Restrictions on putting waste into a hole in the ground are becoming more and more severe. We have to find new ways of dealing with our waste. Yes, we can evidently recycle a certain amount but what happens to the rest of it? One obvious solution to this would be to burn it and potentially turn it into electricity and possibly heat.
There are now several companies offering waste incineration in the UK, usually with the generation of electricity. One of the major companies for ‘recycling and resource management’ SITA, offers both incineration of waste to create electricity in various plants. They also generate electricity from the collection and burning of landfill gas.
Waste which has been incinerated ‘residual household waste’, means that the likes of glass and paper have been removed. All of the plants are fitted with a gas cleaning system; this system uses a combination of lime and carbon to extract any undesirable elements.
Waste incineration is of course not without its critics, and one recent criticism has of course been the visual impact these plants have to the rest of us. One response to this has been therefore to make the plants as visible as possible-making them somewhat landmarks and a leisure facility in their own right. Something to certainly think about…
