Key issues study on the operation management of medical waste incineration disposal facilities

This paper, according to the characteristics of the medical waste incineration technologies and processes and on the basis of systematically analyzing the pollutants generation nodes and release characteristics during the incineration disposal of medical waste, discusses key problems and contents to be highlighted concerning the operation management of medical waste incineration facilities from the perspective of pollution control by combination with our current main problems with regard to this, proposes to improve the capability of operation management of medical waste incineration facilities on the basis of full use of the best available technology and puts forward appropriate countermeasures for the facilities operation around the source classification, process control, performance control, supervision and management and other aspects. This can be used by the medical waste incineration unit and the environmental protection departments at all levels for reference in the operation and supervision and management of medical waste incineration disposal facilities. © 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Asia and the Pacific and National Center of Solid Waste Management, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China.