|
$100,000 |
To Geosyntec Consultants to
determine the critical data requirements for the implementation
of the EREF methodology for evaluating post-closure care needs
at municipal solid waste landfills and performing case studies
at existing landfills (2007).
|
|
$102,363 |
To North Carolina State University
and University of Central Florida to develop a roadmap for
understanding and quantifying the aspects of landfill gas
generation, collection, attenuation, and emissions (2007).
|
|
$121,515 |
To the University of New Hampshire
to examine landfill leachate as a substrate for microbial fuel
cells (MFC) and expand the applications of MFC to other areas of
landfills (2007).
$102,363 |
|
$32,000 |
To Eckerd College to develop and
evaluate the use of reusable food container for the college's
food serve thereby replacing disposal containers (2007). |
|
$145,000 |
To Michigan State University to
perform a field-scale assessment of evapotranspirative methane
oxidation (ETMO) caps for sustainable management of municipal
solid waste landfills in sub-humid climates (2007).
|
|
$147,558 |
To the University of New Hampshire
and SCS Engineers to model hydrogen sulfide generation from
processed construction and demolition materials in landfills
(2007). |
|
$135,000 |
To Civil & Environmental
Consultants, Inc. and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection to collect and test leachate for the presence of
tritium, determine the possible sources of tritium when found,
and perform a dose/risk assessment of tritium found (2007).
|
|
$45,000 |
To the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency to update the existing landfill gas emission factors used
by the Agency for regulatory purposes (2007). |
| $92,500 |
To Joyce Engineering, Inc. to determine the
composition, size fraction, and concentration of airborne
particles generated from construction and demolition waste
processing facilities (2006). The investigation will be
conducted at operating facilities in the Mid-Atlantic Region
and methods for minimizing particulate emissions will be
developed.
Report:
"Determination of Size Fractions and Concentrations of Airborne
Particulate Matter Generated from Construction and Demolition
Waste Processing Facilities"
|
| $65,000 |
To
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia
Tech) for the examination of liquid additions on cellulose and
lignin degradation in bioreactor landfills (2006).
|
| $25,400 |
To the
University of Central Florida for a study on controlling
hydrogen sulfide emissions at landfills using autotrophic
denitrification landfill biocovers (2006).
Report:
"In-Situ
Ammonia Removal of Leachate from Bioreactor Landfills"
|
| $40,000 |
To the
University of Wisconsin - Madison for a study on the
performance of alternative final covers through the exhumation
of test sections at various landfills in the United States
(2006).
|
| $26,875 |
To the
University of Illinois at Chicago for performing geophysical
monitoring of leachate recirculation and its effects on waste
degradation at the Orchard Hills Landfill (2006).
|
| $100,000 |
To the
University of Manitoba, Canada, for an investigation on the
clogging of landfill leachate collection pipes and cleaning
strategies at the field- and full-scale (2005). The
investigation will attempt to quantify the rate of clogging
with design and operation features and assess the efficiency
of various pipe cleaning equipment in restoring clogged pipes.
|
| $81,200 |
To the
University of Central Florida for characterizing spontaneous
fires at municipal solid waste landfills (2005). The
project will investigate the thermal behavior of solid waste
components under controlled temperature and oxidative
conditions, create a model describing the conditions that
favor spontaneous fires, and develop a training manual on
preventing spontaneous fires.
|
| $53,863 |
To
Michigan State University to develop an estimation of
field-scale properties of bioreactor landfills for optimum
performance (2005). |
| $40,000 |
To the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to investigate the
performance of full-scale bioreactor municipal solid waste
landfills (2005). The goal of the project is to
characterize how design and operational variables affect a
bioreactor's performance, identify concepts and principles
monitoring that improve the predictability of bioreactor
performance.
|
| $27,000 |
To the
Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) to develop a
body of knowledge, a training course, and a certification
examination for managers of bioreactor landfills (2004).
This program was added to SWANA's existing educational
programs for managers of municipal solid waste landfill
operations. The project was completed and the course is
offered at various times and locations. For the latest
information on course offerings, visit the SWANA website at www.swana.org.
|
| $65,000 |
To EPA
for the development of an internet-based municipal solid waste
decision support tool (DST) for North America (2004).
The DST was completed a number of years ago to examine the
environmental affects of municipal solid waste management
decisions. However, the tool has not been made available
to the public because of budget shortfalls.
|
| $66,351 |
To
Michigan State University for field-scale testing of granular
blankets for leachate recirculation and monitoring hydraulic
performance and temperature at bioreactor landfills (2003).
Report: "Leachate
Recirculation Using Permeable Blankets in Engineered Landfills"
|
| $395,640 |
To the
Environmental Industry Association (EIA), in conjunction with
a Susan B. Harwood Training Grant from the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, to:
- Develop a training video for
solid waste supervisors on how to reduce employee injuries
(2006).
- Develop a
training video for solid waste employers and employees on
how to reduce injuries and fatalities at transfer stations
(2005). The training video is available by
contacting EIA's publication department at 202-244-4700 or
ordering online at www.envasns.org.
- Develop and hold
training sessions on reducing ergonomic risks to waste
service employees (2000). The training video
is available by contacting EIA's publication department at
202-244-4700 or ordering online at www.envasns.org.
- Extend
development and training sessions on reducing ergonomic
risks to waste service employees (2001). EIA
developed an internet-based, distance-learning ergonomics
training module for waste industry personnel; continued
its development of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for
preventing ergonomics injuries to waste service employees;
created and maintained a comprehensive database on
ergonomic issues; and offered.
- Extend
development of ergonomic training materials for waste
service employees (2002). EREF translated its
handouts from its 2001-2002 ergonomics training sessions
into Spanish; developed checklists of ergonomics issues
for use as part of an overall safety and training program;
continued supervision of the development of the waste
industry's Best Management Practices (BMPs) for
preventing ergonomic injuries to waste service
employees; and maintained and updated an interactive web
page concerning ergonomics and the waste service industry,
applicable regulatory guidance, and the ability to ask
questions that receive prompt and informative
responses. The project was completed in 2003.
The checklist, handouts, and BMP are available on EIA's
website at www.envasns.org
or by contacting EIA's publication department at
202-244-4700.
- Develop a
training video for solid waste employers and employees on
how to reduce transportation-related fatalities in the
solid waste industry (in both English and Spanish), as
well as conducted an education session at WasteExpo in May
2004 on the principles of safe driving and the prevention
of transportation-related facilities (2003).
Completion of this project occurred in September
2004. The training videos are available from EIA's
publication department at 202-244-4700.
- Develop a
training video for solid waste employers and employees on
how to reduce injuries and fatalities at solid waste
facilities (2004). The training video was completed
in June 2005.
|
| $60,000 |
To the
University of Central Florida (UCF) to continue the
investigation of the fate and transformation of nitrogen in
bioreactor landfills by conducting laboratory and field
studies aimed at determining nitrification and denitrification
rates as a function of ammonia and nitrate mass loadings,
respectively, under different environmental conditions to more
accurately characterize nitrification and denitrification in
landfills and to provide the data necessary to enable
field-scale implementation (2003-2004). UCF staff and
other researchers are working at the New River Regional
Landfill in Union County, Fla. An annual report for the
project is available by contacting EREF's publications
departments at 703-299-5139 x10 and requesting Full-Scale Management
of Nitrogen at a Bioreactor Landfill - Year 1.
|
| $60,000 |
To the
Interstate Technologies and Regulatory Council's (ITRC)
Alternative Landfill Technologies Team for case studies,
technology overview, and technical and regulatory guidance for
use of alternative landfill technologies including alternative
cap (infiltration) designs and bioreactors (2003).
Copies of the guidance documents titled Technical and
Regulatory Guidance for Design, Installation, and Monitoring
of Alternative Final Landfill Covers and
Characterization, Design, Construction, and Monitoring of
Bioreactor Landfill are available on the ITRC's website at
http://itrcweb.org.
|
| $531,945 |
To
GeoSyntec Consultants for defining the end of post-closure
care at municipal solid waste landfills (2002). The
study developed a universal approach for defining the end of
the post-closure care (PCC) period and identified management
controls for PCC at municipal solid waste landfills in the
U.S. A copy of the report titled Performance-Based
System for Post-Closure Care at MSW Landfills: A
Procedure for Providing Long-Term Stewardship under RCRA
Subtitle D is available on CD by contacting EREF's
publications department at 703-299-5139 x10.
The Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC), a
state-led national coalition of personnel from the
environmental regulatory agencies, has adopted the approach in
EREF's final report and developed Technical/Regulatory
Guideline for states titled: Evaluating, Optimizing,
or Ending Post-Closure Care at Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Based on Site-Specific Data Evaluations. ITRC's
guidance is available on the Internet at www.itrcweb.org
|
| $297,970 |
To R.D.
Gibbons, LTD, Terra-Dynamics, Inc. and Severn Trent
Laboratories, Inc. for a landfill leachate sampling and
characterization study (2002). The purpose of this
project is to collect and compile leachate analytical data
over time and evaluate quality in terms of landfill
operational and physical attributes. The results
will enable landfill owner/operators and regulators the
ability to confidently evaluate and predict changes in
leachate quality and quantity.
|
| $20,000 |
To
North Carolina State University (NCSU) in support of the
Second Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium (ICLRS)
held October 13-16, 2002 in Asheville, N.C. (2002).
The ICLRS serves as the primary international meeting
for idea exchange among landfill researchers throughout the
world.
One hundred and thirty one researchers attended this
second symposium.
Details about the Intercontinental Landfill Research
Symposiums are available at http://lst.sb.luth.se/iclrs/web/symposia.html.
|
| $38,211 |
To
Case Western Reserve University for development of an
electronic nose technology for application to landfill odors
(2001). The electronic nose project provided both a
"fingerprint" and concentration of various landfill
odors. Copies of the final report titled Electronic
Nose Technology Applied to Landfill Odors, as well as a CD
with conference presentations, are available by contacting the
EREF’s publications department at 703-299-5139 ext. 10.
|
| $500,000 |
To
Michigan State University to design and operate an anaerobic
bioreactor landfill cell and quantify its air and water
emissions (2001). Filling
of the bioreactor was completed February 2003 and monitoring
continues.
|
| $25,000 |
To
Drexel University to study and characterize municipal solid
waste landfill microbiology using landfill gas (2001).
The researchers collected and analyzed microbial
samples from the gas steam during the summer and fall of 2001.
Highlights of the project were portrayed in EREF's
Winter 2004 Research Bulletin and copies of the
resulting dissertation The Study of Landfill Microbial
Communities Using Landfill Gas and Landfill Gas Condensate
are available from EREF’s publication department at
703-299-5139 ext.10.
|
| $185,000 |
To
URS Dames & Moore (United Kingdom) to research the
regulatory, economic, and technical aspects of greenhouse gas
emission reductions in the waste industry (2001). Copies of the project’s final report titled Greenhouse
Gases in the Waste Management Industry are available by
contacting EREF’s publication department at 703-299-5139
ext.10.
|
| $215,000 |
To
SCS Engineers to investigate the use of a biologically active
landfill cap to reduce air emissions from a municipal solid
waste landfill (2001).
Copies of the final report titled Evaluation
of a Biologically Active Landfill Covers for Mitigation of
Landfill Gas Emissions are available by contacting
EREF’s publications department at 703-299-5139 ext.10.
|
| $200,000 |
To
Kurtis Productions for the video program Bury, Burn or
Return: Winning the War Against Waste, with accompanying
teaching unit (2000).
This documentary highlights waste disposal technologies
being used in both developed and undeveloped countries.
Distribution to middle school science educators occurred in
July 2002. The
documentary aired on over 100 U.S. Public Broadcasting
Stations in April 2003 to 2004.
Copies of the video and lesson plan are available from
EREF’s publications department at 703-299-5139 ext.10.
|
| $140,625 |
To North Carolina State University (NCSU)
to develop a global assessment of recycling policies and markets
(2000). The NCS researchers collected and analyzed data
from the United States, Europe, and Asia. Copies of the
report titled Global Recycling Policy are available by
contacting EREF's publications department at 703-299-5139 x10.
|
| $300,000 |
To EPA to collect and test municipal
solid waste landfill gas as generated and after combustion.
Site visits to collect data have occurred and the draft final
report has been developed. EREF's Spring 2006 Research
Bulletin containing preliminary finding is under Quarterly
Research Bulletins on this site. The final report can be
found on EPA's website at
http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/publications.html as Field
Test Measurements at Fiver Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.
|
| $30,000 |
To Yale University in support of the
establishment of the Society for Industrial Ecology (2000).
The Society was launched in 2000 and initially contained
approximately 100 members. The Society's first annual
conference was held in Europe in the summer of 2001. The
Society for Industrial Ecology can be contacted at www.yale.edu/is4ie.
|
| $30,000 |
To SCS Engineers for a review of
landfill bioreactor studies and identification of research needs
(2000). Copies of the final report titled Literature
Review and Research Needs for Landfill Bioreactors are
available by contacting EREF's publications department at
703-299-5139 ext. 10.
|
| $49,580 |
To the University of South Florida
for its Solid Choices education program (1999). The lesson
plans were developed in 2001 for grades K-2 and 3-5. The
curriculum for grades 6-8 was covered in a Florida supplement to
the National Science Teacher's Association (NSTA) program titled
An Ounce of Prevention. For copies, contact the
Florida Department of Education at
|
| $15,000 |
To Yale University in support of the
publication Journal of Industrial Ecology (1999).
The first edition of the journal was printed in 2001, with
successive editions in print. For information about the
journal or copies, contact the Journal of Industrial Ecology
at www.yale.edu/is4ie.
|
| $428,920 |
To Ecobalance, Professor Robert Ham
(University of Wisconsin), and Professor Mort Barlaz (North
Carolina State University [NSCU') for a Life Cycle Inventory of
Municiapl Solid Waste Landfull and a computer model to evaluate
environmental impacts (1999). The landfull computer model
was incorporated into EPA's Municipal Solid Waste Decision
Support Tool that examines the lifecycle of all aspects of waste
management. Copies of the report and case studies are
available by contacting EREF's publications department at
703-299-5139 ext. 10 or by visiting
|
| $473,000 |
To R.W. Beck, Chartwell Information
Publishers, and Ames Economic Associaties for a nationwide study
to assess the size of the waste industry (1998). Copies of
the study titled Size of the United States Solid Waste
Industry are available by contacting EREF's publications
department at 703-299-5139 ext. 10. |
| $158,000 |
To North Carolina State University (NCSU)
to develop an economic model for recyclables (1998).
Copies of the study titled An Assessment of Price Volatility
in Recyclables Markets and Market Mechanisms to Stabilize Prices
are available by contacting EIA's publications department at
202-244-4700. |
| $50,000 |
To the Waste Equipment Technology
Association (WASTEC) to update the waste service industry
Manual of Recommended Safety Practices (1998). The
updated manual was finished on June 7, 1999 and has gone through
a second revision that was completed on March 28, 2001.
Copies of the publication are available by contacting EIA's
publications department at 202-244-4700 or online at
http://wastec.isproductions.net/webmodules/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=1062&z=106. |
| $25,000 |
To Keep America Beautiful (KAB) for
its Prevention of Urban Litter project (1998). This
is an ongoing project for KAB to educate children on litter
prevention. The Foundation's portion of the project is
complete. |
| $80,000 |
To the Environmental Industry
Associations (EIA) to develop a waste service industry ethics
program (1998). Copies of Doing Our Best - A Matter of
Integrity are available by contacting EIA's publications
department at 202-244-4700 or online at
http://wastec.isproductions.net/webmodules/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=1062&z=106.
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