Garbage Treatment Engineering, Recycling | 1001: Intro to Everything podcast #20 with Steven Laux

Steven Laux joined UF in January 2017 after a 32-year career as a civil engineer including VP of Jones Edmunds, practicing in the fields of solid waste management system design and infrastructure design for the aerospace industry. He teaches courses in solid waste systems design, containment system design, civil engineering practice and construction engineering design. He works on the Sustainable Materials Management Research Laboratory led by Dr. Timothy Townsend. His research has focused on sustainable materials management, including beneficial reuse, recycling, and municipal solid waste landfill topics. He currently works on landfill leachate treatment lately, including experiments using reverse osmosis and a $13M constructed wetlands treatment system.Based on the transcript provided, here's the video outline with timestamps for the main topics of conversation:OUTLINE:0:00 - Intro1:36 - Journey of waste & landfills8:21 - Public & private waste management16:00 - Modern landfill design19:53 - Leachate collection & treatment26:03 - Deep well injection30:17 - Constructed wetlands40:04 - Waste-to-energy incineration47:58 - Beneficial reuse of ash56:33 - Phosphate gypsum challenges1:03:23 - Recycling process & markets1:16:00 - Climate change considerations1:24:36 - Industry to academia transition1:33:10 - GratefulnessEPISODE LINKS:UF Profile: https://essie.ufl.edu/people/name/steven-laux/Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QxBoNKkAAAAJ&hl=enPODCAST INFO:Spotify Episodes: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7lIxLKAKO8pDt6vkmU7TBXSpotify Creator Profile: https://anchor.fm/andres-pulido5Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFn7Fn5wd5p-quHz_YdoxrUryu0MRP6d0SOCIAL:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrespulido8/Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrespulido28LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andres-a-pulido/