Following are report summaries of various projects funded by the foundation. For entire publications requiring a purchase, please download the pdf order form, as indicated.

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An Assessment of Price Volatility in Recyclables Markets and
Market Mechanisms to Stabilize Prices
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Grant:  February 1998
Completed:  2001

Summary

Study Available -- Price: $20 -- Order form

Bioreactor Landfill Project (EREF/Michigan State University)
Northern Oaks Landfill, Harrison, Michigan, USA
Grant:  2001
Ongoing

Paper presented during SWANA Landfill Symposium June 16-20, 2003

Bury, Burn or Return: Winning the War Against Waste
Solid Waste Educational Video
Kurtis Productions
Grant:  2000
Completed:  2002

Available in Video or DVD -- Price: $20 -- Order form

(Educational institutions will receive free VHS or DVD and Lesson Plan; video is aligned with 8th grade benchmarks from the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science)

Collecting and Testing Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Gas As Generated and After Combustion
United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/Arcadis Geraghty & Miller
Grant:  2000
Ongoing

Interim Project Report 7/2003

Defining the End of Post-Closure Care at Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
GeoSyntec Consultants
Grant:  2002
Ongoing

Interim Project Report 2/2003

Electronic Nose Technology Applied to Landfill Odors
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Grant:  June 2002
Completed:  2003

Presentation (in pdf)

Ergonomics Training for the Solid Waste Employee (materials in English and Spanish)
Environmental Industry Associations (EIA), Washington, D.C. USA by means of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 
Grants:  September 2000, 2001, 2002
Ongoing

Ergonomics Training Materials -  On The Web and by Order 

Evaluation of a Biologically Active Cover for Mitigation of Landfill Gas Emissions
SCS Engineers, Reston, Virginia, USA
Grant:  2001
Completed: 2004

Final Report to come in 2004-2005 - Price:  $15.00 (in pdf on CD only)

Report published in Environmental Science Technology (in pdf)

Presentation during Waste Tech 2004

Leachate Recirculation Using Geocomposite Drainage Layer in Engineered MSW Landfills
Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan, USA
Grant:  2003
Completed: 2004

Peer Reviewed Manuscript Available in PDF

Investigation of the Fate and Transformation of Nitrogen in Bioreactor Landfills
University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA
Grant:  2003-2004
Ongoing

Contact the University's Bioreactor website HERE for reports

Life-Cycle Inventory and Case Studies of Municipal Solid Waste Management
Ecobalance, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Grant:  June 1999
Completed:  1999

Case Studies Project Scope

Case Studies Available -- Price: $10 -- Order form

Model Report Project Scope

Model Report (while supplies last) -- Price:  $10 -- Order form

Sorry - Software No Longer Available

Literature Review and Research Needs for Landfill Bioreactors
SCS Engineers, Reston, Virginia, USA
Grant:  November 2000
Completed:  2000

Introduction

Study Available -- Price: $15  -- Order Form

Policies for Strengthening Markets for Recyclables:  A Worldwide Perspective
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Grant:  2000
Completed:  September 2004

Summary (to come)

Study Available -- Price: $15 (in pdf on CD only) - call 703-299-5139x10 for details

Reducing Transportation-Related Fatalities in the Solid Waste Industry - "Be Safe, Be Proud" - En Espagñol "Sea Seguro, Sientase Orgullosos"
Environmental Industry Associations (EIA), Washington, D.C., USA by means of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Grant:  October 2003
Completed:  2004

Video Available in English and Spanish -- Price:  $29 - -  Order Form

Sampling and Extraction of Total RNA from Landfill Gas for Analysis of Microbial Community Structure
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Grant:  2001 (in the form of a Fiessinger Ph.D. Scholarship Award)
Completed:  2003

Presentation (in pdf format)

Final Report - See Winter 2004 Research Bulletin

Dissertation with results available - contact EREF

Size of the U.S. Solid Waste Industry
R.W. Beck, Orlando, Florida, USA
Chartwell Information Publishers, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.A.
Grant:  April 2001
Completed:  2001

Summary

Study Available -- Price: $15 -- Order form.

"Solid Choices" Grade School/Middle School Solid Waste Education Program
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Grant:  1999
Completed:  2000

Summary - Grades K-2, 3-5, and Middle Level

Curricula Available -- Contact State of Florida or download HERE

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