Volume : II, Issue : VI, June - 2013

Municipal Solid Waste Management through Incineration – A review

M. Parimala Kumar, M. Jyothsna

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Presently in India, annual waste generation is about 960 million tonnes as by-products from municipal, agricultural, industrial & mining and other processes. Of this nearly 350 million tonnes from organic agricultural sources 290 million tonnes from inorganic waste of industrial and mining sectors and about 4.5 million tonnes are hazardous like hospital wastes in nature. The waste generation rate of our country is growing at fast rate. To safeguard the environment, efforts are being made for recycling different wastes and utilise them in value added applications. In this paper, among different waste management techniques importance and limitations of Incineration was discussed.

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M. Parimala Kumar, M. Jyothsna Municipal Solid Waste Management through Incineration - A review International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 2, Issue : 6 June 2013

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