management in bioreactor landfills

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 23(7), 675–688.

Occurrence and treatment of 1,4-dioxane in aqueous environments

Environmental Engineering Science, 20(5), 423–432.

Relationship of compressibility parameters to municipal solid waste decomposition

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 129(12), 1151–1158.

Second Intercontinental Landfill Resarch Symposium Editorial

Waste Management (New York, N.Y.), 23(7), 557–559.

Anaerobic biodegradation of aliphatic polyesters: Poly(3- hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyoctanoate) and poly(epsilon- caprolactone)

Biomacromolecules, 3(4), 813–822.

Critical evaluation of factors required to terminate the postclosure monitoring period at solid waste landfills

Environmental Science & Technology, 36(16), 3457–3464.

Life-cycle-based solid waste management. I: Model development

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 128(10), 981–992.

Life-cycle-based solid waste management. II: Illustrative applications

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 128(10), 993–1005.

Modeling cometabolism of cyclic ethers

Environmental Engineering Science, 19(4), 215–228.

Present and long-term composition of MSW landfill leachate: A review

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 32(4), 297–336.

Refuse decomposition in the presence and absence of leachate recirculation

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 128(3), 228–236.

Closing gaps in the regulation of MSW landfills: Defining the end of the post-closure monitoring period and the future stability of leachate recirculation landfills

Waste Tech 2001 : February 11 - 14, 2001, Hyatt Islandia, San Diego, CA.

Decision support tool for life-cycle-based solid waste management

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 15(1), 44–58.

Effects of subsurface heterogeneity on natural bioremediation at a gasoline spill site

Water Science and Technology, 43(5), 341–348.

Factors controlling alkylbenzene sorption to municipal solid waste

Environmental Science & Technology, 35(22), 4569–4576.

A life-cycle inventory model of municipal solid waste combustion

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 50(6), 993–1003.

Landfill methane oxidation response to vegetation, fertilization, and liming

Journal of Environmental Quality, 29(1), 324–334.

Methane oxidation and microbial exopolymer production in landfill cover soil

Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 32(4), 457–467.

Mineralization of 1,4-dioxane in the presence of a structural analog

Biodegradation (Dordrecht), 11(4), 239–246.

The fate of toluene, acetone and 1,2-dichloroethane in a laboratory-scale simulated landfill

Water Research, 34(12), 3063–3074.

Yard trimmings and landfill gas production

Exopolysaccharide control of methane oxidation in landfill cover soil

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 125(12), 1113–1123.

Influence of protozoan grazing on contaminant biodegradation

FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 29(2), 179–189.

Life Cycle Management of Municipal Solid Waste

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 4(4), 195–201.

Life-cycle inventory of a modern municipal solid waste landfill

Waste Management & Research, 17(6), 394–408.

Production of non-methane organic compounds during refuse decomposition in a laboratory-scale landfill

Waste Management & Research, 17(3), 205–211.

Anaerobic biodegradability of alkylbenzenes and phenol by landfill derived microorganisms

FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 25(4), 405–418.

Carbon storage during biodegradation of municipal solid waste components in laboratory-scale landfills

Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 12(2), 373–380.

Determining Anaerobic BTEX Decay Rates in a Contaminated Aquifer

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 3(4), 285–293.

Development of alternative solid waste management options with economic and environmental considerations: A mathematical modeling approach

International Solid Waste Association 1998 World Congress, Charlotte, NC, Oct. 26-29, 1998, (1998 Oct.).

Effect of moisture flux on contaminant fate in refuse excavated from a midwestern landfill

Water quality international '98: Selected proceedings of the 19th Biennial Conference of the International Association on Water Quality, held at Vancouver, BC, Canada, 21-26 June 1998, (1998 June). Oxford; Tarrytown, N.Y.: Pergamon: Elsevier Science.

Hydrogen sulfide production during decomposition of landfill inputs

Journal of Environmental Engineering (New York, N.Y.), 124(4), 353–361.

Natural attenuation of hazardous organics during refuse decomposition in a municipal landfill

International Solid Waste Association 1998 World Congress, Charlotte, NC, Oct. 26-29, 1998, (1998 Oct.).

Significance of protozoan grazing on the intrinsic bioremediation of gasoline contaminated aquifers

1998 Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Boston, MA, May 26-29, 1998, (1998 May).

Testing anaerobic biodegradability of polymers in a laboratory scale simulated landfill

Environmental Science & Technology, 32(6), 821–827.

Toluene sorption, humification and biodegradation in excavated refuse: A high organic carbon sorbent

1998 Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Boston, MA, May 26-29, 1998, (1998 May).

Anaerobic biodegradation of alkylbenzenes in laboratory microcosms representing ambient conditions

Bioremediation Journal, 1(1), 53–64.

Benzaldehyde degradation under mixed iron reducing / fermentative conditions

Eos (Richmond, Va.), 78(17), S121.

Biodegradability of municipal solid waste components in laboratory-scale landfills

Environmental Science & Technology, 31(3), 911–917.

Biodegradation of polycaprolactone in a simulated landfill

Annual Meeting of the Bio/Environmentally Degradable Polymer Society, San Diego, CA, Sept. 16 - 20, 1997.

Biodegradative analysis of municipal solid waste in laboratory-scale landfills

Environmental research brief

Anaerobic biodegradation of BTEX in aquifer material, 9. Ada, OK: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research and Development, National Risk Management Research Laboratory.

Factors limiting intrinsic bioremediation of gasoline-contaminated aquifers

In Report (Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina). Raleigh, NC: University of North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute.

Intrinsic bioremediation of gasoline-contaminated aquifers: Biodegradation rate measurement and microbial ecology

In Report (Water Resources Research Institute of the University of North Carolina) (p. 63). Raleigh, NC: University of North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute.

Isolation and characterization of refuse methanogens

Journal of Applied Microbiology, 82(6), 751–758.

Methane potential of food waste and anaerobic toxicity of leachate produced during food waste decomposition

Waste Management & Research, 15(2), 149–167.

Microbial and geochemical heterogeneity in gasoline contaminated aquifers undergoing intrinsic bioremediation

Eos (Richmond, Va.), 78(17), S159.

Potential toxicity and aeorbic biodegradability of sodium silicate chemical grout leachate

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 16(3), 442–446.

Anaerobic biodegradation of alkylbenzenes and trichloroethylene in aquifer sediment down gradient of a sanitary landfill

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 23(4), 263–283.

Enumeration of Anaerobic Refuse-Decomposing Micro-Organisms On Refuse Constituents

Waste Management & Research, 14(2), 151–161.

Effect of Lime-Stabilized Sludge as Landfill Cover on Refuse Decomposition

Journal of Environmental Engineering, 121(7), 499–506.

Anaerobic biodegradability of cellulose and hemicellulose in excavated refuse samples using a biochemical methane potential assay

Journal of Industrial Microbiology, 13(3), 147–153.

Dispersion at the field scale resulting from spatial variability of the hydraulic conductivity field

Journal of Hydrology, 159(1-4), 145–167.

Estimate of methane emissions from U.S. landfills: Project summary

Research Triangle Park, NC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Energy Engineering Research Laboratory.

Framework for Assessment of Recycle Potential Applied to Plastics

Journal of Environmental Engineering, 119(5), 798–810.

Leachate and gas generation

In Geotechnical Practice for Waste Disposal (pp. 113–136).

Waste Management

In Atmospheric Methane: Sources, Sinks, and Role in Global Change (pp. 362–398).

Microbial, chemical and methane production characteristics of anaerobically decomposed refuse with and without leachate recycling

Waste Management & Research, 10(3), 257–267.