Research by the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence and its partners has already contributed significantly to the understanding of sustainable waste management. Here is a list of publications by the Centre, its partners, and other environmentally focused researchers and organizations.

Papers

• Air Space Composting Research: A Literature Review
  Author(s): Jose Alburquerque, Daryl McCartney, Shouhai Yu, Lisa Brown, Jerry Leonard
  Published in Compost Science & Utilization, Vol. 16(3): 159-170
  © 2008 The JG Press, Inc. Reprinted with permission from Compost Science & Utilization, Summer 2008, Volume 16, No. 3. For more information, visit: http://www.jgpress.com/compostscience/index.html.
  
  
• Development of Time-Temperature Probes for Tracking Pathogen Inactivation During Composting
  Author(s): Kristine Wichuk, Daryl McCartney
  Published in Compost Science & Utilization, Vol. 16(2): 99-113
  © 2008 The JG Press, Inc. Reprinted with permission from Compost Science & Utilization, Spring 2008, Volume 16, No. 2. For more information, visit: http://www.jgpress.com/compostscience/index.html.
• A Review of the Effectiveness of Current Time-Temperature Regulations on pathogen Inactivation during Composting
  Author(s): Kristine Wichuk, Daryl McCartney
  Published in Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, Vol. 6(5): 573-586
  © 2007 NRC Canada, Inc. Reprinted with permission from Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, Sept. 2007, Volume 6, No. 5.
  
  
• Biogenic Methane Oxidation of Landfill Gas: A Pilot Biofilter Evaluation
  Author(s): Andrew Philopoulos, Christian Felske, Daryl McCartney
  Published in the Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management © 2007 JSWTM
• Optimizing the Size of Anaerobic Digesters
  Author(s): E. Ghafoori, P.C. Flynn
  Published in Transactions of the ASABE Vol. 50(3): 1029?1036
  © 2007 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Posted with permission.

Reports

• Plant Pathogen Eradication during Composting: A Literature Review
  Description: Report prepared for the City of Edmonton
  Author(s): K. Wichuk, Dr. J.P. Tewari, Dr. D. McCartney
  Date: 2008
  
  
• The Effect of MSW Compost on Wheat, Barley and Canola in Gray Luvisolic Soils of Alberta
  Description: Annual Report
  Author(s): Dr. Mingchu Zhang, Dr. Heaney, E. Solberg, B. Henriquez
  Date: 1998

Presentations

• Biogenic Methane Oxidation of Landfill Gas: Pilot Plant Biofilter Evaluation and Initial Design Recommendations
  Description: Presented at the 30th SWANA Landfill Gas Symposium
  Author(s): Andrew Philopoulos, Christian Felske, Daryl McCartney
  Date: 2007
  Location:  Monterey, California
  
  
• Biological Waste Management in the EU/Germany
  Description: Seminar given at the Alberta Research Council in Edmonton
  Author(s): Dr. Eckhard Kraft (Bauhaus - Universität Weimar)
  Date: 2007
  Location: Edmonton, Alberta
  
  
• A Mathematical Model for Passively Aerated Compost
  Description: Presentation to ORBIT 2006 - International Conference on Biological Waste Management
  Author(s): Yu S., O.G. Clark, J.J. Leonard, D.M. McCartney
  Date: 2006
  Location: Weimar, Germany
  
  
• Large-scale Compost Curing
  Description: Presentation to 2002 Compost Council of Canada Conference
  Author(s): Dr. Salim A. Abboud
  Date: 2002
  Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
  
  
• Erosion of Foreign Matter from Soil Amended with Municipal Solid Waste Compost
  Description: Presentation to 2002 International Symposium on Composting and Compost Utilization
  Author(s): N. Page and J. Leonard
  Date: 2002
  Location: Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
  
  
• Agronomic Values of Compost (presentation not available)
  Description: Presentation to 2002 Compost Marketing and Research Workshop
  Author(s): Dr. Mingchu Zhang
  Date: 2002
  Location: Edmonton, Alberta
  
  
• The Design of a Modified Air Pycnometer to Measure the FAS and Bulk Density of Compost
  Description: Presentation to Agricultural Institute of Canada 2002 Meeting
  Author(s): J. Agnew and J. Leonard
  Date: 2002
  Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  
  
• Greenhouse Gases and Waste Management
  Description: Presentation to 2002 Recycling Council of Alberta Conference
  Author(s): Dr. Salim A. Abboud
  Date: 2002
  Location: Kananaskis, Alberta
  
  

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