Fate of Plastics Within Landfill Environments

拟议的博士项目将开发新的理解在垃圾填埋场内的塑料降解机制，降解的产品以及这些产品如何有助于垃圾填埋场内的金属流动性。降解产物将超越微米和纳米塑料，对渗滤液中存在的指纹化合物形成新的化学认识，这可以告知现场操作员所含塑料的状况以及如何控制/限制/提高金属流动性。

The proposed PhD project will develop new understanding in the mechanisms of plastic degradation within a landfill site, the products of degradation and how these products contribute to metal mobility within a landfill site. The products of degradation will go beyond micro and nano plastics, developing new chemical understanding of fingerprint compounds present in leachate which could inform site operators of the status of contained plastics and how to control/limit/enhance metal mobility.