In the spring of 1980, a horizontal shredder, complete with an infeed and outfeed system as represented in Fig. 1, was placed in service at the Kodak Park solid waste disposal facility in Rochester, New York. This shredder has become the primary shredder for preparing solid waste for incineration in a suspension-fiied boiler. The ver­ tical shredder, which has been in service since 1970, was th...

As the generation of industrial wastes increases, waste treatment is steadily becoming a serious economic and environmental issue. Existing waste has mainly been treated by landfilling after incineration. A shortage of landfill sites necessitates waste management alternatives other than traditional incineration and landfill. This paper focuses on a cost-benefit analysis that evaluates the econo...

In this paper, we estimate conditional logit models of generator’s choice of waste management facilities (TSDFs) for shipments of halogenated solvent waste documented by the manifests filled out in California in 1995. We find that the probability that a facility is selected as the destination of an off-site shipment of halogenated solvent waste depends on the cost of shipping and disposal at th...

Swiss Legislation requires for all types of radioactive waste the safe and permanent disposal in deep geological repositories within Switzerland by stipulating a step-by-step procedure for site selection and licensing of the disposal facilities. Each step requires safety considerations or safety analyses which are reviewed by the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate. The principle steps of...

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) is responsible for managing its liabilities for redundant research reactors and other active facilities concerned with the development of the UK nuclear technology programme since 1947. These liabilities include irradiated graphite from a variety of different sources including low irradiation temperature reactor graphite (the Windscale Piles 1 & 2, British...

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, however, mitigate the risks to public health and make incineration an alternative worth exploring. Incineration can reduce solid waste to 85 percent to 90 percent of the incoming volume, or 65 percent to 80 percent of the incoming weight. With some modification, a waste incinerator can be designed to recover energy in the form of steam, hot water or electricity...

principal objective of this project was to identify and analyze why food waste occurs at Fort Jackson, as well as recommend alternative ways to minimize the waste generated at this installation. incineration, and landfilling] were analyzed primarily at Fort Jackson, with alternative disposal options investigated at both Fort Jackson and Parris Island. The following research questions acted as a...

Waste-to-energy (WtE) facilities have been established worldwide as a sustainable method for the disposal of residual waste. In the present study the following competing WtE systems were compared: (1) municipal solid waste incinerators (MSWIs) with energy recovery; (2) co-incineration of waste in old lignite or coal-fired power plants; (3) substitute [refuse-derived fuel (RDF)] incinerators wit...

OBJECTIVE To assess the present waste management system of healthcare facilities (HCFs) attached with Shalamar Hospital, Lahore by applying the 7-S technique of Total Quality Management (TQM) and to find out the outcome after imparting training. STUDY DESIGN Interventional quasi-experimental study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The Shalamar Hospital, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, November, 2009 t...

Dilution is the mixing of radioactive waste with non-radioactive material, whereas downblending is the mixing of high-level radioactive waste with low-level radioactive waste. These processes have been applied predominantly at nuclear sites as part of the decontamination procedures for the disposal of blended wastes in licensed facilities. Proper health and safety assessments should be carried ...