Inventory of international Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Technologies
report
In this report the state of the art of municipal solid waste incineration in
various countries will be reviewed. Emphasis will be on the identification ofthe most
advanced systems being applied or developed in various countries. Little attention
will be paid to the ‘systems of yesterday’, although at present most existing
installations might be characterised as such. It has been compiled from a different
point of view than two other known recent reviews of waste incineration, i.e. the
report being compiled by the International Ash Working Group (to be published
shortly), that concentrates on incineration residues, and the Dutch Handbook
‘Quality control waste incineration’ (Kwaliteitsbeheersing afvalverbranding [12]),
that presents a technically detailed description ofsystems and components.
This review has been made under contract of Novem (Netherlands Agency for
Energy and the Environment) and RTVM (National institute of Public Health and
Environmental Protection).
In the developed world, parallel to the economic growth, municipal solid waste
generation has been rising to a level of around 1 kg per day per capita. This is of
growing concern, not only because of material and energy losses associated with the
disposal of this waste, but specially because of the environmental effects of the most
widely used disposal options.
various countries will be reviewed. Emphasis will be on the identification ofthe most
advanced systems being applied or developed in various countries. Little attention
will be paid to the ‘systems of yesterday’, although at present most existing
installations might be characterised as such. It has been compiled from a different
point of view than two other known recent reviews of waste incineration, i.e. the
report being compiled by the International Ash Working Group (to be published
shortly), that concentrates on incineration residues, and the Dutch Handbook
‘Quality control waste incineration’ (Kwaliteitsbeheersing afvalverbranding [12]),
that presents a technically detailed description ofsystems and components.
This review has been made under contract of Novem (Netherlands Agency for
Energy and the Environment) and RTVM (National institute of Public Health and
Environmental Protection).
In the developed world, parallel to the economic growth, municipal solid waste
generation has been rising to a level of around 1 kg per day per capita. This is of
growing concern, not only because of material and energy losses associated with the
disposal of this waste, but specially because of the environmental effects of the most
widely used disposal options.
TNO Identifier
253622
Publisher
TNO
Collation
72 p.
Place of publication
Apeldoorn