Because chlorine
is known to promote clogging, corrosion, and serve as a chlorine
source for dioxin formation in a furnace, a chlorine removal or
reduction process is imperative. Current established chlorine
removal technologies are mostly focused on inorganic chlorine
removal by high temperature leaching [7] or by granular activated
carbon, which focuses on the removal of organic chlorines from
water [8]; therefore, the use of other methods, such as hydrothermal
treatment, is still promising to solve the chlorine problem in
plastic impregnated MSW.