Environmental effects of waste treatment of impregnated wood. Draft report no. 3
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‘Science and Technology for Environmental Protection’ (STEP) is a program ofthe Commission of the European Communities. The title of one of these STEP projects was ‘Gasification of waste preserved wood impregnated with toxic inorganic and/or organic chemicals’ (STEP-CT 91-0129). The project group participants are: — DTI - The Danish Technological Institute Department of Environmental Technology — TNO - The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research Institute of Environmental and Energy Technology — VTT - Technical Research Centre of Finland Combustion and Thermal Engineering Laboratory The overall objective of the project was to reduce or eliminate emissions of toxic compounds by disposal of preserved wood by gasification as an alternative method to incineration. This study focuses on the environmental impact of disposal of products as part of total Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). Consumer products will eventually become waste. This is also true for impregnated wood and its products. In most cases, waste wood will be handled as part of the MSW. Final disposal consists of landfill or incineration. These options are dealt with in this report. The results of this analysis are used to specify the environmental gain in the case thatthe impregnated is gasified.
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TNO Identifier
253931
Publisher
TNO
Collation
65 p.
Place of publication
Apeldoorn