Publications by authors named "Ashton Collins"
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- The study investigates how higher temperatures affect the leaching of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, finding that elevated temperatures lead to increased concentrations of PFAS.
- PFAS leachate from elevated temperature landfills (ETLF) showed significantly higher levels of both PFAS precursors and terminal products compared to normal temperature landfill leachate.
- The research indicates that the PFAS profiles in landfill leachates differ from those in municipal wastewater, highlighting the complexity and variability of PFAS sources, necessitating further investigation to understand their impacts on waste treatment systems.
Microplastics in the aquatic system are among the many inevitable consequences of plastic pollution, which has cascading environmental and public health impacts. Our study aimed at analyzing surface interactions and leachate production of six microplastics under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Leachate production was analyzed for the dissolved organic content (DOC), UV, and fluorescence through excitation emission (EEM) to determine the kinetics and mechanisms involved in the release of organic matter by UV irradiation.
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