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  2. Incineration - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Waste management - Wikipedia

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    Incineration and other high-temperature waste treatment systems are sometimes described as "thermal treatment". Incinerators convert waste materials into heat, gas, steam, and ash. Incineration is carried out both on a small scale by individuals and on a large scale by industry. It is used to dispose of solid, liquid, and gaseous waste.

  4. Landfill - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A landfill[a] is a site for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was simply left in piles or thrown into pits (known in archeology as middens).

  5. The truth about waste-to-energy’s performance in South ...

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    That’s because landfills emit methane, which the U.S. EPA calls a “climate super-pollutant,” that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide and is responsible for approximately one-third ...

  6. Waste treatment technologies - Wikipedia

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    Bioremediation. The human sewage and the process waste from the manufacturing industries are the two major sources of the waste water. In Thailand, the total volume of the wastewater from industries is much greater than that of the domestic sewage. [2] As a result, an effective method is needed. Microbial remediation of xenobiotics has shown to ...

  7. Why doesn't L.A. have piles of garbage everywhere? Many ... - AOL

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    Once the personal incinerators were extinguished, cities began buying and leasing more landfills. Los Angeles opened one in Toyon Canyon, in Griffith Park, which didn’t close until 1985.