Waste to Energy Animation
Waste to Energy is a process that turns Solid Waste into Energy. The Originial technology used incineration in a process illustrated by this animation, but there are new technologies that are greener and more efficienct WTE other than incincineration [ edit ] Incineration Main article: Incineration Incineration, the combustion of organic material such as waste, with energy recovery is the most common WtE implementation. Incineration may also be implemented without energy and materials recovery, however this is increasingly being banned in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries. [ citation needed ] Furthermore, all new WtE plants in OECD countries must meet strict emission standards. [ citation needed ] Hence, modern incineration plants are vastly different from the old types, some of which neither recovered energy nor materials. Modern incinerators reduce the volume of the original waste by 95-96 %, depending upon composition and degree ...