Publications
Selected and complete publication record on sustainable waste management, landfill emissions, plastics, and climate-waste interactions.
Misbehaviour dominates GHG emissions from food loss and waste
K. Yin, J. Zhu, M. Wu, H. Zhang, X. Ling, M. Cai, S. Ren, X. Zhao, C. Ling, L. Yu, H. Tong, C. He, Yao Wang, Xunchang Fei
Nature Climate Change 2026
Analyzes how misbehaviour affects greenhouse-gas emissions from food loss and waste.
A novel semi-empirical model for multi-scenario estimations of nitrous oxide emissions from municipal solid waste landfills
R. Ye, K. Yin, Z. Yang, C. Zhang, W. Huo, Yao Wang, H. Zhang, Xunchang Fei
Environmental Science & Technology 2026
Develops a semi-empirical model for scenario-based nitrous oxide emission estimates from landfills.
Biogeochemical dynamics of major elements in municipal solid waste landfills can induce health risks for nearly 1 billion people
Yao Wang, C. Zhou, H. Zhang, S. Ma, Z. Lou, L. Raskin, S. Skerlos, F. Coulon, D. Zekkos, A. Hussain, A. Hussain, G. Lisak, M. Fang, K. Yin, H. He, Yuan Wang, Xunchang Fei
One Earth 2025
Quantifies landfill biogeochemical dynamics and their implications for human health risks at global scale.
Underappreciated majority of solid waste: insufficient data and unclear impacts
Yao Wang, K. Yin, M. Fang, Xunchang Fei
The Innovation 2025
Highlights data gaps and uncertain impacts for the majority of solid waste streams.
Revealing hidden methane mitigation opportunities from legacy dumping and landfilling of municipal solid waste in rural China
Z. Yang, K. Yin, R. Ye, C. Zhang, Yao Wang, H. Zhang, Xunchang Fei
Journal of Environmental Management 2025
Identifies methane mitigation opportunities linked to legacy dumping and rural landfilling.
Gaps in quantifying environmental losses of plastics impede effective solutions
V. Yadav, Xunchang Fei, M. Arora, T. H. van Emmerik, Yao Wang, A. Laurent
Nature Reviews Materials 2025
Discusses quantification gaps that limit effective solutions for environmental plastic losses.
Leaching model of an expanding coastal dumpsite considering climate change
Yao Wang, X. Pi, V. Yadav, A. Hussain, Q. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Guo, Y. Zhang, Xunchang Fei
Waste Management 2025
Models leaching dynamics of an expanding coastal dumpsite under climate-change conditions.
Methane emissions differentially underestimated from landfills worldwide
Yao Wang, M. Fang, Y. Guo, X. Pi, Y. J. Wang, H. He, Z. Lou, K. Yin, Xunchang Fei
Nature Sustainability 2024
Reveals geographically uneven underestimation of landfill methane emissions and identifies mitigation priorities.
Underestimated methane emission from solid waste disposal sites reveals missed greenhouse gas mitigation opportunities
Yao Wang, C. Zhou, Z. Lou, H. Zhang, A. Hussain, L. Zhan, K. Yin, M. Fang, Xunchang Fei
Engineering 2024
Connects underestimated methane from disposal sites with missed greenhouse-gas mitigation opportunities.
Toward sustainable waste management in small islands developing states: integrated waste-to-energy solutions in Maldives context
Yao Wang, A. Ruiz-Acevedo, E. Rameez, V. Raghavan, A. Hussain, Xunchang Fei
Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering 2024
Evaluates integrated waste-to-energy solutions for sustainable waste management in small island developing states.
Impacts of regional socioeconomic statuses and global events on solid waste research reflected in six waste-focused journals
Z. Zhang, J. Wang, J. Li, Yao Wang, K. Yin, Xunchang Fei
Waste Management 2024
Uses waste-focused journals to examine how socioeconomic context and global events shape solid waste research.
Global void ratio of municipal solid waste for compression indices estimation
X. Pi, Xunchang Fei, Yao Wang, X. Sun, Y. Guo
Waste Management 2023
Provides global municipal solid waste void ratio estimates for compression index estimation.
Masses and size distributions of mechanically fragmented microplastics from LDPE and EPS under simulated landfill conditions
X. Lu, H. He, Yao Wang, Y. Guo, Xunchang Fei
Journal of Hazardous Materials 2023
Quantifies microplastic masses and size distributions from fragmented LDPE and EPS under landfill conditions.
The distribution, behavior, and release of macro- and micro-size plastic wastes in solid waste disposal sites
Xunchang Fei, H. He, X. Pi, X. Lu, Q. Chen, J. Ma, Yao Wang, M. Fang, C. Wu, S. Feng
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 2023
Reviews plastic waste distribution, behavior, and release pathways in solid waste disposal sites.
The long-term fates of land-disposed plastic waste
Xunchang Fei, Y. Guo, Yao Wang, M. Fang, K. Yin, H. He
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2022
Perspective on the long-term environmental fates of plastic waste disposed on land.
Property changes of conventional plastic waste mixed with municipal solid waste after 10-year degradation experiments simulating landfill conditions
Yao Wang, X. Lu, Xunchang Fei
Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters 2021
Investigates long-term property changes of plastic waste under simulated landfill degradation conditions.
Climate change affects land-disposed waste
Xunchang Fei, M. Fang, Yao Wang
Nature Climate Change 2021
Comments on how climate change can affect land-disposed waste and related environmental pathways.