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  2. Incineration - Wikipedia

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    To the left of the main stack, a new identical oven line is under construction (March 2007). Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials. [1] Industrial plants for waste incineration are commonly referred to as waste-to-energy facilities.

  3. Destruction of chemical weapons in the United States

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    There are two common methods that the United States uses to dispose of chemical warfare agents and weapons. The primary method is incineration, [1] where liquid agents are burned in a furnace of temperatures over 2,000 °F (1,093 °C). For chemical agents in delivery vessels (i.e. Mortars, Bombs, Artillery shells, etc.), this is a multi-step ...

  4. Hazardous waste in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Under United States environmental policy, hazardous waste is a waste (usually a solid waste) that has the potential to: cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating reversible illness; or. pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment ...

  5. Aragonite Hazardous Waste Incinerator - Wikipedia

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    Aragonite Hazardous Waste Incineration facility on I-80, Aragonite Utah. Coordinates. 40°44′34″N 113°0′10″W. /  40.74278°N 113.00278°W  / 40.74278; -113.00278. The Aragonite Hazardous Waste Incinerator is a waste disposal facility currently operated by Clean Harbors. It is located in Aragonite, Tooele County, Utah, United ...

  6. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Incineration is a disposal method in which solid organic wastes are subjected to combustion so as to convert them into residue and gaseous products. This method is useful for the disposal of both municipal solid waste and solid residue from wastewater treatment. This process reduces the volume of solid waste by 80 to 95 percent. [42]

  7. Waste-to-energy - Wikipedia

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    Incineration, the combustion of organic material such as waste with energy recovery, is the most common WtE implementation. All new WtE plants in OECD countries incinerating waste (residual MSW, commercial, industrial or RDF) must meet strict emission standards, including those on nitrogen oxides (NO x), sulphur dioxide (SO 2), heavy metals and dioxins.

  8. Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds - Wikipedia

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    Improvements and changes have been made to nearly all industrial sources to reduce PCDD/F production. In waste incineration, large amounts of publicity and concern surrounded dioxin-like compounds during the 1980s-1990s continues to pervade the public consciousness, especially when new incineration and waste-to-energy facilities are proposed ...

  9. Waste Incineration Directive - Wikipedia

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    Waste Incineration Directive. The Waste Incineration Directive, more formally Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (OJ L332, P91 – 111), was a Directive issued by the European Union and relates to standards and methodologies required by Europe for the practice and ...