The article contains a list of different forms of solid
waste treatment technologies and facilities employed in
waste management
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal. This includes the collection, transport, treatment, and disposal of waste, together with monitor ...
infrastructure.
Waste handling facilities
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Civic amenity site (CA site)
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Transfer station
Established waste treatment technologies
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Incineration
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Landfill
A landfill 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 ...
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Recycling
Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects. This concept often includes the recovery of energy from waste materials. The recyclability of a material depends on its ability to reacquire the propert ...
* Specific to organic waste:
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Anaerobic digestion
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Composting
Compost is a mixture of ingredients used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties. It is commonly prepared by Decomposition, decomposing plant and food waste, recycling organic materials, and man ...
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Windrow composting
Alternative waste treatment technologies
In the UK some of these are sometimes termed advanced waste treatment technologies
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Biodrying
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Gasification
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Plasma gasification: Gasification assisted by plasma torches
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Hydrothermal carbonization
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Hydrothermal liquefaction
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Mechanical biological treatment (sorting into selected fractions)
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Refuse-derived fuel
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Mechanical heat treatment
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Molten salt oxidation
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Pyrolysis
Pyrolysis is a process involving the Bond cleavage, separation of covalent bonds in organic matter by thermal decomposition within an Chemically inert, inert environment without oxygen. Etymology
The word ''pyrolysis'' is coined from the Gree ...
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UASB (applied to solid wastes)
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Waste autoclave
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Bioconversion of biomass to mixed alcohol fuels
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In-vessel composting
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Landfarming
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Sewage treatment
Sewage treatment is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable to discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application, thereby preventing water p ...
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Tunnel composting
See also
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Bioethanol
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Biodiesel
Biodiesel is a renewable biofuel, a form of diesel fuel, derived from biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled greases, and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters. It is typically made from fats.
The roots of bi ...
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List of waste management companies
In this List of notable waste management companies, many entries are Multinational corporations: the associated country listing is by location of ''Management HQ''.
Companies
See also
*LAWDC contains list of UK local authority waste dispos ...
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List of wastewater treatment technologies
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Pollution control
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Waste-to-energy
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Burn pit
References
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