Solid Waste Disposal

There are three main types of disposal of solid waste.

Incineration

• Waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained in waste materials.
• Incineration and other high temperature waste treatment systems are described as “thermal treatment“.
• Incineration of waste materials converts the waste into ash, flue gas, and heat.
• The ash is mostly formed by the inorganic constituents of the waste, and may take the form of solid lumps or particulates carried by the flue gas.
• The flue gases must be cleaned of gaseous and particulate pollutants before they are dispersed into the atmosphere.

Incinration

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