Morton Barlaz

Bio

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF INTERESTS:
I have been involved in research on various aspects of solid waste since 1983 including biological refuse decomposition, methane production, the biodegradation of hazardous wastes in landfills, policies for the long-term management of landfills, and factors contributing to heat generation and accumulation in landfills. I also work on the application of life-cycle analysis to evaluate emissions associated with alternate solid waste management strategies.

https://barlaz.wordpress.ncsu.edu/

Publications

• Release of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Municipal and Construction and Demolition Waste Landfills and Wastewater Treatment Plants in North Carolina , ACS ES&T WATER (2025)
• Economic and environmental comparison of emerging plastic waste management technologies , RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING (2024)
• Linking microbial population dynamics in anaerobic bioreactors to food waste type and decomposition stage , WASTE MANAGEMENT (2024)
• Measurement and Temperature Prediction from Ash Disposed in Landfills Using a Quasi-Adiabatic Flow Reactor , ACS ES&T ENGINEERING (2024)
• Release of Volatile Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances from Plant Fiber-Based Food Packaging and Municipal Solid Waste to Gas under Simulated Landfill Conditions , ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (2024)
• The greenhouse gas performance of selected biodegradable and recalcitrant plastics in US landfills , ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS (2024)
• Correction to “Target and Suspect Screening Integrated with Machine Learning to Discover Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Source Fingerprints” , Environmental Science & Technology (2023)
• Landfill Codisposal of On-Site Vegetation and Coal Combustion Residuals: Implications for Gas Management , ACS ES&T ENGINEERING (2023)
• Neutral Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in In Situ Landfill Gas by Thermal Desorption-Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry , ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LETTERS (2023)
• Quasi-Mechanistic 3D Finite Element Model Predicts Temperatures in a U.S. Landfill , ACS ES&T ENGINEERING (2023)