Advantages of the incineration process
Energy from waste (EfW) facilities (Incinerator)
- Combust waste under controlled conditions in accordance to EU Waste Incineration Directive (2000/76/EC).
- Reduce the volume of waste by ~90%, only a very small amount should be disposed on the landfill sites, which are considered the least environmentally friendly option
- Reduce the hazardousness of waste
- Generate electricity and/or heat. Electricity generated from a typical 100,000tpa facility would be roughly equivalent to the electricity usage of 20,000 households and would be exported to the national grid. Any heat produced by the plant could be used in industrial or district heating schemes if appropriate to the need and the infrastructure can be developed.
- Sort out the scrap which is thereafter used in steel industry. By this the primary raw materials are saved.
