Bridging the Energy Benefit and POPs Emission Risk from Waste Incineration.

ABSTRACT: Incineration has been the globally controversial and concerned method of solid waste disposal. Energy recovery and volume reduction are the benefits from waste incineration, but risk due to release of persistent organic pollutants is the major public concern in the world. In this study, the emission of organic pollutants including dioxins and polychlorinated naphthalenes from solid waste incineration in China was comprehensively evaluated, and a relationship between energy benefit and pollutant emission was firstly established. The results show that production of medical and industrial waste was smaller than that of municipal waste but yielded comparable or even higher emission of dioxins. The energy benefit-to-emission index for organic pollutants (EBEI_OP) for evaluation of sol

SUBMITTER: Li C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8454607 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature