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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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    WISARD Waste Integrated Systems Assessment for Recovery and Disposal; WLP Waste Local Plan; WLWA West London Waste Authority; 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)

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

  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.

  7. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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    Plastic waste may be burnt as refuse-derived fuel (RDF), or it may be chemically converted to a synthetic fuel first. In either approach PVC must be excluded or compensated for by installing dechlorination technologies, as it generates large amounts of hydrogen chloride (HCl) when burnt.

  8. Waste converter - Wikipedia

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    A waste converter is a machine used for the treatment and recycling of solid and liquid refuse material. A converter is a self-contained system capable of performing the following functions: pasteurization of organic waste; sterilization of pathogenic or biohazard waste; grinding and pulverization of refuse into unrecognizable output; trash compaction; dehydration.

  9. French Island Generating Plant - Wikipedia

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    The two boiler units also burn Refuse derived fuel (RDF) diverting solid waste from the municipal landfill. The facility normally burns 50/50 mix of RDF and wood waste. The result of burning RDF is the release of dioxins and dioxin-like compounds into the air. Excessive dioxin releases have forced the shutdown of the boilers as recently as ...