One of the major problems of our day’s society is the municipal waste produced by urban
settlements. The waste management system is used in order to handle this issue. Under the framework of
integrated waste management, thermal treatment represents a valid option for reducing the amount of waste to
be landfilled, at the same time allowing for waste hygienization. Ones of the important factors that influences the
energy recover from municipal solid waste incineration is the plant location and the optimization of the
combustion process in order to mitigate the economic best results. The present paper relates the case study of
Timişoara city in order to find the proper solution for the municipal solid waste treatment and to find the right
incineration process in order to mitigate a real and sustainable economical point of view.