Incineration

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-014012",
  "term": "Incineration",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. The destruction of solid, liquid, or gaseous wastes by controlled burning at high temperatures. Hazardous organic compounds are converted to ash, carbon dioxide, and water. Burning destroys organics, reduces the volume of waste, and vaporizes water and other liquids the wastes may contain. The residue ash produced may contain some hazardous material, such as non-combustible heavy metals, concentrated from the original waste.\n\n2. A treatment technology involving destruction of waste by controlled burning at high temperatures; e.g., burning sludge to remove the water and reduce the remaining residues to a safe, non-burnable ash that can be disposed of safely on land, in some waters, or in underground locations.\n\n3. The destruction of wastes by burning at high temperatures.\n\n4. A burning process that reduces waste volume. In addition to reducing volume, combustors, when properly equipped, can convert water into steam to fuel heating systems or generate electricity.\n\n5. Combustion of organic matter and inorganic matter in sewage sludge by high temperatures in an enclosed device.\n\n6. Controlled process which combustible solid, liquid, or gaseous wastes are burned and changed into noncombustible gases.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Environmental Issues Terms & Acronyms; Pesticides Glossary",
    "RCRA Glossary of Terms; Terms of Environment",
    "Oil Pollution Prevention Glossary",
    "State and Local Climate and Energy Program Glossary of Terms; State and Local Climate and Energy Glossary",
    "40 CFR 503.41 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 240.101 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/incineration/"
}