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What is an incinerator?
2. What can an incinerator
do for me?
3. Why is incineration
a preferred method?
4. How do I choose
where to locate my incinerator?
5. Will installing
an incinerator solve all my waste disposal problems?
6. Why do some people
oppose incinerators?
1. What is an incinerator?
Old » The process of burning,
setting fire to or destroying.
New » An Engineered process using
controlled flame combustion to thermally degrade waste
materials.
Incinerators of today are designed to efficiently and
safely burn wastes at specified rates and temperatures
with the residual ash containing little or no combustible
material.
Should be easy to install and simple to operate
Satisfy all environmental regulations.
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2. What can an incinerator
do for me?
An ECLIPSE incinerator can save you time, money and
space and reduces the amount of combustible waste going
to landfill
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3. Why is incineration
a preferred method?
In many locations throughout the world, waste is simply
dumped on unused ground where it is left to decompose
over time. The decomposing waste provides a breeding
ground for vermin and bugs and any human or animal could
become seriously ill after coming in contact with decomposing
waste. Land-fill sites are also problematic as they
are difficult to maintain and need to be specially designed
facilities having closely controlled access and operational
practices. Shortage of land and underground pollution
are also major issues. Risks may also be greater from
composting because human exposure to toxic substances
are greater through food chain pathways than through
inhalation pathways.
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4. How do I choose where
to locate my incinerator?
Siting in the open is recommended upon a level site,
placing the unit on four bricks, not close to tall buildings
and in an area free from air turbulence. If positioning
is within a building, appropriate flue arrangements
must be provided and adequate ventilation is essential.
Ensure adequate space around the incinerator for operation
and maintenance of unit. (This is particularly important
if unit is housed inside a building.)
Do not stand flammable materials or liquids close to
incinerators.
Always allow a minimum of Recommended minimum distance
from buildings is 46cm from eaves to incinerator chimney
clear all round the incinerator.
Concrete hard standing bases must be able to take the
weight of the incinerator. They should also be able
to withstand the temperature put out by the unit.
Always ensure sufficient room is available to clean
out the unit.
If sited inside a building, adequate air must be available
to ensure the combustion process can take place and
sufficient ventilation is allowed for.
The proposed site should, if possible, be such as to
allow for the efficient cost effective operation of
the unit.
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5 Will installing an
incinerator solve all my waste disposal problems?
The answer to this is a very simple 'NO'. The incinerator
can only be part of a comprehensive waste management
system of which it is a large component. It can be used
for most waste types barring a few exceptions. A plan
to reduce, reuse and recycle will go a long way in solving
all disposal problems.
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6. Why do some people
oppose incinerators?
Incinerators need to have certain design features and
need to be used correctly. Indiscriminate use of inadequately
designed systems (by overloading, loading non-incinerable
wastes, etc.) and pollution generated by these caused
some sectors to label all incinerators as inefficient.
However, technologies are available today which have
made waste incinerators a clean and environmentally
sound form of waste management, so that such opposition
is now unfounded. All methods like recycling, composting,
land-filling and incineration have similar environmental
impacts. Comparison of impacts is difficult because
alternative systems generate different pollutants having
various toxicities, effects, reasons and modes and affect
different populations and eco-systems. It is not possible,
for example, to qualitatively determine whether recycling
produces more or less pollutants or produces greater
or fewer risks per ton of material processed than do
incineration or land filling.
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