incineration
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- History
- Technology
- Burn pile
- Burn barrel
- Moving grate
- Fixed grate
- Rotary-kiln
- Fluidized bed
- Specialized incinerator
- Use of heat
- Pollution
- Gaseous emissions
- Dioxin and furans
- Dioxin cracking methods and limitations
- Dioxin cracking in practice
- CO<sub>2</sub>
- Other emissions
- Flue-gas cleaning
- Solid outputs
- Other pollution issues
- Health effects
- Debate
- Arguments for incineration
- Arguments against incineration
- Trends in incinerator use
- In North America
- In Europe
- In the United Kingdom
- In Asia
- Mobile incinerators
- Incineration units for emergency use
- Small incinerator units
- Containerised incinerator units
- See also
- References
- External links
- Anti-incineration groups
- EU information
thumb|right|upright|The incineration plant in Vienna, [[Austria, designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser]] thumb|right|upright|SYSAV waste-to-energy plant|SYSAV incineration plant in [[Malmö, Sweden, capable of handling per hour of household waste. 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. Industrial plants for waste incineration are commonly referred to as waste-to-energy facilities. Incineration and other high-temperature waste treatment systems are described as "thermal treatment". Incineration of waste materials converts the waste into ash, flue gas and heat. The ash is mostly formed by the inorganic constituents of the waste and may take the form of solid lumps or particulates carried by the flue gas. The flue gases must be cleaned of gaseous and particulate pollutants before they are dispersed into the atmosphere. In some cases, the heat that is generated by incineration can be used to generate electric power.