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  2. Refuse-derived fuel - Wikipedia

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    Refuse-derived fuel (RDF) is a fuel produced from various types of waste such as municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial waste or commercial waste. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development provides a definition:

  3. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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    WM2 Technical Guidance WM2 Hazardous Waste: Interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste; WMF Waste Management Facility; WML Waste Management Licence (replaced by Environmental Permits) WMP Waste Management Plan; WMPEG Waste Minimisation Performance and Efficiency Grant; WMS Waste Management Strategy; WRAP Waste and ...

  4. Materials recovery facility - Wikipedia

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    A materials recovery facility for the recycling of domestic waste Clean materials recovery facility recycling video. A materials recovery facility, materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility or multi re-use facility (MRF, pronounced "murf") is a specialized waste sorting and recycling system [1] that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end ...

  5. Mechanical biological treatment - Wikipedia

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    MBT can alternatively process the waste to produce a high calorific fuel termed refuse derived fuel (RDF). RDF can be used in cement kilns or thermal combustion power plants and is generally made up from plastics and biodegradable organic waste. Systems which are configured to produce RDF include the Herhof and Ecodeco processes.

  6. Waste-to-energy - Wikipedia

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    Incineration, the combustion of organic material such as waste with energy recovery, is the most common WtE implementation. All new WtE plants in OECD countries incinerating waste (residual MSW, commercial, industrial or RDF) must meet strict emission standards, including those on nitrogen oxides (NO x), sulphur dioxide (SO 2), heavy metals and dioxins.

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    The state Senate in Massachusetts has passed a wide-ranging bill curtailing the use of plastics, including barring the purchase of single-use plastic bottles by state agencies. The bill, approved ...

  8. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. [1] This includes the collection , transport , treatment , and disposal of waste, together with monitoring and regulation of the waste management process and waste-related laws , technologies, and economic ...

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    Rose’s face lit up as she realized the meaning behind the message, and then she immediately went into prayer, thanking God for her wish coming true. Related: ...