Our research group has worked in the past on a variety of projects focused on leachate treatment from finding ways to improve the UV transmittance of landfill leachate to treatment and detection of emerging contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, etc.  We have used Fenton’s process and fungal bioreactors for treatment, and characterized dissolved organic matter in leachate.  Our current work sponsored by Environmental Research and Education Foundation focuses on quantifying microplastics in leachate from municipal landfills and anaerobic reactors processing a variety of solids waste, e.g., food, agricultural and biosolids waste.