1.3. Incineration
After the Second World War and latest advancement in manufacturing sciences different types of solid
wastages were produced. Composting and land filling were not potential processes to tackle the problem.
A strict need was felt to develop a method which could destroy the waste and hence can save the area
which was involved previously for solid waste management. This gave birth to incineration.
Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of organic substances contained
in waste materials. (6)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. The flue gases must be cleaned of gaseous and particulate pollutants