Published May 2009
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Journal article
Waste-to-energy: A review of the status and benefits in USA
Creators
- 1. T.E.I. Piraeus, Department of Electrical Engineering, 250, Thivon Street and P. Rali Avenue, GR 12244, Egaleo, Athens (Greece)
- 2. EPTA Ltd., Environmental Consultants-Engineers, 15 Olofytou Street, GR 11142 Athens (Greece)
- 3. Earth Engineering Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 (United States)
Description
The USA has significant experience in the field of municipal solid waste management. The hierarchy of methodologies for dealing with municipal solid wastes consists of recycling and composting, combustion with energy recovery (commonly called waste-to-energy) and landfilling. This paper focuses on waste-to-energy and especially its current status and benefits, with regard to GHG, dioxin and mercury emissions, energy production and land saving, on the basis of experience of operating facilities in USA
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2008.11.020Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.11.020;
- PII
- S0956-053X(08)00406-6;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Waste Management
- Journal Volume
- 29
- Journal Issue
- 5
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1718-1724
- ISSN
- 0956-053X
- CODEN
- WAMAE2
Conference
- Title
- 1. international conference on environmental management, engineering, planning and economics (CEMEPE)
- Dates
- 24-28 Jun 2007
- Place
- Skiathos (Greece)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40085953
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMBUSTION; COMPOSTING; DIOXIN; ENERGY RECOVERY; MERCURY; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES
- Descriptors DEC
- CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELEMENTS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MANAGEMENT; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PROCESSING; THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.